NOX is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. NOX is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept NOX?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NOX is to know. It scores 10 from 3 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NOX
No single letter turns NOX into another word.
How NOX scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in NOX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,369.
What does NOX mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The oxides of nitrogen produced when fuel burns in air.
Nox is written with a small x in technical work, standing for however many oxygen atoms happen to be attached. It matters because these are the gases behind smog and behind most of the argument about diesel engines, and because they form out of the air itself rather than out of the fuel.
How NOX is used
Uncountable, usually written NOx. Chiefly technical.
- The engine meets the limit for nox and fails on particulates.
- Nox forms from the air rather than from anything in the tank.
- A catalyst reduces nox and costs a good deal to fit.
- City readings for nox fall at weekends and rise on Monday.
- The word nox covers several gases at once.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NOX and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NOX
6 longer words begin with NOX.
Words ending in NOX
2 words end in NOX. Useful as a back hook: play NOX onto a word already on the board.
Words with NOX inside
Showing 24 of 35 words that contain NOX somewhere in the middle. Words that start with NOX are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NOX
Common questions about NOX
- Is NOX valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and NOX is not in it.
- How many points is NOX worth?
- NOX is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NOX mean?
- The oxides of nitrogen produced when fuel burns in air.
- What letters can be added to NOX?
- No single letter can be added to NOX to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of NOX:
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