PYX is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. PYX is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PYX?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PYX is to know. It scores 15 from 3 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 1.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PYX
No single letter turns PYX into another word.
How PYX scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in PYX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 40,425.
What stands out about PYX
- At 15 points, PYX is among the ten highest-scoring 3-letter words we list.
- PYX averages 5 points a tile — one of 118 words that dense.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PYX mean in Scrabble?
noun
A container in which consecrated bread is kept or carried.
The pyx is a small lidded vessel, often carried to somebody too ill to come to church. The same word names something entirely different at the Royal Mint, where the Trial of the Pyx has tested sample coins against the standard since the thirteenth century — the pyx there is the box the samples are kept in.
How PYX is used
Countable: a pyx, two pyxes. Ecclesiastical, and separately in coinage.
- The priest carried the pyx in an inside pocket.
- A pyx is smaller than a hand and heavier than it looks.
- The Trial of the Pyx still tests coins once a year.
- The pyx was silver and the case around it was not.
- Two quite separate trades use the word pyx and never meet.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PYX and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PYX
9 longer words begin with PYX.
Common questions about PYX
- Is PYX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PYX, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PYX worth?
- PYX is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PYX mean?
- A container in which consecrated bread is kept or carried.
- What letters can be added to PYX?
- No single letter can be added to PYX to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of PYX:
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