paternalistic
Paternalistic is also used as adjective, with meanings including benevolent but sometimes intrusive.
Length
13
Scrabble
17
WWF
21
Starts
PA
Ends
TIC
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “PATERNALISTIC” Mean?
paternalistic has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 sensebenevolent but sometimes intrusive
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
13
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
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Definition
benevolent but sometimes intrusive
Length
13 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
C
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Letters
P, A, T, E, R, N, A, L, I, S, T, I, C
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★PATERNALISTIC has a Scrabble score of 17. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆PATERNALISTIC is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆PATERNALISTIC can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 13-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆PATERNALISTIC contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
10
Repeated Letters
3
Highest Value Letter
P
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFBGHICHJ
CV Pattern
CVCVCCVCVCCVC
Vowel Share
38%
Consonant Share
62%
Bigrams
PA, AT, TE, ER, RN, NA, AL, LI, IS, ST, TI, IC
Trigrams
PAT, ATE, TER, ERN, RNA, NAL, ALI, LIS, IST, STI, TIC
Crossword Intelligence
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