PATRISTICAL is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. PATRISTICAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PATRISTICAL?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PATRISTICAL is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PATRISTICAL
No single letter turns PATRISTICAL into another word.
How PATRISTICAL scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in PATRISTICAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PATRISTICAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PATRISTICAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Relating to the early Fathers of the Christian Church and their writings.
Patristical is a longer, rarer form of patristic. It is met in scholarly talk about early theologians and their texts.
How PATRISTICAL is used
Patristical appears in theological and historical scholarship.
- She studied patristical texts in the original Greek.
- His patristical learning impressed the whole faculty.
- The library held a fine patristical collection.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PATRISTICAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PATRISTICAL
1 longer words begin with PATRISTICAL.
Shorter words from the letters in PATRISTICAL
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Common questions about PATRISTICAL
- Is PATRISTICAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PATRISTICAL, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PATRISTICAL worth?
- PATRISTICAL is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PATRISTICAL mean?
- Relating to the early Fathers of the Christian Church and their writings.
- What letters can be added to PATRISTICAL?
- No single letter can be added to PATRISTICAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of PATRISTICAL:
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