PHRATRIC is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. PHRATRIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PHRATRIC?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PHRATRIC is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PHRATRIC
No single letter turns PHRATRIC into another word.
How PHRATRIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PHRATRIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PHRATRIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PHRATRIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technicalrare
Relating to a phratry, a kinship group or clan that is a subdivision of a tribe.
Anthropologists and classicists use phratric when discussing social organisation in ancient Greece and in tribal societies. A phratric tie linked families who claimed shared descent, and it affected marriage and religious duty.
How PHRATRIC is used
Phratric is a scholarly adjective seen in studies of kinship and ancient society.
- He belonged to a phratric brotherhood in Athens.
- Phratric ties decided who attended the festival.
- The study mapped the phratric structure of the tribe.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PHRATRIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PHRATRIC
The 8 tiles of PHRATRIC in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in PHRATRIC
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Common questions about PHRATRIC
- Is PHRATRIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PHRATRIC, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PHRATRIC worth?
- PHRATRIC is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PHRATRIC mean?
- Relating to a phratry, a kinship group or clan that is a subdivision of a tribe.
- What letters can be added to PHRATRIC?
- No single letter can be added to PHRATRIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PHRATRIC:
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