HETERONYM

9 letters, 17 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What HETERONYM Means

noun: two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation“the word ‘bow’ is an example of a heteronym”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

HETERONYM is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 E1 T1 E1 R1 O1 N1 Y4 M3.

Words Made From The Letters In HETERONYM

293 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

7 letter words (5)

MONEYER MOTHERY MYNHEER THEOREM THEREON

6 letter words (29)

EMOTER EOTHEN ETHYNE ETYMON HEREON HERETO HETERO HORNET MENTOR METEOR MONETH MONTRE MOREEN MOTHER NETHER NOTHER ONEYER ONEYRE REHOME REMOTE RHYTON THEORY THERME THORNY THRENE THRONE TONEME TOYMEN YEOMEN

5 letter words (66)

4 letter words (92)

3 letter words (75)

EEN EME EMO ENE EON ERE ERM ERN ETH EYE HEM HEN HER HET HEY HOE HOM HON HOT HOY HYE MEE MEH MEN MET MHO MOE MON MOR MOT MOY NEE NET NOH NOM NOR NOT NOY NTH NYE OHM ONE ONY ORE ORT OYE REE REH REM REN REO RET RHO RHY ROE ROM ROT RYE TEE TEN THE THO THY TOE TOM TON TOR TOY TRY TYE YEH YEN YET YOM YON

2 letter words (26)

EE EH EM EN ER ET HE HM HO ME MO MY NE NO NY OE OH OM ON OR OY RE TE TO YE YO

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