COXA is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. COXA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COXA?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COXA is to know. It scores 13 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COXA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How COXA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in COXA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does COXA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The hip joint; the first segment of an insect leg.
Coxa is Latin for hip and is used in human anatomy and in entomology for structures that have nothing in common except position. The plural is coxae and English has never tried to change it.
How COXA is used
Countable; the plural is coxae.
- The coxa attaches the leg to the body in an insect.
- The word coxa is Latin for hip.
- Two coxae and the pelvis between them.
- A coxa in entomology is the first segment of the leg.
- The plural of coxa stays Latin.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COXA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of COXA
The 4 tiles of COXA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with COXA
7 longer words begin with COXA.
Words with COXA inside
4 words contain COXA in the middle. Words that start with COXA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in COXA
Common questions about COXA
- Is COXA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COXA, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COXA worth?
- COXA is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COXA mean?
- The hip joint; the first segment of an insect leg.
- What letters can be added to COXA?
- COXA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of COXA:
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