HOMOPLASTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. HOMOPLASTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOMOPLASTIC?
| 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 HOMOPLASTIC is to know. It scores 20 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOMOPLASTIC
No single letter turns HOMOPLASTIC into another word.
How HOMOPLASTIC scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in HOMOPLASTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HOMOPLASTIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HOMOPLASTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Similar in form or structure because of similar environments or functions, not because of shared ancestry.
The wings of bats and insects are homoplastic features: they look alike in purpose but arose separately. Biologists use the word when sorting out true family relationships from chance resemblance.
How HOMOPLASTIC is used
Used in evolutionary biology, often with traits or characters.
- The streamlined bodies of sharks and dolphins are homoplastic.
- A homoplastic trait can mislead researchers building a family tree.
- They classed the resemblance as homoplastic rather than inherited.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOMOPLASTIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOMOPLASTIC
1 longer words begin with HOMOPLASTIC.
Shorter words from the letters in HOMOPLASTIC
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Common questions about HOMOPLASTIC
- Is HOMOPLASTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOMOPLASTIC, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOMOPLASTIC worth?
- HOMOPLASTIC is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOMOPLASTIC mean?
- Similar in form or structure because of similar environments or functions, not because of shared ancestry.
- What letters can be added to HOMOPLASTIC?
- No single letter can be added to HOMOPLASTIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of HOMOPLASTIC:
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