HOMININ is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. HOMININ is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOMININ?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOMININ is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOMININ
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOMININ scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HOMININ, 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 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 926,363.
What does HOMININ mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A member of the group of primates that includes modern humans and their extinct ancestors and close relatives.
Researchers use hominin for fossils that belong on the human side of the family tree, after the split from the apes. Newer classifications sometimes stretch it to cover the chimpanzee line as well.
How HOMININ is used
Used in anthropology and palaeontology.
- The cave yielded the bones of an early hominin.
- Every known hominin walked upright or close to it.
- Scientists dated the hominin skull to millions of years ago.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOMININ and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOMININ
2 longer words begin with HOMININ.
Shorter words from the letters in HOMININ
Common questions about HOMININ
- Is HOMININ valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOMININ, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOMININ worth?
- HOMININ is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOMININ mean?
- A member of the group of primates that includes modern humans and their extinct ancestors and close relatives.
- What letters can be added to HOMININ?
- HOMININ takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HOMININ:
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