POX is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. POX 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 POX?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POX is to know. It scores 12 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POX
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
poxyChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How POX scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in POX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,106.
What does POX mean in Scrabble?
noun
A disease that covers the skin with raised spots.
The pox with nothing in front of it meant syphilis for four centuries, which is why the old curse a pox on you was once a serious thing to say. Chickenpox and smallpox keep the plain sense, and the smaller of those names belongs to by far the more dangerous of the two.
How POX is used
Uncountable: the pox. Countable inside chickenpox and smallpox.
- A pox on the pair of them.
- The pox in older writing rarely means what a modern reader assumes.
- A pox that leaves scars was once among the commonest causes of blindness.
- The pox left marks that identified a survivor for life.
- He blamed the pox and the weather in the same sentence.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POX and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POX
8 longer words begin with POX.
Words ending in POX
9 words end in POX. Useful as a back hook: play POX onto a word already on the board.
Words with POX inside
Showing 24 of 40 words that contain POX somewhere in the middle. Words that start with POX are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in POX
Common questions about POX
- Is POX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POX, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POX worth?
- POX is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POX mean?
- A disease that covers the skin with raised spots.
- What letters can be added to POX?
- POX takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of POX:
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