HORME is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. HORME is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept HORME?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HORME is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HORME
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hormesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HORME scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HORME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 32,677.
What does HORME mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A basic urge or driving impulse behind purposeful behaviour.
Horme comes from a Greek word for onset or impulse, and William McDougall borrowed it early in the twentieth century to build his theory of hormic psychology, in which behaviour is driven by inborn urges rather than by simple habit. Carl Jung later used horme in a narrower sense, for the raw vital energy behind an urge rather than the urge itself. The term never became common outside academic writing, and most readers meet horme only in histories of psychology.
How HORME is used
Technical; found mainly in academic writing about early psychological theory, not in everyday speech.
- McDougall placed horme at the centre of his account of instinct.
- Jung used horme for the vital energy behind an urge, not the urge itself.
- The word horme rarely appears outside a history of psychology.
- A theory built on horme treats behaviour as driven rather than merely learned.
- Students meet horme once, in a footnote, and rarely again.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HORME and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HORME
The 5 tiles of HORME in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with HORME
4 longer words begin with HORME.
Words with HORME inside
1 words contain HORME in the middle. Words that start with HORME are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HORME
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Common questions about HORME
- Is HORME valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and HORME is not in it.
- How many points is HORME worth?
- HORME is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HORME mean?
- A basic urge or driving impulse behind purposeful behaviour.
- What letters can be added to HORME?
- HORME takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HORME:
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