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What does homonym mean? Is homonym a Scrabble word?

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Is homonym a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word homonym is a Scrabble US word. The word homonym is worth 17 points in Scrabble:

H4O1M3O1N1Y4M3

Is homonym a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word homonym is a Scrabble UK word and has 17 points:

H4O1M3O1N1Y4M3

Is homonym a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word homonym is a Words With Friends word. The word homonym is worth 18 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

H3O1M4O1N2Y3M4

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7-letter words (1 found)

HOMONYM,

5-letter words (1 found)

MOONY,

4-letter words (8 found)

HOMO,HOMY,HOON,HYMN,MOHO,MONO,MONY,MOON,

3-letter words (24 found)

HMM,HOM,HON,HOO,HOY,MHO,MOM,MON,MOO,MOY,NOH,NOM,NOO,NOY,NYM,OHM,OHO,ONO,ONY,OOH,OOM,OON,YOM,YON,

2-letter words (13 found)

HM,HO,MM,MO,MY,NO,NY,OH,OM,ON,OO,OY,YO,

You can make 47 words from homonym according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of homonym

homonym

Etymology

homo- +‎ -onym

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɒmənɪm/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɑmənɪm/

Noun

homonym (plural homonyms)

  1. (semantics, strict sense) A word that both sounds and is spelled the same as another word.
  2. (loosely) A word that sounds or is spelled the same as another word (but not necessarily both), technically called a homophone (same sound, different spelling) or a homograph (same spelling, different sound), or if both are the same, a homonym.
  3. (taxonomy) A name for a taxon that is identical in spelling to another name that belongs to a different taxon.

Usage notes

  • Homonyms (in the broader sense) are divided into the two overlapping subcategories homographs and homophones. Examples:
    • die and dye (homophones but not homographs)
    • the parasitic flatworm called the fluke, the fish called the fluke, and a fluke, part of the tail of a whale (both homophones and homographs and therefore true homonyms in the strict sense)
    • the metal lead and the present tense of the verb lead (homographs but not homophones)

Derived terms

  • homonymic
  • homonymous
  • homonymphobia

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Further reading

  • homonym on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • homonym (biology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Adjective

homonym (neuter homonymt, plural and definite singular attributive homonyme)

  1. homonymic

Noun

homonym

  1. homonym

Declension

Swedish

Noun

homonym c

  1. homonym

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org