HOMONYMY is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. HOMONYMY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOMONYMY?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOMONYMY is to know. It scores 21 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOMONYMY
No single letter turns HOMONYMY into another word.
How HOMONYMY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HOMONYMY, 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 | 2 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HOMONYMY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HOMONYMY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The state of different words sharing the same spelling or sound while having unrelated meanings.
Homonymy explains why "bank" can mean a riverside or a money house. Linguists separate it from polysemy, where one word has several related senses. In biology the term also touches on identical scientific names.
How HOMONYMY is used
Used in linguistics and lexicography.
- Homonymy is a common source of puns.
- The lecture on homonymy used "bat" as an example.
- Dictionaries handle homonymy by giving separate entries.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOMONYMY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HOMONYMY
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Common questions about HOMONYMY
- Is HOMONYMY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOMONYMY, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOMONYMY worth?
- HOMONYMY is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOMONYMY mean?
- The state of different words sharing the same spelling or sound while having unrelated meanings.
- What letters can be added to HOMONYMY?
- No single letter can be added to HOMONYMY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HOMONYMY:
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