HOMOCERCAL is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. HOMOCERCAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOMOCERCAL?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOMOCERCAL is to know. It scores 19 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOMOCERCAL
No single letter turns HOMOCERCAL into another word.
How HOMOCERCAL scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in HOMOCERCAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HOMOCERCAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HOMOCERCAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
zoologytechnical
Of a fish tail, having two lobes of equal size and an outwardly symmetrical shape.
Most bony fishes have a homocercal tail, with the upper and lower halves matching. Sharks are the classic contrast, since their tails are uneven. Biologists use homocercal when describing fish anatomy and fossils.
How HOMOCERCAL is used
A zoological term, used for the tail shape of fishes.
- A salmon has a homocercal tail that looks the same above and below.
- The fossil showed an early homocercal fin structure.
- Students learned to tell a homocercal tail from an uneven shark tail.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOMOCERCAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HOMOCERCAL
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Common questions about HOMOCERCAL
- Is HOMOCERCAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOMOCERCAL, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOMOCERCAL worth?
- HOMOCERCAL is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOMOCERCAL mean?
- Of a fish tail, having two lobes of equal size and an outwardly symmetrical shape.
- What letters can be added to HOMOCERCAL?
- No single letter can be added to HOMOCERCAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of HOMOCERCAL:
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