There are 11 words that start with 'patern'.
| paternal | paternity |
| paternally | paternalism |
| paternalist | paternities |
| paternoster | paternalisms |
| paternalists | paternosters |
| paternalistic | |
Note: These 11 words that start with 'patern' are found from the USA & Canada version of the tournament Scrabble word list.