Is PATRICIDES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, PATRICIDES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 15 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does PATRICIDES mean?
Patricides is a form of PATRICIDE.
- noun
a person who murders their father
- noun
the murder of your father
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
15
Scrabble
17
Words With Friends
10
Letters
P (3) + A (1) + T (1) + R (1) + I (1) + C (3) + I (1) + D (2) + E (1) + S (1) = 15 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for PATRICIDES
PATRICIDES has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Anagrams of PATRICIDES
Words that use exactly the same letters.
Words you can make from PATRICIDES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- pediatrics15
- crispated14
- patricide14
- pediatric14
- practised14
- adscript13
- peracids13
- picrated13
- predicts13
- scripted13
- spicated13
- raticides12
- crispate12
- paretics12
- picrates12
- picrites12
- piracies12
- practise12
- priciest12
- crisped12
- depicts12
- discept12
- peracid12
- percids12
- predict12
- redcaps12
- scarped12
- scraped12
- acridest11
- carditis11
- presidia11
- rapidest11
- raticide11
- riptides11
- spirited11
- tiderips11
- traipsed11
- triacids11
- triadics11
- aseptic11
- carpets11
- episcia11
- paciest11
- paretic11
- picrate11
- picrite11
- piratic11
- preacts11
- precast11
- scrapie11
- spacier11
- spectra11
- spicate11
- spicier11
- triceps11
- adipic11
- capsid11
- carped11
- craped11
- depict11
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