HOMONYM is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. HOMONYM 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 HOMONYM?
| 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: 58 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOMONYM is to know. It scores 17 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOMONYM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOMONYM scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HOMONYM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 23,821 thousand.
What does HOMONYM mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A word that is spelled or pronounced like another word but has a different meaning.
A homonym can look alike, sound alike, or both, and which of these counts depends on the writer. The word bank for a riverside and bank for money is the standard teaching example. In biology a homonym is also a scientific name that duplicates one already given to another organism.
How HOMONYM is used
Homonym is a language term, used in grammar teaching and also in biological naming.
- Bear the animal and bear the verb make a classic homonym.
- The teacher asked the class to find a homonym for the word bat.
- Puns often depend on a homonym to work.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOMONYM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOMONYM
8 longer words begin with HOMONYM.
Shorter words from the letters in HOMONYM
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Common questions about HOMONYM
- Is HOMONYM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOMONYM, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOMONYM worth?
- HOMONYM is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOMONYM mean?
- A word that is spelled or pronounced like another word but has a different meaning.
- What letters can be added to HOMONYM?
- HOMONYM takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HOMONYM:
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