HOMEOSTATIC is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. HOMEOSTATIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOMEOSTATIC?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOMEOSTATIC is to know. It scores 18 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOMEOSTATIC
No single letter turns HOMEOSTATIC into another word.
How HOMEOSTATIC scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in HOMEOSTATIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HOMEOSTATIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HOMEOSTATIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Keeping a body or system in a stable internal state despite outside change.
A homeostatic mechanism, like sweating when hot, pushes conditions back toward a set point. Thermostats are often given as a machine example of a homeostatic control.
How HOMEOSTATIC is used
Homeostatic is used in biology, medicine and psychology for self-regulating processes.
- The body has homeostatic controls for temperature and blood sugar.
- A homeostatic system corrects small deviations automatically.
- Shivering is a homeostatic reaction to cold.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOMEOSTATIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HOMEOSTATIC
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Common questions about HOMEOSTATIC
- Is HOMEOSTATIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOMEOSTATIC, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOMEOSTATIC worth?
- HOMEOSTATIC is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOMEOSTATIC mean?
- Keeping a body or system in a stable internal state despite outside change.
- What letters can be added to HOMEOSTATIC?
- No single letter can be added to HOMEOSTATIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of HOMEOSTATIC:
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