PIXY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. PIXY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PIXY?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PIXY is to know. It scores 16 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PIXY
No single letter turns PIXY into another word.
How PIXY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PIXY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 108,923.
What stands out about PIXY
- PIXY scores 16 points, more than twice the average for a 4-letter word (7.7).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PIXY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small mischievous fairy.
Pixy is the older spelling and pixie the commoner one now, and the word is Cornish or Devonian in origin. Being pixy-led meant being lost in familiar country, which was blamed on them rather than on the traveller.
How PIXY is used
Countable: a pixy, two pixies. Also spelled pixie.
- A pixy leads travellers astray in familiar country.
- The word pixy is the older spelling of pixie.
- Being pixy-led was a real complaint in Devon.
- A pixy on a Christmas card is rarely drawn as a Cornish one.
- A pixy is west-country and not a general fairy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PIXY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PIXY
1 longer words begin with PIXY.
Shorter words from the letters in PIXY
Common questions about PIXY
- Is PIXY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PIXY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PIXY worth?
- PIXY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PIXY mean?
- A small mischievous fairy.
- What letters can be added to PIXY?
- No single letter can be added to PIXY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PIXY:
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