HAOMA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. HAOMA is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept HAOMA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HAOMA is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HAOMA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
haomasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HAOMA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HAOMA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does HAOMA mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A ritual drink pressed from a sacred plant and used in Zoroastrian worship.
Haoma names both the plant and the juice pressed from it, and Zoroastrian priests prepare the drink as part of a ceremony, offering some of it to fire before the rest is drunk. The word is closely related to the Vedic Sanskrit soma, since both religions grew from a shared older tradition that treated a pressed plant drink as sacred. Scholars have argued for centuries over which plant the original haoma actually was, and no single candidate has settled the question. The practice continues among Zoroastrian communities today, most visibly among Parsis in India.
How HAOMA is used
Historical and religious; met mainly in accounts of Zoroastrian ritual rather than everyday English.
- The priest pressed the haoma before the fire was lit.
- The word haoma names both a plant and the drink made from it.
- Haoma is related to the Vedic soma of an older shared tradition.
- Scholars still argue over which plant the original haoma was.
- Parsi communities keep the haoma ceremony alive today.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HAOMA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HAOMA
1 longer words begin with HAOMA.
Shorter words from the letters in HAOMA
Common questions about HAOMA
- Is HAOMA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and HAOMA is not in it.
- How many points is HAOMA worth?
- HAOMA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HAOMA mean?
- A ritual drink pressed from a sacred plant and used in Zoroastrian worship.
- What letters can be added to HAOMA?
- HAOMA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HAOMA:
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