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HOMOLOGOUS

10 letters, 16 points in Scrabble, 5 vowels

What HOMOLOGOUS Means

  1. adjective: having the same evolutionary origin but not necessarily the same function“the wing of a bat and the arm of a man are homologous”
  2. adjective: corresponding or similar in position or structure or function or characteristics; especially derived from an organism of the same species“a homologous tissue graft”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

HOMOLOGOUS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 O1 M3 O1 L1 O1 G2 O1 U1 S1.

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