HOMESTEAD is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. HOMESTEAD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOMESTEAD?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOMESTEAD is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOMESTEAD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
homesteadsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOMESTEAD scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in HOMESTEAD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HOMESTEAD has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HOMESTEAD mean in Scrabble?
noun
A house with its outbuildings and surrounding land, especially a farm, or land granted to a settler.
The homestead was the heart of a family farm, and in the American West the word also names a plot given by the government to settlers who agreed to live on it. In some countries it refers to a farmhouse with its yard and sheds.
How HOMESTEAD is used
Used for farms and, historically, for land claimed under settlement laws; also a verb.
- The family lived on a remote homestead in the hills.
- Smoke rose from the chimney of the old homestead.
- Each settler received a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOMESTEAD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOMESTEAD
6 longer words begin with HOMESTEAD.
Shorter words from the letters in HOMESTEAD
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Common questions about HOMESTEAD
- Is HOMESTEAD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOMESTEAD, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOMESTEAD worth?
- HOMESTEAD is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOMESTEAD mean?
- A house with its outbuildings and surrounding land, especially a farm, or land granted to a settler.
- What letters can be added to HOMESTEAD?
- HOMESTEAD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of HOMESTEAD:
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