PIX is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PIX 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 PIX?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PIX is to know. It scores 12 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PIX
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pixyChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How PIX scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in PIX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 8,983.
What does PIX mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
Pictures, in the shorthand of the press and the film trade.
Pix belongs to the trade papers of the 1930s, where headline space was tight and every word got cut to the bone. It is a plural whose singular nobody uses, and the spelling with an x is the only thing keeping it apart from the ordinary word.
How PIX is used
Plural only. Chiefly in headlines and trade writing.
- The picture desk asked for pix by four o'clock.
- Pix of the opening ran on the back page.
- The trade paper used pix in every second headline.
- He filed the copy and forgot the pix.
- Two columns of pix and one paragraph of text.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PIX and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PIX
Showing 24 of 34 words that begin with PIX.
Words with PIX inside
2 words contain PIX in the middle. Words that start with PIX are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PIX
Common questions about PIX
- Is PIX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PIX, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PIX worth?
- PIX is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PIX mean?
- Pictures, in the shorthand of the press and the film trade.
- What letters can be added to PIX?
- PIX takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of PIX:
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