Is MATRILINEAL a word?
MATRILINEAL is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words With Friends, has 11 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, MATRILINEAL is a valid word.
What does matrilineal mean?
adjective: based on or tracing descent through the female line.
“matrilineal inheritance”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
MATRILINEAL: word details
- Pronunciation: mat-rih-LIH-nee-uhl (approx., 5 syllables)
- Length: 11 letters, a long word. It is one of 28,045 11-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 13 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 17 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside matrilineal
Words you can make from the letters of matrilineal.
Solve a whole rack, not just MATRILINEAL
MATRILINEAL is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does MATRILINEAL mean?
MATRILINEAL is a adjective. It means: based on or tracing descent through the female line.
Is MATRILINEAL a valid word?
Yes, MATRILINEAL is a valid word. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.