CALYX is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. CALYX is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CALYX?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CALYX is to know. It scores 17 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CALYX
No single letter turns CALYX into another word.
How CALYX scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CALYX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 522,830.
What does CALYX mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
The outer part of a flower, formed by the sepals, that encloses and protects the petals before the bud opens.
Botanists use calyx for the ring of usually green, leaf-like sepals that wraps around a flower bud, shielding the more delicate petals inside until the flower is ready to open. The same word is also applied, by resemblance of shape, to certain cup-like structures in animals such as the kidney.
How CALYX is used
A standard botanical term, also used more narrowly in anatomy for a cup-shaped structure.
- The calyx of the rose remained green long after the petals had fallen.
- Botanists counted five sepals forming the calyx of the flower.
- Beneath the bright petals, the calyx still held the bud closed.
- The gardener noted that the calyx had split open before the flower bloomed.
- In some species the calyx is as colourful as the petals themselves.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CALYX and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CALYX
1 longer words begin with CALYX.
Words ending in CALYX
2 words end in CALYX. Useful as a back hook: play CALYX onto a word already on the board.
Words with CALYX inside
1 words contain CALYX in the middle. Words that start with CALYX are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CALYX
Common questions about CALYX
- Is CALYX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CALYX, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CALYX worth?
- CALYX is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CALYX mean?
- The outer part of a flower, formed by the sepals, that encloses and protects the petals before the bud opens.
- What letters can be added to CALYX?
- No single letter can be added to CALYX to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CALYX:
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