PREHOMINID is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. PREHOMINID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PREHOMINID?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PREHOMINID is to know. It scores 18 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PREHOMINID
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
prehominidsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PREHOMINID scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PREHOMINID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PREHOMINID has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PREHOMINID mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
An early primate that came before, or stood near the start of, the hominid line.
A prehominid sits at the dim beginning of the human family tree. Fossil hunters use the word for creatures that were not yet clearly hominid.
How PREHOMINID is used
Used in palaeontology and anthropology; also as an adjective.
- The fossil may be a prehominid.
- Debate continues over which prehominid walked upright first.
- The museum displayed a reconstructed prehominid skull.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PREHOMINID and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PREHOMINID
1 longer words begin with PREHOMINID.
Shorter words from the letters in PREHOMINID
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Common questions about PREHOMINID
- Is PREHOMINID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PREHOMINID, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PREHOMINID worth?
- PREHOMINID is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PREHOMINID mean?
- An early primate that came before, or stood near the start of, the hominid line.
- What letters can be added to PREHOMINID?
- PREHOMINID takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PREHOMINID:
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