Unscramble PATERNALISTS to get 466 words. PATERNALISTS itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are PARTIALNESS and PATERNALIST, 13 points each. It has 12 letters, 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from PATERNALISTS by length: 1 with 12 letters, 3 with 11, 12 with 10, 60 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2.
PARTIALNESS and PATERNALIST are the top 11-letter words in PATERNALISTS, 13 points each.
Of the 12 10-letter words made with PATERNALISTS letters, 7 score 12 points, the group's best. TRANSLATES is the one most people know.
60 9-letter words you get when you unscramble PATERNALISTS; 49 of them share the top score of 11. RESISTANT, AIRPLANES and PARASITES are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 8-letter words from PATERNALISTS score 10 points. PATIENTS, PATTERNS and PARENTAL are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 7-letter words from PATERNALISTS scores 9. PARENTS, PARTIES and PARTIAL are everyday picks.
The 6-letter words in PATERNALISTS come to 60, each scoring 8 points. PARENT, PANELS and PAINTS are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words made with PATERNALISTS letters scores 7. PANEL, PAINT and PANTS are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PATERNALISTS come to 60, each scoring 6 points. PART, PAST and PASS are the familiar ones.
38 of 60 3-letter words from PATERNALISTS tie at 5 points; none scores more. ARE, ART and AIR will look familiar.
Trade one tile of PATERNALISTS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 12-letter words: starting with PA · ending in TS · all 12-letter words
Short meanings for the 7 highest-scoring answers, starting with PARTIALNESS (13 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. PATERNALISTS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PATERNALISTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 466) | 385 | 463 | 350 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
81 of the 466 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PRELATISTS, PSALTERIAN, STRAPLINES, ANTISPAST, PAINTRESS, PRELATIST, PRENASALS, PRENATALS, STRAPLINE, TAPSTRIES, TETRAPLAS, INAPTEST and 69 more. 32 of the 466 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PARTIALNESS, PATRIATES, SEPTARIAN, SPARTINAS, STAIRSTEP, TANTALISERS, PALSIEST, PANTALET, PARTIEST, PATRIATE, TANTALISER, LEPTINS and 20 more. 3 of the 466 answers are missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: PALAISES, LARPS and LARP.
This word takes every letter of PATERNALISTS plus a single extra one.