PAX is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PAX is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PAX?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PAX is to know. It scores 12 from 3 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PAX
No single letter turns PAX into another word.
How PAX scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in PAX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 8,983.
What does PAX mean in Scrabble?
interjection
British
Called out in a children's game to claim a truce.
Pax is Latin for peace, and it reached the playground through the schools that taught Latin to everyone. It is the word you shout to stop the game for a moment — shoelace, stitch, argument — and the point of a truce term is that it is recognised: every region has one, and they do not travel. The same word names the pax, a tablet kissed during Mass.
How PAX is used
Shouted on its own. Regional rivals include barley, fainites and kings, each holding a different part of the country.
- He shouted pax and everybody stopped where they were.
- Pax lasted exactly as long as it took to tie a lace.
- You could call pax once, and only once, in a game.
- In the next county pax meant nothing and barley meant everything.
- She called pax, then cheated anyway.
- The rule was simple: pax stops the game, nothing else does.
- Somebody always argues about whether pax was heard.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PAX and 7 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PAX
5 longer words begin with PAX.
Words ending in PAX
2 words end in PAX. Useful as a back hook: play PAX onto a word already on the board.
Words with PAX inside
7 words contain PAX in the middle. Words that start with PAX are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PAX
Common questions about PAX
- Is PAX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PAX, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PAX worth?
- PAX is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PAX mean?
- Called out in a children's game to claim a truce.
- What letters can be added to PAX?
- No single letter can be added to PAX to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of PAX:
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