CALIX is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. CALIX is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CALIX?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CALIX is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CALIX
No single letter turns CALIX into another word.
How CALIX scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CALIX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 116,184.
What does CALIX mean in Scrabble?
noun
botanymedical
A variant spelling of calyx, referring to the cup-shaped outer part of a flower or a similarly cup-shaped structure in the body.
In botany a calix protects the developing bud before the petals open, forming the outer ring of leaf-like sepals. Doctors also use the word for a cup-shaped cavity in an organ, most often the small cavities inside the kidney that collect urine. The spelling calix appears alongside the more common calyx in both scientific and general dictionaries.
How CALIX is used
Technical term used mainly in botanical and medical writing rather than everyday speech.
- The flower's calix opened before a single petal showed.
- The scan revealed a widened calix in the kidney.
- Botanists compared the calix shapes of the two species.
- Inflammation of the calix can signal a kidney problem.
- The green calix remained after the petals had fallen.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CALIX and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CALIX
1 longer words begin with CALIX.
Shorter words from the letters in CALIX
Common questions about CALIX
- Is CALIX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CALIX, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CALIX worth?
- CALIX is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CALIX mean?
- A variant spelling of calyx, referring to the cup-shaped outer part of a flower or a similarly cup-shaped structure in the body.
- What letters can be added to CALIX?
- No single letter can be added to CALIX to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CALIX:
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