HOMEWARD is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. HOMEWARD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOMEWARD?
| 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 HOMEWARD is to know. It scores 17 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOMEWARD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
homewardsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOMEWARD scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HOMEWARD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HOMEWARD has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about HOMEWARD
- All 8 letters of HOMEWARD are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HOMEWARD mean in Scrabble?
adverb
In the direction of home.
It often suggests the end of a journey, as when travellers turn homeward after a long day. The word works as an adverb, as in heading homeward, and also as an adjective, as in the homeward road.
How HOMEWARD is used
Homeward is used as an adverb and an adjective, often in travel and literary writing.
- The weary soldiers turned homeward at last.
- We set off homeward before the storm arrived.
- The homeward journey felt twice as long.
- Geese were flying homeward in a great V.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOMEWARD and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOMEWARD
1 longer words begin with HOMEWARD.
Shorter words from the letters in HOMEWARD
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Common questions about HOMEWARD
- Is HOMEWARD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOMEWARD, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOMEWARD worth?
- HOMEWARD is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOMEWARD mean?
- In the direction of home.
- What letters can be added to HOMEWARD?
- HOMEWARD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HOMEWARD:
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