HOMOPOLYMER is a valid Scrabble word — 23 points
Yes. HOMOPOLYMER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 23 points in Scrabble and 25 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOMOPOLYMER?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOMOPOLYMER is to know. It scores 23 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOMOPOLYMER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
homopolymersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOMOPOLYMER scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in HOMOPOLYMER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 3 | 8 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HOMOPOLYMER has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HOMOPOLYMER mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A polymer built from only one kind of repeating unit.
Polyethylene is a typical homopolymer, because every link in the chain comes from the same ethylene unit. A homopolymer differs from a copolymer, which mixes two or more building blocks. In biology the word can also mean a DNA strand made of one repeated base.
How HOMOPOLYMER is used
Used in chemistry, materials science and molecular biology.
- Polystyrene is a common homopolymer.
- A homopolymer has the same unit repeated along its length.
- The lab prepared a homopolymer of ethylene.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOMOPOLYMER and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOMOPOLYMER
2 longer words begin with HOMOPOLYMER.
Shorter words from the letters in HOMOPOLYMER
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Common questions about HOMOPOLYMER
- Is HOMOPOLYMER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOMOPOLYMER, where it scores 25 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOMOPOLYMER worth?
- HOMOPOLYMER is worth 23 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOMOPOLYMER mean?
- A polymer built from only one kind of repeating unit.
- What letters can be added to HOMOPOLYMER?
- HOMOPOLYMER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of HOMOPOLYMER:
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