HOMELINESS is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. HOMELINESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOMELINESS?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOMELINESS is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOMELINESS
No single letter turns HOMELINESS into another word.
How HOMELINESS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in HOMELINESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HOMELINESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HOMELINESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The quality of being simple, comfortable and unpretentious, or in American use, plain in looks.
In British speech homeliness is a warm word for cosy, unfussy comfort, as in a kitchen full of familiar things. In American English it tends to mean unattractive, so the sense depends on where it is used.
How HOMELINESS is used
Homeliness is positive in British English and often unflattering in American English.
- Guests loved the homeliness of the little inn.
- There was a pleasant homeliness about her cooking.
- The homeliness of the old chair did not bother him.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOMELINESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOMELINESS
1 longer words begin with HOMELINESS.
Shorter words from the letters in HOMELINESS
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Common questions about HOMELINESS
- Is HOMELINESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOMELINESS, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOMELINESS worth?
- HOMELINESS is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOMELINESS mean?
- The quality of being simple, comfortable and unpretentious, or in American use, plain in looks.
- What letters can be added to HOMELINESS?
- No single letter can be added to HOMELINESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of HOMELINESS:
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