LOX is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. LOX 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 LOX?
| 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 LOX is to know. It scores 10 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LOX
Front hooks — 1
floxBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How LOX scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in LOX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,053.
What does LOX mean in Scrabble?
noun
Smoked salmon of the kind eaten with bagels.
Lox is brined rather than hot-smoked, which is why it stays translucent and soft, and it came into American English from Yiddish along with the bread it sits on. The same three letters stand for liquid oxygen in engineering, and the two senses have never once been confused by anybody.
How LOX is used
Uncountable: a bagel with lox. Chiefly North American.
- A bagel with lox and cream cheese is the whole order.
- Good lox is cut thin enough to see through.
- The counter sells lox by weight and argues about the price.
- He has eaten lox every Sunday for forty years.
- Lox is brined, which is why it is not dry.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LOX and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LOX
13 longer words begin with LOX.
Words ending in LOX
3 words end in LOX. Useful as a back hook: play LOX onto a word already on the board.
Words with LOX inside
Showing 24 of 31 words that contain LOX somewhere in the middle. Words that start with LOX are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LOX
Common questions about LOX
- Is LOX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LOX, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LOX worth?
- LOX is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LOX mean?
- Smoked salmon of the kind eaten with bagels.
- What letters can be added to LOX?
- LOX takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of LOX:
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