HOMICIDE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. HOMICIDE 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 HOMICIDE?
| 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 HOMICIDE 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 HOMICIDE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
homicidesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOMICIDE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HOMICIDE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HOMICIDE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HOMICIDE mean in Scrabble?
noun
legal
The killing of one human being by another, whether lawful or a crime.
Law separates kinds of homicide: murder and manslaughter are crimes, while a killing in self-defence may be justified. Police use the word for the department that investigates unlawful deaths, so a detective may be said to work in homicide.
How HOMICIDE is used
Homicide belongs to police and court vocabulary and is common in crime reporting.
- Police are treating the death as a homicide.
- She works as a detective in the homicide unit.
- The homicide rate fell for the third year in a row.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOMICIDE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOMICIDE
1 longer words begin with HOMICIDE.
Shorter words from the letters in HOMICIDE
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Common questions about HOMICIDE
- Is HOMICIDE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOMICIDE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOMICIDE worth?
- HOMICIDE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOMICIDE mean?
- The killing of one human being by another, whether lawful or a crime.
- What letters can be added to HOMICIDE?
- HOMICIDE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HOMICIDE:
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