KEX is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. KEX is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KEX?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KEX is to know. It scores 14 from 3 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KEX
No single letter turns KEX into another word.
How KEX scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in KEX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,475.
What stands out about KEX
- KEX scores 14 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 KEX mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialectBritish
The dry hollow stem of a large plant of the parsley family.
Kex is what stands in a hedge bank through the winter after hogweed and cow parsley have died back: pale, brittle, and light enough for a child to snap in one hand. Country children cut it for pea shooters and whistles, which is the main reason the word survived at all.
How KEX is used
Works as a singular and as a collective: a kex, a bank of kex. Chiefly northern English and Scots.
- A row of kex stood grey against the snow.
- He cut a length of kex to use as a pea shooter.
- The kex snaps rather than bends.
- By February the bank is nothing but kex.
- Kex is hollow enough to whistle through.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KEX and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KEX
1 longer words begin with KEX.
Shorter words from the letters in KEX
Common questions about KEX
- Is KEX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KEX, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KEX worth?
- KEX is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KEX mean?
- The dry hollow stem of a large plant of the parsley family.
- What letters can be added to KEX?
- No single letter can be added to KEX to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of KEX:
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