HOMINOID is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. HOMINOID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOMINOID?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOMINOID is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOMINOID
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hominoidsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOMINOID scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HOMINOID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HOMINOID has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HOMINOID mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalzoology
A primate of the group that includes humans, apes and their fossil ancestors.
Biologists use hominoid for the broad family tree of apes and people, wider than the group of humans alone. Writers also use it loosely for any creature built like a human.
How HOMINOID is used
Technical in science writing, looser in fiction.
- The gibbon is a small hominoid of the Asian forests.
- Fossil teeth revealed an early hominoid.
- The cave drawing shows a hominoid figure with long arms.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOMINOID and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOMINOID
1 longer words begin with HOMINOID.
Shorter words from the letters in HOMINOID
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Common questions about HOMINOID
- Is HOMINOID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOMINOID, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOMINOID worth?
- HOMINOID is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOMINOID mean?
- A primate of the group that includes humans, apes and their fossil ancestors.
- What letters can be added to HOMINOID?
- HOMINOID takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HOMINOID:
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