216 words come out when you unscramble PATRILINY, starting with PATRILINY itself: 14 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are INAPTLY and PTYALIN, 12 points each. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
P34A1T1R1I1L12I1N12Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from PATRILINY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 7, 21 with 6, 51 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 8 letters.
12 of 51 5-letter words from PATRILINY tie at 10 points; none scores more. PRINT, PARTY and TRIAL will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PATRILINY, 10 score 9 points, the group's best. PART, PLAN and PLAY are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words in PATRILINY; 6 of them share the top score of 8. ANY, ART and AIR are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of PATRILINY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PA · ending in NY · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with INAPTLY and PTYALIN (12 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: PATRILINY is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PATRILINY itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 216) | 182 | 215 | 169 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 34 of them: TRYPAN, PARLY, PRATY, PYRAL, TRIPY, YRAPT, NITRYL, PYAT, TRYP, NIRLY, NITRY, PIRNIT and 22 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: PATRILINY, LAIRY, LAYIN, TIYIN, TRYNA, PIANI, TIYN, TYIN, LIPA, PALI, LARNT and RAI. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: LARP.