ancestral

ancestral is a 9-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate.
2. adjective. inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent

   "ancestral home"

   "ancestral lore"

   Synonyms: hereditary, patrimonial, transmissible

3. adjective. of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor

Synonyms

hereditary, patrimonial, transmissible

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in ancestral:

lancaster

Common word forms

ancestrally

Words from these letters

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