OXIES is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. OXIES 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 12 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept OXIES?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OXIES is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OXIES
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How OXIES scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in OXIES, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What does OXIES mean in Scrabble?
noun
slang
Oxycodone pills, especially when bought or used illicitly.
Oxies is street slang for tablets of the painkiller oxycodone, and the word is almost always heard in the plural since the pills are talked about as a supply rather than one at a time. It appears in reporting and fiction dealing with prescription drug misuse.
How OXIES is used
Slang tied to illicit drug use; rare in formal writing outside quotation.
- He was arrested with a bag of oxies in his jacket.
- The dealer sold oxies out of the back of a car.
- Oxies had become more expensive on the street that year.
- Counselors warned the group about the danger of oxies.
- She traded pills, mostly oxies, for cash at the corner.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OXIES and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in OXIES
13 words end in OXIES. Useful as a back hook: play OXIES onto a word already on the board.
Words with OXIES inside
4 words contain OXIES in the middle. Words that start with OXIES are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OXIES
Common questions about OXIES
- Is OXIES valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and OXIES is not in it.
- How many points is OXIES worth?
- OXIES is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OXIES mean?
- Oxycodone pills, especially when bought or used illicitly.
- What letters can be added to OXIES?
- OXIES takes 3 hooks: 3 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of OXIES:
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