DUX is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. DUX 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 11 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept DUX?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DUX is to know. It scores 11 from 3 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DUX
No single letter turns DUX into another word.
How DUX scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in DUX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,106.
What does DUX mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scots
The top pupil in a school or in a class.
Dux is Latin for leader, and Scottish, Australian and New Zealand schools kept it long after the rest of English dropped it. The dux is named once a year, usually at prize-giving, and the title attaches to the person rather than to a mark: there is one, and everybody knows who.
How DUX is used
Takes the definite article — the dux of the school. The plural is duxes.
- She was dux of the school in her final year.
- The dux gave a short speech and sat down to loud applause.
- Two candidates were so close that the staff argued over the dux for a week.
- His name is on the board with every dux since 1911.
- Being dux counted for more in the town than any exam mark.
- The duxes of both schools were invited to the same dinner.
- He was never dux, and said so cheerfully for forty years.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DUX and 7 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DUX
2 longer words begin with DUX.
Words ending in DUX
1 words end in DUX. Useful as a back hook: play DUX onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in DUX
Common questions about DUX
- Is DUX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DUX, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DUX worth?
- DUX is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DUX mean?
- The top pupil in a school or in a class.
- What letters can be added to DUX?
- No single letter can be added to DUX to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of DUX:
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