HOMINID is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. HOMINID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOMINID?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOMINID is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOMINID
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hominidsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOMINID scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HOMINID, 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 | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 578,977.
What does HOMINID mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A member of the primate family that includes humans, their extinct ancestors and, in some classifications, the great apes.
Fossil finds such as Lucy, an australopithecine, are labelled hominid because they stand on the human side of the family tree. The strictness of the term has shifted over time, so some modern texts use hominin for the human line and keep hominid for the wider group.
How HOMINID is used
Palaeontologists and textbook writers use hominid when discussing early human relatives.
- The skull belonged to an early hominid who walked upright.
- Fossil hominid footprints were found in volcanic ash.
- Scientists debate where each hominid fits on the family tree.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOMINID and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOMINID
1 longer words begin with HOMINID.
Shorter words from the letters in HOMINID
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Common questions about HOMINID
- Is HOMINID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOMINID, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOMINID worth?
- HOMINID is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOMINID mean?
- A member of the primate family that includes humans, their extinct ancestors and, in some classifications, the great apes.
- What letters can be added to HOMINID?
- HOMINID takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HOMINID:
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