HOM is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. HOM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOM?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOM is to know. It scores 8 from 3 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOM scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in HOM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,053.
What stands out about HOM
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HOM mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A plant used in ancient Persian religious ritual, pressed to make a sacred drink for ceremonies.
In old Zoroastrian practice, priests crushed the stalks of hom to extract a juice that was drunk during worship, a custom closely related to the pressing of soma in ancient Vedic religion on the Indian side of the same shared tradition. The word is also spelled haoma or homa in accounts of Persian religion.
How HOM is used
Historical; appears in descriptions of ancient Persian and Zoroastrian religious practice.
- Priests pressed the hom plant to prepare the ceremonial drink.
- Accounts of old Persian worship describe the juice of hom offered at the altar.
- The ritual use of hom parallels the Vedic soma across the border.
- Scholars of Zoroastrianism still debate which plant hom really was.
- The temple carving shows a priest holding a sprig of hom.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HOM
The 3 tiles of HOM in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with HOM
Showing 24 of 503 words that begin with HOM.
Words ending in HOM
2 words end in HOM. Useful as a back hook: play HOM onto a word already on the board.
Words with HOM inside
Showing 24 of 258 words that contain HOM somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HOM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HOM
Common questions about HOM
- Is HOM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOM, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOM worth?
- HOM is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOM mean?
- A plant used in ancient Persian religious ritual, pressed to make a sacred drink for ceremonies.
- What letters can be added to HOM?
- HOM takes 6 hooks: 1 in front and 5 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of HOM:
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