AXON is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. AXON 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 AXON?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AXON is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AXON
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AXON scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in AXON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does AXON mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
The long fibre of a nerve cell.
An axon can be over a metre long in a human, which makes a single cell longer than most organs. The word is Greek for an axle, chosen for the shape rather than for any turning at all.
How AXON is used
Countable: an axon, two axons.
- An axon can run from the spine to the foot.
- The word axon is Greek for an axle.
- A single cell with an axon that long is hard to imagine.
- Two axons in the same bundle may carry opposite signals.
- The axon carries the signal away from the cell body.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AXON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AXON
11 longer words begin with AXON.
Words ending in AXON
11 words end in AXON. Useful as a back hook: play AXON onto a word already on the board.
Words with AXON inside
Showing 24 of 42 words that contain AXON somewhere in the middle. Words that start with AXON are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AXON
Common questions about AXON
- Is AXON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AXON, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AXON worth?
- AXON is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AXON mean?
- The long fibre of a nerve cell.
- What letters can be added to AXON?
- AXON takes 4 hooks: 2 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of AXON:
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