BOLIX is valid in Collins, not in North America — 14 points
It depends on the list you play by. BOLIX is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 14 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept BOLIX?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOLIX is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOLIX
No single letter turns BOLIX into another word.
How BOLIX scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BOLIX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does BOLIX mean in Scrabble?
verb
informalNorth American
To bungle or spoil something through carelessness or confusion.
To bolix a task is to make a mess of it, tangling up steps that should have been simple and leaving the result confused or ruined. The word is a variant spelling of bollix, itself a softened form of an older vulgar term, and it kept the meaning of muddling something up while losing the coarser edge. It is heard mostly in casual North American speech about plans, jobs, or arrangements gone wrong.
How BOLIX is used
Informal, used mainly in casual North American speech about a task or plan gone wrong.
- He managed to bolix the whole schedule.
- Do not bolix this order like you did last time.
- The new clerk seemed likely to bolix the paperwork.
- They worried the delay would bolix the entire plan.
- She promised not to bolix the meeting again.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOLIX and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BOLIX
3 longer words begin with BOLIX.
Shorter words from the letters in BOLIX
Common questions about BOLIX
- Is BOLIX valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BOLIX is not in it.
- How many points is BOLIX worth?
- BOLIX is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOLIX mean?
- To bungle or spoil something through carelessness or confusion.
- What letters can be added to BOLIX?
- No single letter can be added to BOLIX to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BOLIX:
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