Definitions For Homograph

noun

  • Two words are homographs if they are spelled the same way but differ in meaning (e.g. fair)
  • A word that is spelled like another word but that is different in origin, meaning, or pronunciation

Is Homographs a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
21
Words with Friends
22

The word Homograph is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Homograph in a Sentence

  • The words “bow” for a part of a ship and “bow” for a weapon that shoots arrows are homographs.

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