AXIL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. AXIL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AXIL?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AXIL is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AXIL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AXIL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in AXIL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 12,103.
What does AXIL mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
The angle between a leaf and the stem.
The axil is where a bud forms, which is why a gardener looks there before making a cut. The word is Latin for an armpit, and the anatomical term for the same place on a body is built from it.
How AXIL is used
Countable: an axil, two axils.
- A bud forms in the axil and nowhere else on the stem.
- The word axil is Latin for an armpit.
- Prune above an axil and the plant knows what to do.
- Two axils on the same node means two shoots.
- A gardener checks the axil before cutting anything.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AXIL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AXIL
11 longer words begin with AXIL.
Words with AXIL inside
Showing 24 of 30 words that contain AXIL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with AXIL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AXIL
Common questions about AXIL
- Is AXIL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AXIL, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AXIL worth?
- AXIL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AXIL mean?
- The angle between a leaf and the stem.
- What letters can be added to AXIL?
- AXIL takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of AXIL:
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