OXO is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. OXO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OXO?
| 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 OXO is to know. It scores 10 from 3 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OXO
No single letter turns OXO into another word.
How OXO scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in OXO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,775.
What stands out about OXO
- OXO is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does OXO mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistry
Of a compound or process involving an oxygen atom bonded to carbon.
Oxo is a prefix doing duty as a word: in chemical names it marks one particular arrangement, and the oxo process turns an alkene into an aldehyde by adding carbon monoxide and hydrogen at the same time. By volume it is among the largest industrial reactions there is.
How OXO is used
Used before a noun — oxo acid, oxo process. Chiefly technical.
- The oxo process runs at pressure and needs a catalyst.
- An oxo acid has the oxygen bonded where it matters.
- Most of the world's aldehydes come from the oxo route.
- The prefix oxo appears in half the names on that page.
- Oxo chemistry is old, large and almost never discussed outside it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OXO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OXO
2 longer words begin with OXO.
Words ending in OXO
1 words end in OXO. Useful as a back hook: play OXO onto a word already on the board.
Words with OXO inside
Showing 24 of 46 words that contain OXO somewhere in the middle. Words that start with OXO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OXO
Common questions about OXO
- Is OXO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OXO, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OXO worth?
- OXO is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OXO mean?
- Of a compound or process involving an oxygen atom bonded to carbon.
- What letters can be added to OXO?
- No single letter can be added to OXO to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of OXO:
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