SEX is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SEX is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SEX?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SEX is to know. It scores 10 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SEX
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How SEX scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in SEX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,369.
What does SEX mean in Scrabble?
noun
Either of the two main categories into which living things are divided by reproductive function.
The word does two jobs that English keeps trying to keep apart: the category itself and the activity. Which one is meant is settled entirely by the grammar around it — sex as a category takes of or a possessive, and the other reading does not.
How SEX is used
Countable and uncountable. Also a verb meaning to determine the sex of an animal.
- The form asks for the sex of the animal and nothing else.
- Chicks are sexed at a day old by people trained for it.
- The sex of the plant decides whether it fruits.
- Records of that period give the sex and the age and no name.
- Both sexes of the bird look alike until the spring.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SEX and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SEX
The 3 tiles of SEX in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SEX
Showing 24 of 139 words that begin with SEX.
Words ending in SEX
10 words end in SEX. Useful as a back hook: play SEX onto a word already on the board.
Words with SEX inside
Showing 24 of 146 words that contain SEX somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SEX are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SEX
Common questions about SEX
- Is SEX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SEX, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SEX worth?
- SEX is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SEX mean?
- Either of the two main categories into which living things are divided by reproductive function.
- What letters can be added to SEX?
- SEX takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of SEX:
Open SEX in the Word Finder