HONEYBEE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. HONEYBEE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HONEYBEE?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HONEYBEE is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HONEYBEE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
honeybeesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HONEYBEE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HONEYBEE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HONEYBEE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HONEYBEE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A social bee kept by people for the honey and wax it makes, living in large colonies.
A honeybee visits flowers for nectar and pollen and, in doing so, pollinates many crops. A single colony has one queen, a few males and thousands of workers, and a worker that stings usually dies.
How HONEYBEE is used
Honeybee is used in farming, nature writing and discussions of pollination.
- A honeybee landed on the clover.
- Farmers depend on the honeybee to pollinate their orchards.
- The honeybee returned to the hive with pollen.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HONEYBEE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HONEYBEE
1 longer words begin with HONEYBEE.
Shorter words from the letters in HONEYBEE
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Common questions about HONEYBEE
- Is HONEYBEE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HONEYBEE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HONEYBEE worth?
- HONEYBEE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HONEYBEE mean?
- A social bee kept by people for the honey and wax it makes, living in large colonies.
- What letters can be added to HONEYBEE?
- HONEYBEE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HONEYBEE:
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