ADDAX is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. ADDAX is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ADDAX?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ADDAX is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ADDAX
No single letter turns ADDAX into another word.
How ADDAX scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ADDAX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| d | 2 | 4 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 348,553.
What does ADDAX mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A large pale antelope of the Sahara desert, with long spiral horns, adapted to arid conditions.
The addax is a critically endangered antelope native to the Sahara Desert, recognized by its long spiral horns and pale, sand-colored coat that helps it survive extreme heat. It can go for long periods without drinking water, getting most of its moisture from the plants it eats. Today wild populations are extremely rare, and most addax survive in protected reserves and captive breeding programs.
How ADDAX is used
Used mainly in wildlife and conservation writing about desert-dwelling animals of North Africa.
- The addax survives in the harshest parts of the Sahara by rarely needing to drink.
- Conservationists have reintroduced captive-bred addax into protected desert reserves.
- The addax's spiral horns can grow more than two feet long.
- Poaching pushed the wild addax population to the edge of extinction.
- A small herd of addax grazed on sparse desert vegetation near the dunes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ADDAX and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ADDAX
1 longer words begin with ADDAX.
Shorter words from the letters in ADDAX
Common questions about ADDAX
- Is ADDAX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ADDAX, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ADDAX worth?
- ADDAX is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ADDAX mean?
- A large pale antelope of the Sahara desert, with long spiral horns, adapted to arid conditions.
- What letters can be added to ADDAX?
- No single letter can be added to ADDAX to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ADDAX:
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