DEX is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. DEX is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DEX?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEX is to know. It scores 11 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEX
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dexyChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How DEX scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in DEX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,369.
What does DEX mean in Scrabble?
noun
slang
Dexamphetamine, or a tablet of it.
Dex is the older and plainer of the two clippings, and it belonged to medical shorthand as much as to slang: a prescription pad and a lorry driver could both carry it in the 1960s. In games the same three letters stand for dexterity, and nobody has ever managed to confuse the two.
How DEX is used
Countable and uncountable. Informal.
- A dex before a night shift was ordinary at the time.
- The word dex meant one thing on a chart and another in a car park.
- He took dex for three years and slept for one.
- In a game a dex score has nothing to do with medicine.
- Dex was prescribed far more freely than anybody now believes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEX and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DEX
The 3 tiles of DEX in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DEX
Showing 24 of 55 words that begin with DEX.
Words ending in DEX
10 words end in DEX. Useful as a back hook: play DEX onto a word already on the board.
Words with DEX inside
Showing 24 of 51 words that contain DEX somewhere in the middle. Words that start with DEX are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DEX
Common questions about DEX
- Is DEX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEX, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEX worth?
- DEX is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEX mean?
- Dexamphetamine, or a tablet of it.
- What letters can be added to DEX?
- DEX takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of DEX:
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