HOMOPHONE is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. HOMOPHONE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOMOPHONE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOMOPHONE is to know. It scores 19 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOMOPHONE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
homophonesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOMOPHONE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in HOMOPHONE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 2 | 2 |
| o | 3 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HOMOPHONE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HOMOPHONE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A word that sounds exactly like another but differs in meaning and often in spelling.
Pairs such as pair and pear are classic homophones, and they cause many spelling slips. Puns and riddles lean on them for humour.
How HOMOPHONE is used
Common in language teaching, spelling lessons and word games.
- The word knight is a homophone of night.
- Teachers drill pupils on each tricky homophone.
- A homophone can fool a spell checker.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOMOPHONE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOMOPHONE
1 longer words begin with HOMOPHONE.
Shorter words from the letters in HOMOPHONE
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Common questions about HOMOPHONE
- Is HOMOPHONE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOMOPHONE, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOMOPHONE worth?
- HOMOPHONE is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOMOPHONE mean?
- A word that sounds exactly like another but differs in meaning and often in spelling.
- What letters can be added to HOMOPHONE?
- HOMOPHONE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of HOMOPHONE:
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