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Homophone

Q: What does homophone mean?

As a noun, homophone means “two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)”.

h ₄o ₁m ₃o ₁p ₃h ₄o ₁n ₁e ₁

About 3 syllables

noun · 9 letters · Less common

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

What does homophone mean?

noun

two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)

Is HOMOPHONE 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 HOMOPHONE worth?

Scrabble

19 pts

h ₄o ₁m ₃o ₁p ₃h ₄o ₁n ₁e ₁

Words With Friends

20 pts

h ₃o ₁m ₄o ₁p ₄h ₃o ₁n ₂e ₁

Wordfeud

20 pts

h ₄o ₁m ₃o ₁p ₄h ₄o ₁n ₁e ₁

NYT Crossplay

17 pts

h ₃o ₁m ₃o ₁p ₃h ₃o ₁n ₁e ₁

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

Words from the letters in HOMOPHONE

Best shorter words top 30 of 88

phenom 13 oomph 12 phoh 12 hemp 11 hoopoe 11 pheon 10 phone 10 phono 10 heh 9 hoh 9 home 9 homo 9 hoop 9 hope 9 phon 9 pooh 9 hem 8 hep 8 hom 8 hop 8 mho 8 moop 8 mope 8 ohm 8 ohone 8 peh 8 pho 8 poem 8 poh 8 pome 8

See all 88 words made from HOMOPHONE

Hooks for HOMOPHONE

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

Front hooks

None

Back hooks

homophones

Words that end like HOMOPHONE

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

telephone undergone overtone limestone megaphone milestone saxophone undertone xylophone baritone collarbone foregone gramophone gravestone microphone overdone alone phone prone stone done gone none one

All words ending in -ONE

Homophone: quick answers

Is HOMOPHONE a valid Scrabble word?

Yes. HOMOPHONE is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 19 points before board bonuses.

How many points is HOMOPHONE worth?

HOMOPHONE scores 19 points in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends, 20 in Wordfeud and 17 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.

What does homophone mean?

As a noun, homophone means “two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)”.

What words can you make with the letters in HOMOPHONE?

You can make 88 shorter words from HOMOPHONE, such as PHENOM, OOMPH, PHOH, HEMP. See the full list.