HOMOLOGY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. HOMOLOGY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOMOLOGY?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOMOLOGY is to know. It scores 17 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOMOLOGY
No single letter turns HOMOLOGY into another word.
How HOMOLOGY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HOMOLOGY, 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 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HOMOLOGY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HOMOLOGY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
Similarity in structure or origin between parts of different organisms, owing to shared ancestry.
The arm of a human, the wing of a bat and the flipper of a whale show homology because they come from the same ancestral limb. In maths and chemistry the word has other, related senses of correspondence.
How HOMOLOGY is used
Homology is used in biology, genetics, mathematics and chemistry.
- The homology between a bat wing and a human hand is striking.
- Gene sequence homology suggests the species are related.
- Students compared homology with analogy in an exam.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOMOLOGY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HOMOLOGY
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Common questions about HOMOLOGY
- Is HOMOLOGY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOMOLOGY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOMOLOGY worth?
- HOMOLOGY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOMOLOGY mean?
- Similarity in structure or origin between parts of different organisms, owing to shared ancestry.
- What letters can be added to HOMOLOGY?
- No single letter can be added to HOMOLOGY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HOMOLOGY:
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