Is HOMEWARDS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, HOMEWARDS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 18 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does HOMEWARDS mean?
- adverb
toward home
“fought his way homeward through the deep snow”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
18
Scrabble
18
Words With Friends
9
Letters
H (4) + O (1) + M (3) + E (1) + W (4) + A (1) + R (1) + D (2) + S (1) = 18 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for HOMEWARDS
HOMEWARDS has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from HOMEWARDS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- homeward17
- shadower15
- deworms13
- marshed13
- meadows13
- swarmed13
- shadow13
- shawed13
- showed13
- shrewd13
- washed13
- whored13
- shawm13
- whamo13
- whams13
- womeras12
- deworm12
- emdash12
- harmed12
- hawser12
- mashed12
- meadow12
- moshed12
- reshow12
- rewash12
- shamed12
- shower12
- warmed12
- washer12
- whores12
- wormed12
- dhows12
- hawed12
- wham12
- whom12
- redowas11
- harems11
- homers11
- mahoes11
- masher11
- mosher11
- mowers11
- shmear11
- womera11
- hawse11
- homed11
- howes11
- mawed11
- mowed11
- shrew11
- whore11
- whose11
- dhow11
- radomes10
- dasher10
- dehors10
- dewars10
- dowers10
- dowser10
- drowse10
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