LEX is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. LEX 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 LEX?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LEX is to know. It scores 10 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LEX
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How LEX scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in LEX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,369.
What does LEX mean in Scrabble?
noun
legal
Law, in Latin phrases used in English.
Lex appears in English inside a handful of legal phrases — lex loci for the law of the place, lex fori for the law of the court — and each of them answers one question: whose rules apply. It is also the root of legal and legislate, which is why the word looks familiar before it is explained.
How LEX is used
Only inside Latin phrases. Not used alone in English.
- The court applied the lex loci and the answer changed.
- Which lex governs the contract was the whole argument.
- The phrase lex fori decides procedure and not substance.
- A case of that kind turns on the lex and not on the facts.
- The word lex never stands alone in an English sentence.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LEX and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LEX
Showing 24 of 45 words that begin with LEX.
Words ending in LEX
Showing 24 of 45 words that end in LEX. Useful as a back hook: play LEX onto a word already on the board.
Words with LEX inside
Showing 24 of 276 words that contain LEX somewhere in the middle. Words that start with LEX are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LEX
Common questions about LEX
- Is LEX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LEX, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LEX worth?
- LEX is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LEX mean?
- Law, in Latin phrases used in English.
- What letters can be added to LEX?
- LEX takes 4 hooks: 4 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of LEX:
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