HOMOPLASY is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. HOMOPLASY 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 HOMOPLASY?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOMOPLASY is to know. It scores 19 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOMOPLASY
No single letter turns HOMOPLASY into another word.
How HOMOPLASY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in HOMOPLASY, 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 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HOMOPLASY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HOMOPLASY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
Likeness in a trait between species that arose separately through similar environments, not from a shared ancestor.
Wings of bats and birds are a textbook case of homoplasy. Biologists must spot it so they do not mistake convergence for kinship when drawing family trees.
How HOMOPLASY is used
Used in evolutionary biology and classification.
- The eye of an octopus and of a human is an example of homoplasy.
- Homoplasy can mislead a family tree.
- Researchers tested the trait for homoplasy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOMOPLASY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HOMOPLASY
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Common questions about HOMOPLASY
- Is HOMOPLASY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOMOPLASY, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOMOPLASY worth?
- HOMOPLASY is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOMOPLASY mean?
- Likeness in a trait between species that arose separately through similar environments, not from a shared ancestor.
- What letters can be added to HOMOPLASY?
- No single letter can be added to HOMOPLASY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of HOMOPLASY:
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