DEOXY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. DEOXY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DEOXY?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEOXY is to know. It scores 16 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEOXY
No single letter turns DEOXY into another word.
How DEOXY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DEOXY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 98,031.
What stands out about DEOXY
- The letters of DEOXY run in alphabetical order from first to last.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DEOXY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistry
Having one less oxygen atom than a related or parent compound.
Deoxy shows up as a prefix rather than a freestanding label, always bolted onto the front of a longer chemical name such as deoxyribose or deoxycorticosterone. Biochemistry students meet the prefix early, since the small structural change it names is exactly what separates the backbone of RNA from the backbone of DNA. Journal articles never describe a substance simply as deoxy on its own; the prefix only makes sense once it is attached to whichever molecule it modifies.
How DEOXY is used
Chiefly technical, used in chemistry and biology rather than in everyday speech.
- Deoxyribose is the deoxy sugar that gives DNA its backbone.
- The compound is described as deoxy because it lacks one oxygen atom found in its parent form.
- Biochemists use the deoxy prefix to mark a precise structural change.
- A deoxy sugar reacts differently from the oxygen-rich sugar it comes from.
- The textbook explained why the deoxy form is more stable than the original.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEOXY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DEOXY
20 longer words begin with DEOXY.
Shorter words from the letters in DEOXY
Common questions about DEOXY
- Is DEOXY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEOXY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEOXY worth?
- DEOXY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEOXY mean?
- Having one less oxygen atom than a related or parent compound.
- What letters can be added to DEOXY?
- No single letter can be added to DEOXY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DEOXY:
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