HOMOLOG is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. HOMOLOG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOMOLOG?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOMOLOG is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOMOLOG
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOMOLOG scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HOMOLOG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 3 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,955 thousand.
What does HOMOLOG mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
Something that corresponds to another thing in origin, structure or position.
The wing of a bat and the arm of a human are homologs, since both come from the same ancestral limb. Chemists apply the term to compounds in a series differing by a repeated unit, and the longer spelling homologue means the same.
How HOMOLOG is used
In biology and chemistry a homolog is the counterpart that shares a common origin.
- The human gene has a close homolog in mice.
- Methane and ethane are homologs in the same chemical series.
- Each bone in the fin has a homolog in the human hand.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOMOLOG and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOMOLOG
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Shorter words from the letters in HOMOLOG
Common questions about HOMOLOG
- Is HOMOLOG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOMOLOG, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOMOLOG worth?
- HOMOLOG is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOMOLOG mean?
- Something that corresponds to another thing in origin, structure or position.
- What letters can be added to HOMOLOG?
- HOMOLOG takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HOMOLOG:
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