homophonous
/hə'mɑfənəs/
adjective
11 letters4 syllables21 points in Scrabble®23 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS1
ADJECTIVE
1
Characteristic of the phenomenon of words of different origins that are pronounced the same way.
“`horse' and `hoarse' are homophonous words”
WORD FORMS
Related formhomophony
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®21 points
Words With Friends®23 points
Double word42 points
Triple word63 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinomophonoushay
Starts & ends withH … S
Syllablesho · moph · o · nous
SYNONYMS & RELATED1
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