ILEX is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ILEX is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ILEX?
| 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 ILEX is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ILEX
Front hooks — 1
silexBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ILEX scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ILEX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does ILEX mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
The holm oak; also, the genus of hollies.
Ilex names the holm oak in Latin and the holly in modern botany, so a gardener and a classicist mean different trees by it. The confusion is old and nobody has ever tidied it up.
How ILEX is used
Countable and uncountable. Chiefly botanical.
- An ilex to a Roman was an oak and to a botanist is a holly.
- The word ilex names two unrelated trees.
- A holm oak keeps its leaves and is still an ilex.
- Two meanings of ilex and no agreement between them.
- Botanists use ilex for the holly genus.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ILEX and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ILEX
1 longer words begin with ILEX.
Words ending in ILEX
1 words end in ILEX. Useful as a back hook: play ILEX onto a word already on the board.
Words with ILEX inside
1 words contain ILEX in the middle. Words that start with ILEX are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ILEX
Common questions about ILEX
- Is ILEX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ILEX, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ILEX worth?
- ILEX is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ILEX mean?
- The holm oak; also, the genus of hollies.
- What letters can be added to ILEX?
- ILEX takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ILEX:
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