HOMOSOCIAL is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. HOMOSOCIAL 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 HOMOSOCIAL?
| 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 HOMOSOCIAL is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOMOSOCIAL
No single letter turns HOMOSOCIAL into another word.
How HOMOSOCIAL scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in HOMOSOCIAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 3 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HOMOSOCIAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HOMOSOCIAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Describing social bonds and activities between people of the same sex, not involving sexual attraction.
Sociologists call a men's club or a girls' school a homosocial setting, where friendship forms within one sex. The word draws attention to how such groups shape status and behavior.
How HOMOSOCIAL is used
Homosocial is a term from sociology and gender studies.
- The regiment was a strongly homosocial community.
- Researchers studied homosocial friendships among teenage boys.
- A homosocial space can shape how its members behave.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOMOSOCIAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOMOSOCIAL
2 longer words begin with HOMOSOCIAL.
Shorter words from the letters in HOMOSOCIAL
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Common questions about HOMOSOCIAL
- Is HOMOSOCIAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOMOSOCIAL, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOMOSOCIAL worth?
- HOMOSOCIAL is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOMOSOCIAL mean?
- Describing social bonds and activities between people of the same sex, not involving sexual attraction.
- What letters can be added to HOMOSOCIAL?
- No single letter can be added to HOMOSOCIAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of HOMOSOCIAL:
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