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Is hominy a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word hominy is a Scrabble US word. The word hominy is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

H4O1M3I1N1Y4

Is hominy a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word hominy is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

H4O1M3I1N1Y4

Is hominy a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word hominy is a Words With Friends word. The word hominy is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

H3O1M4I1N2Y3

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6-letter words (1 found)

HOMINY,

4-letter words (6 found)

HOMY,HYMN,MINO,MINY,MONY,YONI,

3-letter words (21 found)

HIM,HIN,HOI,HOM,HON,HOY,ION,MHO,MOI,MON,MOY,NIM,NOH,NOM,NOY,NYM,OHM,ONY,YIN,YOM,YON,

2-letter words (16 found)

HI,HM,HO,IN,IO,MI,MO,MY,NO,NY,OH,OI,OM,ON,OY,YO,

You can make 44 words from hominy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of hominy

hominy

Etymology

First recorded in 1629. From Powhatan ("Virginia Algonquian"), though the exact source word is in question: suggestions include uskatahomen, appuminnéonash (“parched corn”), and rokohamin (“parched, ground corn”), the last yielding also the unclipped rockahominy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɒmɪni/
  • Homophone: harmony (god-guard merger and weak vowel merger)

Noun

hominy (usually uncountable, plural hominies)

  1. A food made from hulled corn (maize) kernels soaked in lye water, rinsed, then cooked and eaten; or, the rinsed kernels are dried and coarsely ground into hominy grits.
    Synonym: nixtamal

Derived terms

  • hominy snow

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Further reading

  • hominy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Source: wiktionary.org