OXY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. OXY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OXY?
| 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: 60 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OXY is to know. It scores 13 from 3 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 3.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OXY
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How OXY scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in OXY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,106.
What stands out about OXY
- OXY scores 13 points, more than twice the average for a 3-letter word (6.3).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does OXY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Of a process using oxygen, especially in cutting or welding metal.
Oxy only appears attached to something else: oxy-acetylene, oxy-fuel, oxy cutting. What all of them share is a jet of pure oxygen doing the actual work, and the second half of the compound names whatever is burning alongside it.
How OXY is used
Before another word, hyphenated or solid — oxy-acetylene, oxy cutting.
- The frame was cut with an oxy torch in about a minute.
- Oxy cutting leaves an edge that has to be ground back.
- He learned oxy welding before he ever saw an arc set.
- An oxy bottle is heavier than it looks and twice as awkward.
- The word oxy never stands on its own.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OXY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OXY
Showing 24 of 79 words that begin with OXY.
Words ending in OXY
24 words end in OXY. Useful as a back hook: play OXY onto a word already on the board.
Words with OXY inside
Showing 24 of 154 words that contain OXY somewhere in the middle. Words that start with OXY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OXY
Common questions about OXY
- Is OXY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OXY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OXY worth?
- OXY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OXY mean?
- Of a process using oxygen, especially in cutting or welding metal.
- What letters can be added to OXY?
- OXY takes 5 hooks: 5 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of OXY:
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