What MATERNAL Means
- adjective: characteristic of a mother“warm maternal affection for her guest”
- adjective: relating to or derived from one's mother“maternal genes”
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
MATERNAL is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as M3 A1 T1 E1 R1 N1 A1 L1.
Words Made From The Letters In MATERNAL
248 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
7 letter words (2)
6 letter words (26)
ALMNERALTERNAMENTAANTLERANTRALARMLETLAMENTLANATELEARNTMALATEMANTELMANTLEMANTRAMARTELMARTENMEATALMENTALRAMATERAMEALRELATARENTALRETAMATAMALETARNALTERNALTRAMEL
5 letter words (60)
ALANEALANTALARMALATEALERTALTARALTERAMATEAMENTANEARANTAEANTARANTRAANTREARAMEAREALARENAARMETARTALARTELATMANENARMLAMERLATENLATERLEANTLEARNLEMANMAAREMAERLMALARMANATMANETMANTAMARAEMARLEMATERMEANTMENTAMETALNAMERNATALNERALRAMALRAMENRAMETRATALRATANRATELREALMREATAREMANRENALTALARTALEATALERTALMATAMALTAMERTREMA
4 letter words (85)
ALAEALANALARALMAALMEAMENAMLAANTAANTEAREAARETARLEARNAATMAEARLEARNELANETNALAERLAMALAMELANALANELANTLARELARNLATELEAMLEANLEARLEATLENTMAARMALAMALEMALTMANAMANEMARAMAREMARLMARTMATEMEALMEANMEATMELAMELTMENTMERLMETANAAMNALANAMENARENEALNEARNEATNEMARALERANARANTRATARATEREALREAMREANRENTTAALTAELTALATALETAMETANATANETARATARETARNTEALTEAMTEARTELATERMTERNTRAM
3 letter words (54)
AALALAALEALTAMAAMEANAANEANTAREARMARTATEEANEAREATELMELTERAERMERNETALAMLARLATLEALETMAAMAEMALMANMARMATMELMENMETMNANAENAMNATNETRAMRANRATREMRENRETTAETAMTANTARTEATELTEN
2 letter words (21)
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