HOMOGENOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. HOMOGENOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOMOGENOUS?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOMOGENOUS is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOMOGENOUS
No single letter turns HOMOGENOUS into another word.
How HOMOGENOUS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in HOMOGENOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 3 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HOMOGENOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HOMOGENOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Of the same kind or nature throughout; also, in biology, similar because of a shared ancestry.
Homogenous is often used as a variant of homogeneous, though some careful writers keep it for the biological sense of shared descent. In everyday use the two usually mean the same thing.
How HOMOGENOUS is used
Common in general writing as a variant of homogeneous.
- The town is fairly homogenous in age and income.
- A homogenous mixture looks the same in every spoonful.
- The two fins are homogenous structures in related fish.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOMOGENOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HOMOGENOUS
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Common questions about HOMOGENOUS
- Is HOMOGENOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOMOGENOUS, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOMOGENOUS worth?
- HOMOGENOUS is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOMOGENOUS mean?
- Of the same kind or nature throughout; also, in biology, similar because of a shared ancestry.
- What letters can be added to HOMOGENOUS?
- No single letter can be added to HOMOGENOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of HOMOGENOUS:
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