HOMONUCLEAR is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. HOMONUCLEAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOMONUCLEAR?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOMONUCLEAR is to know. It scores 18 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOMONUCLEAR
No single letter turns HOMONUCLEAR into another word.
How HOMONUCLEAR scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in HOMONUCLEAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HOMONUCLEAR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HOMONUCLEAR mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistrytechnical
Made up of atoms of the same element.
Oxygen gas, two oxygen atoms bonded together, is a homonuclear molecule, whereas water is not. Chemists use homonuclear when the type of atom, not the number, is the point.
How HOMONUCLEAR is used
Homonuclear is used in chemistry for molecules built from identical atoms.
- Nitrogen gas is a homonuclear diatomic molecule.
- A homonuclear bond joins two atoms of the same element.
- The textbook lists homonuclear molecules beside heteronuclear ones.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOMONUCLEAR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HOMONUCLEAR
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Common questions about HOMONUCLEAR
- Is HOMONUCLEAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOMONUCLEAR, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOMONUCLEAR worth?
- HOMONUCLEAR is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOMONUCLEAR mean?
- Made up of atoms of the same element.
- What letters can be added to HOMONUCLEAR?
- No single letter can be added to HOMONUCLEAR to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of HOMONUCLEAR:
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