FOXY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. FOXY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FOXY?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FOXY is to know. It scores 17 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FOXY
No single letter turns FOXY into another word.
How FOXY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in FOXY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 122,538.
What stands out about FOXY
- FOXY scores 17 points, more than twice the average for a 4-letter word (7.7).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does FOXY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Resembling a fox; cunning.
Foxy meaning attractive is American and twentieth-century, and in speech it has largely pushed the older sense aside. In wine tasting a foxy wine is a fault, and that use comes from a particular grape variety.
How FOXY is used
Before and after the noun.
- A foxy look that meant the question had been anticipated.
- The word foxy in wine tasting names a fault.
- Foxy meaning attractive is American.
- A foxy red that goes brown at the edges.
- Two foxy answers and no information at all.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FOXY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FOXY
Common questions about FOXY
- Is FOXY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FOXY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FOXY worth?
- FOXY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FOXY mean?
- Resembling a fox; cunning.
- What letters can be added to FOXY?
- No single letter can be added to FOXY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of FOXY:
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