POXY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. POXY 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 POXY?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POXY is to know. It scores 16 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POXY
Front hooks — 1
epoxyBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How POXY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in POXY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 122,538.
What stands out about POXY
- POXY 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 POXY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informalBritish
Worthless or unpleasant.
Poxy is British and mild, and it comes from pox, which named smallpox and later syphilis. The insult has lost every trace of disease and now means little more than annoying.
How POXY is used
Before the noun. Informal and British.
- A poxy little room with one window onto a wall.
- The word poxy comes from pox and means nothing medical now.
- Two poxy pounds an hour for that work.
- Poxy is mild and everybody understands it as mild.
- A poxy excuse offered without conviction.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POXY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in POXY
1 words end in POXY. Useful as a back hook: play POXY onto a word already on the board.
Words with POXY inside
4 words contain POXY in the middle. Words that start with POXY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in POXY
Common questions about POXY
- Is POXY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POXY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POXY worth?
- POXY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POXY mean?
- Worthless or unpleasant.
- What letters can be added to POXY?
- POXY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of POXY:
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