DIXIE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 13 points
It depends on the list you play by. DIXIE is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 13 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept DIXIE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DIXIE is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIXIE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dixiesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DIXIE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DIXIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does DIXIE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Britishhistorical
A large metal pot used for cooking or boiling water over an open fire, especially in a military camp.
A dixie is heavy field kit rather than home cookware: soldiers and campers slung it over a fire to boil tea, stew or porridge for a whole section at once. The word is common in British and Commonwealth military slang from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and turns up often in accounts of camp life and rations. It is unrelated to the identical-looking informal name for the southern United States, which this entry does not cover.
How DIXIE is used
British and Commonwealth military and camping slang for cooking equipment; also spelled dixy.
- The cook filled the dixie with water for the morning tea.
- Two men carried the dixie between them to the fire.
- Rations were ladled straight from the dixie into each mess tin.
- The dixie hung black with soot from years of camp fires.
- Washing the dixie was the newest recruit's job every evening.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIXIE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DIXIE
1 longer words begin with DIXIE.
Shorter words from the letters in DIXIE
Common questions about DIXIE
- Is DIXIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DIXIE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DIXIE worth?
- DIXIE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIXIE mean?
- A large metal pot used for cooking or boiling water over an open fire, especially in a military camp.
- What letters can be added to DIXIE?
- DIXIE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DIXIE:
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