BOXY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. BOXY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOXY?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOXY is to know. It scores 16 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOXY
No single letter turns BOXY into another word.
How BOXY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BOXY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 122,538.
What stands out about BOXY
- BOXY scores 16 points, more than twice the average for a 4-letter word (7.7).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BOXY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Shaped like a box; angular and unflattering.
Boxy is nearly always mildly critical: a boxy car or a boxy jacket is one that fails to flatter what it covers. The neutral use survives in acoustics, where a boxy sound has too much of one resonance.
How BOXY is used
Before and after the noun.
- A boxy jacket that fitted nobody in particular.
- The word boxy is almost always a criticism.
- In acoustics a boxy sound is a technical description.
- Two boxy buildings on a street of curved ones.
- Boxy cars came back into fashion twice.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOXY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words with BOXY inside
Showing 24 of 27 words that contain BOXY somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BOXY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BOXY
Common questions about BOXY
- Is BOXY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOXY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOXY worth?
- BOXY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOXY mean?
- Shaped like a box; angular and unflattering.
- What letters can be added to BOXY?
- No single letter can be added to BOXY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BOXY:
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