paternity
Paternity can refer to the state of being a father, the kinship relation between an offspring and the father, or the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing.
Length
9
Scrabble
14
WWF
15
Starts
PA
Ends
ITY
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “PATERNITY” Mean?
/pəˈtɜː(ɹ)nɪti/
paternity has 3 documented senses across noun.
Noun
3 sensesthe state of being a father
“tests were conducted to determine paternity”
the kinship relation between an offspring and the father
Synonyms
the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing
“the authorship of the theory is disputed”
Synonyms
Synonyms for PATERNITY
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
9
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
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Definition
the state of being a father
Length
9 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
Y
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Letters
P, A, T, E, R, N, I, T, Y
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★PATERNITY has a Scrabble score of 14. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆PATERNITY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆PATERNITY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆PATERNITY contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
Y
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGCH
CV Pattern
CVCVCCVCC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
PA, AT, TE, ER, RN, NI, IT, TY
Trigrams
PAT, ATE, TER, ERN, RNI, NIT, ITY
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