FOXIE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 15 points
It depends on the list you play by. FOXIE 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 15 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept FOXIE?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FOXIE is to know. It scores 15 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FOXIE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FOXIE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FOXIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does FOXIE mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritishAustralian
An informal, chiefly British and Australian, name for a fox terrier.
A foxie is simply a shorter, friendlier way of naming the fox terrier, a small energetic dog breed once bred to chase foxes from their dens. The word is heard mostly in pet-owning conversation rather than in formal writing about dog breeds. It appears in older adventure fiction as the name given to a favourite hunting dog.
How FOXIE is used
The word is informal and mainly British or Australian; the standard breed name is fox terrier.
- The farmer's foxie chased rabbits along the hedgerow.
- She had wanted a foxie ever since she was a child.
- Our foxie barked at every car that passed the gate.
- He called his scruffy little foxie Patch.
- A foxie darted between the market stalls after a pigeon.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FOXIE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FOXIE
3 longer words begin with FOXIE.
Shorter words from the letters in FOXIE
Common questions about FOXIE
- Is FOXIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FOXIE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FOXIE worth?
- FOXIE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FOXIE mean?
- An informal, chiefly British and Australian, name for a fox terrier.
- What letters can be added to FOXIE?
- FOXIE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FOXIE:
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