HOMOPTERAN is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. HOMOPTERAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOMOPTERAN?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOMOPTERAN is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOMOPTERAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
homopteransChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOMOPTERAN scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in HOMOPTERAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HOMOPTERAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HOMOPTERAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A sap-sucking insect once placed in the order Homoptera, such as an aphid, cicada or leafhopper.
A homopteran has uniform wings and piercing mouthparts. Modern classification folds the group into the larger bug order, but the older term is still met in textbooks.
How HOMOPTERAN is used
Homopteran is an entomology term, sometimes seen in older field guides.
- The cicada is a large homopteran that sings in summer.
- Each homopteran on the leaf was feeding on sap.
- He identified the insect as a homopteran.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOMOPTERAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOMOPTERAN
1 longer words begin with HOMOPTERAN.
Shorter words from the letters in HOMOPTERAN
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Common questions about HOMOPTERAN
- Is HOMOPTERAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOMOPTERAN, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOMOPTERAN worth?
- HOMOPTERAN is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOMOPTERAN mean?
- A sap-sucking insect once placed in the order Homoptera, such as an aphid, cicada or leafhopper.
- What letters can be added to HOMOPTERAN?
- HOMOPTERAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of HOMOPTERAN:
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