IXIA is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. IXIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept IXIA?
| 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
Our own measure of how useful IXIA is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for IXIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ixiasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How IXIA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in IXIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 2 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 12,103.
What does IXIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A South African plant with showy flowers.
Ixia grows from a corm and flowers after a dry summer, which suits a garden nobody waters. The name is Greek and was applied to an entirely different plant before Linnaeus took it for this one.
How IXIA is used
Countable: an ixia, two ixias.
- An ixia needs a dry summer and no attention at all.
- The word ixia named a different plant before Linnaeus.
- Two ixias of different colours from the same corm bed.
- An ixia flowers after the dry season and not during it.
- The corm of an ixia survives what the leaves cannot.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of IXIA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with IXIA
1 longer words begin with IXIA.
Words ending in IXIA
1 words end in IXIA. Useful as a back hook: play IXIA onto a word already on the board.
Words with IXIA inside
2 words contain IXIA in the middle. Words that start with IXIA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in IXIA
Common questions about IXIA
- Is IXIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts IXIA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is IXIA worth?
- IXIA is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does IXIA mean?
- A South African plant with showy flowers.
- What letters can be added to IXIA?
- IXIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of IXIA:
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