LAX is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. LAX is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LAX?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LAX is to know. It scores 10 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LAX
Front hooks — 1
flaxBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How LAX scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in LAX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,492.
What does LAX mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Not strict enough; careless about rules.
Lax describes the person or the system rather than the single act: a lax inspector, lax security, a lax regime. It comes from a Latin word for loose, and the physical sense survives in medicine and in the rope sense that gave English slack — the two are cousins.
How LAX is used
Before and after the noun. The comparative is laxer.
- Security was lax and everybody had said so beforehand.
- A lax inspector costs more than a strict one.
- The rules were lax then and nobody minded.
- He is lax about deadlines and precise about everything else.
- Lax in the medical sense means loose and nothing worse.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LAX and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LAX
22 longer words begin with LAX.
Words ending in LAX
14 words end in LAX. Useful as a back hook: play LAX onto a word already on the board.
Words with LAX inside
Showing 24 of 86 words that contain LAX somewhere in the middle. Words that start with LAX are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LAX
Common questions about LAX
- Is LAX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LAX, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LAX worth?
- LAX is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LAX mean?
- Not strict enough; careless about rules.
- What letters can be added to LAX?
- LAX takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of LAX:
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