DESOXY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. DESOXY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DESOXY?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DESOXY is to know. It scores 17 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DESOXY
No single letter turns DESOXY into another word.
How DESOXY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DESOXY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 388,038.
What does DESOXY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistry
Containing less oxygen than the parent compound; an older form of deoxy.
Chemists once used desoxy in compound names such as desoxyribose before deoxy took over. Today it is mostly met in older texts.
How DESOXY is used
Appears in older chemical nomenclature.
- The old textbook calls the sugar a desoxy compound.
- A desoxy form of the molecule lacks one oxygen atom.
- Early papers described a desoxy derivative of the drug.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DESOXY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DESOXY
2 longer words begin with DESOXY.
Shorter words from the letters in DESOXY
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Common questions about DESOXY
- Is DESOXY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DESOXY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DESOXY worth?
- DESOXY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DESOXY mean?
- Containing less oxygen than the parent compound; an older form of deoxy.
- What letters can be added to DESOXY?
- No single letter can be added to DESOXY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DESOXY:
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