DIXIT is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. DIXIT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DIXIT?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DIXIT is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIXIT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dixitsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DIXIT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DIXIT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does DIXIT mean in Scrabble?
noun
legalformal
An arbitrary or dogmatic assertion made on someone's authority alone, without proof; a bare statement of opinion presented as fact.
Dixit comes from the Latin for he said or she said and survives in English mainly inside the phrase ipse dixit, describing a claim accepted simply because an authority uttered it rather than because evidence backs it. Lawyers and philosophers use dixit when they want to flag reasoning that rests on assertion instead of argument. Calling a statement a mere dixit is a way of questioning why anyone should believe it beyond the speaker's own say-so. The word rarely appears outside careful legal, philosophical or rhetorical writing.
How DIXIT is used
A formal, rather learned word, met mainly in legal and philosophical discussion of unsupported claims.
- The judge dismissed the argument as a bare dixit unsupported by evidence.
- Critics called the professor's claim an ipse dixit dressed up as proof.
- The essay attacked the dixit at the heart of the policy.
- He refused to accept a dixit in place of a real argument.
- The report was little more than a dixit from an unnamed official.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIXIT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DIXIT
1 longer words begin with DIXIT.
Shorter words from the letters in DIXIT
Common questions about DIXIT
- Is DIXIT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DIXIT, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DIXIT worth?
- DIXIT is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIXIT mean?
- An arbitrary or dogmatic assertion made on someone's authority alone, without proof; a bare statement of opinion presented as fact.
- What letters can be added to DIXIT?
- DIXIT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DIXIT:
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