patriarchy

1. A family, community, or society based on this system or governed by men.

2. A social system in which the father is the head of the family and men have authority over women and children.

3. Social organization marked by the supremacy of the father in the clan or family, the legal dependence of wives and children, and the reckoning of descent and inheritance in the male line.

4. Control by men of a disproportionately large share of power.

5. A society or institution organized according to the principles or practices of patriarchy.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
patriarchy	20	Scrabble

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

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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hyp	11
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rip	5
rya	6
tap	5
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try	6
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yar	6
yip	8

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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arch	9
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yirr	7
cath	9
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5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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archi	10
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array	8
atria	5
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carat	7
carpi	9
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party	10
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tiara	5
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typic	12
yacht	13
yirth	11

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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apiary	11
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capita	10
charry	14
chirpy	16
haptic	13
pariah	11
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phatic	13
picara	10
piracy	13
piraya	11
pitaya	11
pitchy	16
raphia	11
rarity	9

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
catarrh	12
chapati	14
charity	15
charpai	14
cithara	12
cyathia	15
haircap	14
phratry	15
pyrrhic	17

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
parritch	15
phratric	15
rapacity	15
triarchy	16

9 Letters	Scrabble® Points
patriarch	16

10 Letters	Scrabble® Points
patriarchy	20