HOMEBRED is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. HOMEBRED is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOMEBRED?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOMEBRED is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOMEBRED
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
homebredsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOMEBRED scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HOMEBRED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HOMEBRED has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HOMEBRED mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Raised or produced at home or locally rather than brought in from elsewhere.
Horse-racing reports call a horse homebred when its owner also bred it on his own farm. Elsewhere the word describes native, domestic traits, as in homebred talent or homebred customs.
How HOMEBRED is used
Homebred is used in racing and breeding, and sometimes figuratively of local talent.
- The homebred colt won by two lengths.
- The club relied on homebred players.
- A homebred tradition shaped the village fair.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOMEBRED and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOMEBRED
1 longer words begin with HOMEBRED.
Shorter words from the letters in HOMEBRED
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Common questions about HOMEBRED
- Is HOMEBRED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOMEBRED, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOMEBRED worth?
- HOMEBRED is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOMEBRED mean?
- Raised or produced at home or locally rather than brought in from elsewhere.
- What letters can be added to HOMEBRED?
- HOMEBRED takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HOMEBRED:
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