424 words come out when you unscramble PATERNALIST, starting with PATERNALIST itself: 13 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PATERNALIST split into 1 with 11 letters, 4 with 10, 29 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2.
INTRAPLATE, PSALTERIAN and TRANSEPTAL share the top score of 12 among the 10-letter words made with PATERNALIST letters.
19 of 29 9-letter words in PATERNALIST tie at 11 points; none scores more. TRANSLATE, AIRPLANES and PERINATAL will look familiar.
All 60 of the 8-letter words you get when you unscramble PATERNALIST score 10 points. PATIENTS, PATTERNS and PLEASANT are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 7-letter words from PATERNALIST scores 9. PARENTS, PARTIES and PATIENT are everyday picks.
The 6-letter words in PATERNALIST come to 60, each scoring 8 points. PARENT, PATENT and PANELS are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 5-letter words made with PATERNALIST letters score 7 points. PANEL, PAINT and PANTS are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PATERNALIST come to 60, each scoring 6 points. PART, PAST and PAIN are the familiar ones.
38 of 60 3-letter words from PATERNALIST tie at 5 points; none scores more. ARE, ART and AIR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PATERNALIST but one, change that one, and you get:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by AIRPLANES, INTERLAPS, PALATINES, PANTALETS, PARIETALS, PATINATES, PATRIATES and PERINATAL (11 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. PATERNALIST is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PATERNALIST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 424) | 349 | 422 | 319 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
75 of the 424 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PSALTERIAN, PRELATIST, PRENATALS, STRAPLINE, TETRAPLAS, INAPTEST, PANARIES, PANTLERS, PATRIALS, PEARLINS, PRENASAL, TALIPATS and 63 more. 28 of the 424 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PATRIATES, SEPTARIAN, PANTALET, PARTIEST, PATRIATE, SPARTINA, TANTALISER, LEPTINS, PALSIER, AREPAS, LEPTIN, PARENS and 16 more. 2 of the 424 answers are missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: LARPS and LARP.
These 2 words take every letter of PATERNALIST plus a single extra one.