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Hometown

Q: What does hometown mean?

As a noun, hometown means “the town (or city) where you grew up or where you have your principal residence”.

h ₄o ₁m ₃e ₁t ₁o ₁w ₄n ₁

About 3 syllables

noun · 8 letters · Less common

Scrabble US & Canada : valid
Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
Words With Friends : valid
Wordle : not valid

What does hometown mean?

noun

the town (or city) where you grew up or where you have your principal residence
“he never went back to his hometown again”

Is HOMETOWN a valid word?

Game / word list	Valid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL)	Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS)	Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE)	Yes
Wordle (guess list)	No

How many points is HOMETOWN worth?

Scrabble

16 pts

h ₄o ₁m ₃e ₁t ₁o ₁w ₄n ₁

Words With Friends

17 pts

h ₃o ₁m ₄e ₁t ₁o ₁w ₄n ₂

Wordfeud

16 pts

h ₄o ₁m ₃e ₁t ₁o ₁w ₄n ₁

NYT Crossplay

16 pts

h ₃o ₁m ₃e ₁t ₁o ₁w ₅n ₁

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in HOMETOWN

Anagrams 1

townhome

Best shorter words top 30 of 140

whom 12 moneth 11 nohow 11 theow 11 towmon 11 whoot 11 hewn 10 howe 10 metho 10 month 10 thew 10 when 10 whet 10 whot 10 women 10 hew 9 home 9 homo 9 how 9 meow 9 meth 9 moth 9 mown 9 them 9 who 9 hem 8 hom 8 hoten 8 mew 8 mho 8

See all 140 words made from HOMETOWN

Hooks for HOMETOWN

Add one letter to the front or back of HOMETOWN to make another word.

Front hooks

None

Back hooks

hometowns

Words that end like HOMETOWN

Common words that share the ending -OWN, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

overblown overgrown overthrown unknown thrown brown flown grown known shown down town own shutdown breakdown blown crown drown frown gown downtown outgrown showdown countdown

All words ending in -OWN

Hometown: quick answers

Is HOMETOWN a valid Scrabble word?

Yes. HOMETOWN is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 16 points before board bonuses.

How many points is HOMETOWN worth?

HOMETOWN scores 16 points in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends, 16 in Wordfeud and 16 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.

What does hometown mean?

As a noun, hometown means “the town (or city) where you grew up or where you have your principal residence”.

What words can you make with the letters in HOMETOWN?

You can make 140 shorter words from HOMETOWN, such as WHOM, MONETH, NOHOW, THEOW. See the full list.

What are the anagrams of HOMETOWN?

HOMETOWN rearranges into TOWNHOME.