239 words come out when you unscramble PATERNAL, starting with PATERNAL itself: 10 in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends. PATERNAL has 3 anagrams here, PARENTAL, PARLANTE and PRENATAL, scoring 10 like PATERNAL itself. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PATERNAL by length: 4 with 8 letters, 9 with 7, 33 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 19 with 2.
33 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PATERNAL; 24 of them share the top score of 8. RENTAL, PARENT and PLANET are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words from PATERNAL, the top score is 7, reached by 39. LEARN, LATER and PANEL are the familiar ones.
41 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PATERNAL tie at 6 points; none scores more. PART, AREA and PLAN will look familiar.
Among 54 3-letter words from PATERNAL, the top score is 5, reached by 20. ARE, ART and LET are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of PATERNAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PA · ending in AL · all 8-letter words
The meaning of PATERNAL, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PATERNAL works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PATERNAL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 239) | 196 | 238 | 187 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 43 of them: PANTLER, PLANTAE, PANTER, PATERA, PETARA, PLANTA, TALPAE, APERT, LEPRA, PELTA, PETAR, PRENT and 31 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: AREPA, PARAE, PAREN, PRANA, NAPA, PAAN, LARNT and TE. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: LARP.
These 4 words take every letter of PATERNAL plus a single extra one.