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Is PATERNALISMS a Scrabble word?

✔ In our word list PATERNALISMS is in ENABLE, the open word list behind Words With Friends and most word apps. For official tournament Scrabble, check Merriam-Webster's Scrabble dictionary.

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What does PATERNALISMS mean?

PATERNALISMS is a form of PATERNALISM.

  1. nounthe attitude (of a person or a government) that subordinates should be controlled in a fatherly way for their own good

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Our word list is ENABLE, first published in 2000 and still used by most word games.

Meanings come from Princeton WordNet (2011). How common a word is comes from wordfreq.

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Is PATERNALISMS a Scrabble word?

PATERNALISMS is in ENABLE, the word list Words With Friends closely matches, and most ENABLE words are playable in North American Scrabble. Confirm tournament validity in the official Scrabble dictionary.

How many points is PATERNALISMS worth?

PATERNALISMS is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words With Friends, before bonus squares.

What does PATERNALISMS mean?

The attitude (of a person or a government) that subordinates should be controlled in a fatherly way for their own good.