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Yes. The word phratry is a Scrabble US word. The word phratry is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

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Is phratry a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word phratry is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

P3H4R1A1T1R1Y4

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Yes. The word phratry is a Words With Friends word. The word phratry is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

PHRATRY,

5-letter words (8 found)

HARPY,HARRY,PARRY,PARTY,PRATY,RHYTA,TARRY,YRAPT,

4-letter words (20 found)

ARTY,HARP,HART,PARR,PART,PATH,PATY,PHAT,PRAT,PRAY,PYAT,RAPT,RATH,TAHR,TARP,THAR,TRAP,TRAY,TRYP,YARR,

3-letter words (28 found)

APT,ART,ARY,HAP,HAT,HAY,HYP,PAH,PAR,PAT,PAY,PHT,PRY,PYA,RAH,RAP,RAT,RAY,RHY,RYA,TAP,TAR,TAY,THY,TRY,YAH,YAP,YAR,

2-letter words (8 found)

AH,AR,AT,AY,HA,PA,TA,YA,

You can make 65 words from phratry according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of phratry

phratry

Etymology

From Latin phrātria, from Ancient Greek φρατρία (phratría, “tribe, clan”), from φράτηρ (phrátēr) + -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɹætɹi/

Noun

phratry (plural phratries)

  1. (Ancient Greece) A clan or kinship group consisting of a number of families claiming descent from a common ancestor and having certain collective functions and responsibilities. [from 17th c.]
    • 2016, Keith Cohen, translating Maurice Sartre, in Corbin, Courtine & Vigarello (Eds.), A History of Virility, Columbia University Press 2016, p. 40:
      To be sure, he plays a decisive role at the time of the birth, since he confers on the child legitimacy, at least on the son, by taking him in his arms, walking him around the house and declaring him his son in front of the members of his phratry: in Athens, no one may obtain citizenship without these familial rites.
  2. (anthropology, dated) A former kinship division consisting of two or more distinct clans with separate identities but considered to be a single unit.

Derived terms

  • subphratry

See also

  • moiety

Source: wiktionary.org