HONEYCOMB is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. HONEYCOMB is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HONEYCOMB?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HONEYCOMB is to know. It scores 21 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HONEYCOMB
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
honeycombsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HONEYCOMB scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in HONEYCOMB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HONEYCOMB has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HONEYCOMB mean in Scrabble?
noun
A wax structure of six-sided cells made by bees to store honey and raise their young.
A honeycomb is a marvel of tidy geometry, and its pattern is copied in many designs. As a verb it means to fill something with holes, as when tunnels honeycomb a hillside.
How HONEYCOMB is used
Honeycomb names the bees' structure and anything shaped in a hexagonal or hole-filled pattern.
- The beekeeper lifted a golden honeycomb out of the hive.
- Old mine tunnels honeycomb the hillside.
- The metal panel had a honeycomb structure to save weight.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HONEYCOMB and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HONEYCOMB
4 longer words begin with HONEYCOMB.
Shorter words from the letters in HONEYCOMB
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Common questions about HONEYCOMB
- Is HONEYCOMB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HONEYCOMB, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HONEYCOMB worth?
- HONEYCOMB is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HONEYCOMB mean?
- A wax structure of six-sided cells made by bees to store honey and raise their young.
- What letters can be added to HONEYCOMB?
- HONEYCOMB takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of HONEYCOMB:
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