homophonous

ADJECTIVE /hə'mɑfənəs/

11 LETTERS · 4 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH H

homophonous is a valid 11-letter word worth 21 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS

H4O1M3O1P3H4O1N1O1U1S1

4 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =21 PTS

DOUBLE WORD → 42TRIPLE WORD → 63

MEANING

What does homophonous mean?

ADJECTIVE · 1 SENSE

Characteristic of the phenomenon of words of different origins that are pronounced the same way.

“`horse' and `hoarse' are homophonous words”