HOMINIAN is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. HOMINIAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOMINIAN?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOMINIAN is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOMINIAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hominiansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOMINIAN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HOMINIAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HOMINIAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HOMINIAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A member of the primate group that includes modern humans and their upright-walking relatives.
Anthropologists use hominian in discussions of early human ancestry, but the more familiar term is hominid. It covers species that walked on two legs, among them Homo and Australopithecus. As an adjective it describes things belonging to that group.
How HOMINIAN is used
Found in anthropology and evolutionary biology, and rarely in everyday speech.
- The fossil was identified as an early hominian.
- Every hominian in the exhibit walked upright.
- Scientists compared the hominian skull with that of an ape.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOMINIAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOMINIAN
1 longer words begin with HOMINIAN.
Shorter words from the letters in HOMINIAN
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Common questions about HOMINIAN
- Is HOMINIAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOMINIAN, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOMINIAN worth?
- HOMINIAN is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOMINIAN mean?
- A member of the primate group that includes modern humans and their upright-walking relatives.
- What letters can be added to HOMINIAN?
- HOMINIAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HOMINIAN:
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