HOX is valid in Collins, not in North America — 13 points
It depends on the list you play by. HOX 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 13 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept HOX?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOX is to know. It scores 13 from 3 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOX
No single letter turns HOX into another word.
How HOX scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in HOX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,106.
What stands out about HOX
- HOX 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 HOX mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicliterary
To hamstring an animal or person by cutting the tendons at the back of the leg.
To hox an ox or a horse was to disable it deliberately by slashing the tendon behind the knee, a crippling and once not uncommon act of sabotage against livestock. The word appears in Shakespeare and other older writing and is closely related to hock used the same way.
How HOX is used
Archaic; met chiefly in Shakespearean and other older English rather than in modern usage.
- The raiders would hox the cattle rather than drive them off.
- To hox a horse was considered an act of pure spite.
- The old law punished anyone who dared hox a neighbour's ox.
- Shakespeare has a character threaten to hox his rival's steed.
- They found the herd hoxed and useless the next morning.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOX and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOX
3 longer words begin with HOX.
Words with HOX inside
Showing 24 of 30 words that contain HOX somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HOX are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HOX
Common questions about HOX
- Is HOX valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and HOX is not in it.
- How many points is HOX worth?
- HOX is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOX mean?
- To hamstring an animal or person by cutting the tendons at the back of the leg.
- What letters can be added to HOX?
- No single letter can be added to HOX to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of HOX:
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