PHRATRY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. PHRATRY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PHRATRY?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PHRATRY is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PHRATRY
No single letter turns PHRATRY into another word.
How PHRATRY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PHRATRY, 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 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,470 thousand.
What stands out about PHRATRY
- PHRATRY gets by on a single vowel across 7 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PHRATRY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A group of related clans or a kinship unit within a tribe, as in ancient Greece and some tribal societies.
Anthropologists use phratry for a larger kinship group made of several clans that claim a common ancestor. In ancient Athens a phratry was a social and religious brotherhood that registered citizens.
How PHRATRY is used
Phratry is found in anthropology and ancient history.
- Each Athenian boy was presented to his father's phratry.
- The phratry gathered every year for a shared feast.
- Marriage rules often depend on membership of a phratry.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PHRATRY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PHRATRY
Showing 40 of 65. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about PHRATRY
- Is PHRATRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PHRATRY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PHRATRY worth?
- PHRATRY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PHRATRY mean?
- A group of related clans or a kinship unit within a tribe, as in ancient Greece and some tribal societies.
- What letters can be added to PHRATRY?
- No single letter can be added to PHRATRY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PHRATRY:
Open PHRATRY in the Word Finder