Is FAX valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts FAX, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is FAX worth?

FAX is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to FAX?

No single letter can be added to FAX to make another word.

FAX is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points

Yes. FAX 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.

f4a1x8

PlayableFAX · 3 letters · 13 pts Scrabble · 13 pts WWF

13points in Scrabble

13points in Words with Friends

3letters

0hooks available

1 in 8,983odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept FAX?

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: 45 / 100

45WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

4.33

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

Our own measure of how useful FAX is to know. It scores 13 from 3 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for FAX

No single letter turns FAX into another word.

How FAX scores

Scrabble f4a1x8 13

Words with Friends f4a1x8 13

Face value of the 3 tiles in FAX, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
f	1	2
a	1	9
x	1	1

Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 8,983.

What stands out about FAX

FAX scores 13 points, more than twice the average for a 3-letter word (6.3).

Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things

What does FAX mean in Scrabble?

noun

A copy of a document sent over a telephone line.

The fax machine was obsolete for a decade before it stopped being used, and it survives exactly where a signature on paper still counts for something: law, medicine and government. The word is clipped from facsimile, and almost nobody who has sent one could spell the original.

How FAX is used

Countable: a fax, two faxes. Also a verb — to fax a form.

The surgery still takes a fax and nothing newer.
He faxed the signed page and posted the original.
A fax arrives crooked and everybody accepts it.
The fax machine outlived three generations of telephone.
The word fax is a clipping of a word nobody uses.

Written for this site: 1 meaning of FAX and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.

Words starting with FAX

faxed16 faxes15 faxing17 faxable19

4 longer words begin with FAX.

Words ending in FAX

carfax18 telefax17

2 words end in FAX. Useful as a back hook: play FAX onto a word already on the board.

Words with FAX inside

carfaxes20 telefaxed20 telefaxes19 telefaxing21

4 words contain FAX in the middle. Words that start with FAX are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.

Shorter words from the letters in FAX

ax9 fa5

Common questions about FAX

Is FAX valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts FAX, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is FAX worth?: FAX is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
What does FAX mean?: A copy of a document sent over a telephone line.
What letters can be added to FAX?: No single letter can be added to FAX to make another word.

Every word you can build from the 3 letters of FAX:

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