patriarch

1. A man who rules a family, clan, or tribe.

2. A very old, venerable man; an elder.

3. Bible One of the antediluvian progenitors of the human race, from Adam to Noah.

4. Eastern Orthodox Church Any one of the bishops of the sees of Constantinople, Antioch, Alexandria, Moscow, and Jerusalem who has authority over other bishops.

5. Judaism The head of the Sanhedrin in Syrian Palestine from about 180 B.C. to A.D. 429.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
patriarch	16	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
aa	2
ah	5
ai	2
ar	2
at	2
ha	5
hi	5
it	2
pa	4
pi	4
ta	2
ti	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
aah	6
act	5
aha	6
ahi	6
air	3
ait	3
apt	5
arc	5
art	3
cap	7
car	5
cat	5
chi	8
hap	8
hat	6
hic	8
hip	8
hit	6
ich	8
pac	7
pah	8
par	5
pat	5
phi	8
pht	8
pia	5
pic	7
pit	5
rah	6
rai	3
rap	5
rat	3
ria	3
rip	5
tap	5
tar	3
tic	5
tip	5

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
acai	6
acta	6
airt	4
arch	9
aria	4
atap	6
caph	11
carp	8
carr	6
cart	6
chai	9
chap	11
char	9
chat	9
chia	9
chip	11
chit	9
crap	8
crit	6
haar	7
hair	7
harp	9
hart	7
itch	9
paca	8
pact	8
pair	6
para	6
parr	6
part	6
path	9
phat	9
pica	8
pita	6
pith	9
prat	6
raia	4
rapt	6
rath	7
rich	9
tach	9
tahr	7
tapa	6
tarp	6
thir	7
trap	6
trip	6
cath	9
cria	6

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
acari	7
airth	8
aitch	10
apart	7
archi	10
arhat	8
atria	5
atrip	7
carat	7
carpi	9
chair	10
chapt	12
charr	10
chart	10
chirp	12
chirr	10
pacha	12
parch	12
patch	12
pitch	12
raita	5
ratch	10
riata	5
tapir	7
thrip	10
tiara	5
triac	7

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
capita	10
haptic	13
pariah	11
phatic	13
picara	10
raphia	11

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
catarrh	12
chapati	14
charpai	14
cithara	12
haircap	14

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
parritch	15
phratric	15

9 Letters	Scrabble® Points
patriarch	16