What PATERNAL Means
- adjective: belonging to or inherited from one's father“spent his childhood on the paternal farm”
- adjective: characteristic of a father
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
PATERNAL is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 A1 T1 E1 R1 N1 A1 L1.
Anagrams of PATERNAL (3)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In PATERNAL
271 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 (9)
6 letter words (33)
ALTERNANTLERANTRALAPNEALARPENTEARLAPENRAPTENTRAPLANATELEARNTPALATEPALTERPANTERPARENTPARTANPATERAPETARAPLANARPLANERPLANETPLANTAPLATANPLATENPLATERRELATARENTALREPLANTALPAETARNALTARPANTERNALTRAPANTREPAN
5 letter words (67)
ALANEALANTALATEALERTALTARALTERANEARANTAEANTARANTRAANTREAPARTAPERTAPNEAAPTERAREALARENAAREPAARPENARTALARTELLATENLATERLEANTLEAPTLEARNLEPRALEPTANATALNERALPAEANPALEAPALERPALETPANELPARAEPARLEPATENPATERPEARLPEARTPELTAPENALPETALPETARPLANEPLANTPLATEPLEATPLENAPRANAPRATEPRENTRATALRATANRATELREATARENALREPLATALARTALEATALERTALPATAPENTAPERTEPALTRAPE
4 letter words (89)
ALAEALANALAPALARANTAANTEAPERAREAARETARLEARNAARPAATAPEARLEARNELANETNALAERLANALANELANTLARELARNLATELEANLEAPLEARLEATLENTLEPTLERPNALANAPANAPENARENEALNEAPNEARNEATPAALPAANPALEPANEPANTPARAPAREPARTPATEPEALPEANPEARPEATPELAPELTPENTPERNPERTPLANPLATPLEAPRATRALERANARANTRAPTRATARATEREALREANREAPRENTTAALTAELTALATALETANATANETAPATAPETARATARETARNTARPTEALTEARTELATEPATERNTRAP
3 letter words (54)
AALALAALEALPALTANAANEANTAPEAPTAREARTATEEANEAREATELTERAERNETALAPLARLATLEALEPLETNAENAPNATNEPNETPALPANPARPATPEAPELPENPERPETPRERANRAPRATRENREPRETTAETANTAPTARTEATELTEN
2 letter words (19)
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