RETOX is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. RETOX is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 12 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept RETOX?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RETOX is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RETOX
No single letter turns RETOX into another word.
How RETOX scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in RETOX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What does RETOX mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A return to unhealthy eating, drinking or other indulgent habits after a period of trying to be healthier.
Retox plays on the word detox, describing the moment someone abandons a clean-living spell for rich food, alcohol or late nights. It is often used lightly, as a joke about falling off a health kick, rather than as a serious medical term.
How RETOX is used
Informal and often humorous, common in lifestyle and diet writing.
- After a month of detox she treated the party as one big retox.
- His New Year retox undid most of January's good habits.
- The article joked that a weekend retox is almost a tradition.
- They planned a proper retox dinner to celebrate finishing the diet.
- A single retox weekend will not undo months of healthy eating.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RETOX and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RETOX
The 5 tiles of RETOX in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with RETOX
3 longer words begin with RETOX.
Shorter words from the letters in RETOX
Common questions about RETOX
- Is RETOX valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and RETOX is not in it.
- How many points is RETOX worth?
- RETOX is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RETOX mean?
- A return to unhealthy eating, drinking or other indulgent habits after a period of trying to be healthier.
- What letters can be added to RETOX?
- No single letter can be added to RETOX to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of RETOX:
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