PYXIS is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. PYXIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PYXIS?
| 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 PYXIS is to know. It scores 17 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PYXIS
No single letter turns PYXIS into another word.
How PYXIS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PYXIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 522,830.
What does PYXIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A small lidded box or container, especially a cylindrical one used in ancient Greece and Rome to hold jewelry, cosmetics, or trinkets.
A pyxis was typically turned from wood, ivory or clay and fitted with a close lid, making it a common piece of a woman's dressing table in antiquity; the same word later passed into church use for the small box that holds the consecrated bread carried to the sick man's bedside. Archaeologists still use pyxis as the standard name for this shape whenever they catalogue finds from Greek and Roman graves.
How PYXIS is used
Mainly an archaeological and ecclesiastical term; unfamiliar outside those contexts.
- The museum displayed a painted pyxis found in an ancient tomb.
- Inside the pyxis lay traces of a cosmetic paste.
- The priest carried the pyxis to the bedside of the sick.
- Archaeologists dated the pyxis to the fifth century BC.
- A carved lid still sealed the small ivory pyxis.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PYXIS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PYXIS
Common questions about PYXIS
- Is PYXIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PYXIS, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PYXIS worth?
- PYXIS is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PYXIS mean?
- A small lidded box or container, especially a cylindrical one used in ancient Greece and Rome to hold jewelry, cosmetics, or trinkets.
- What letters can be added to PYXIS?
- No single letter can be added to PYXIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PYXIS:
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