Is PATERNAL a word?
PATERNAL is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words With Friends, has 8 letters, and can be rearranged into 3 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, PATERNAL is a valid word.
What does paternal mean?
adjective: belonging to or inherited from one's father.
“spent his childhood on the paternal farm”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
PATERNAL: word details
- Pronunciation: puh-TUR-nuhl (approx., 3 syllables)
- Length: 8 letters, a long word. It is one of 40,530 8-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 10 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 13 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.
Anagrams of paternal
Shorter words inside paternal
Words you can make from the letters of paternal.
Solve a whole rack, not just PATERNAL
PATERNAL 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 PATERNAL mean?
PATERNAL is a adjective. It means: belonging to or inherited from one's father.
Is PATERNAL a valid word?
Yes, PATERNAL is a valid word. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 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.