AUXESIS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. AUXESIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AUXESIS?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AUXESIS is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AUXESIS
No single letter turns AUXESIS into another word.
How AUXESIS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in AUXESIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 686,195.
What does AUXESIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
Growth by increase in cell size without cell division, or a figure of speech that exaggerates by using a grander word.
In biology auxesis explains why some tissues swell as cells enlarge rather than multiply. In rhetoric the same word names amplification, where a speaker deliberately picks a stronger term than the plain one.
How AUXESIS is used
Auxesis is a rare term in biology and rhetoric.
- The tissue grew by auxesis, not by new cells.
- Calling a scratch a catastrophe is a case of auxesis.
- The textbook contrasts auxesis with cell multiplication.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AUXESIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in AUXESIS
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Common questions about AUXESIS
- Is AUXESIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AUXESIS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AUXESIS worth?
- AUXESIS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AUXESIS mean?
- Growth by increase in cell size without cell division, or a figure of speech that exaggerates by using a grander word.
- What letters can be added to AUXESIS?
- No single letter can be added to AUXESIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of AUXESIS:
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