HOMOLOGUE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. HOMOLOGUE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOMOLOGUE?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOMOLOGUE is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOMOLOGUE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
homologuesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOMOLOGUE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in HOMOLOGUE, 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 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HOMOLOGUE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HOMOLOGUE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A part, organ or substance that corresponds to another in structure, position or origin.
A homologue is judged by shared ancestry, not by what the thing does. A bat's wing is the homologue of a human arm, even though one flies and the other grasps. Chemists use the term for members of a related series of compounds.
How HOMOLOGUE is used
Used in biology, chemistry and mathematics; the American spelling is homolog.
- The fin of a whale is a homologue of the human hand.
- The gene has a close homologue in yeast.
- Each compound in the series is a homologue of the one before it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOMOLOGUE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOMOLOGUE
1 longer words begin with HOMOLOGUE.
Shorter words from the letters in HOMOLOGUE
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Common questions about HOMOLOGUE
- Is HOMOLOGUE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOMOLOGUE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOMOLOGUE worth?
- HOMOLOGUE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOMOLOGUE mean?
- A part, organ or substance that corresponds to another in structure, position or origin.
- What letters can be added to HOMOLOGUE?
- HOMOLOGUE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of HOMOLOGUE:
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