TAX is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TAX 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 TAX?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TAX is to know. It scores 10 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TAX
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How TAX scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in TAX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,994.
What does TAX mean in Scrabble?
noun
Money that a government requires people to pay.
The word comes from a Latin verb meaning to assess or reckon, and that older sense survives in taxing somebody's patience — there the effort is being measured rather than taken away. Every argument about tax is at bottom an argument about which of those two ideas applies.
How TAX is used
Countable and uncountable. Also a verb in both senses.
- The tax went up by a penny and the argument lasted a year.
- A tax on that is easier to collect than to justify.
- The climb taxed everybody except the guide.
- They pay tax in one country and live in another.
- The word tax once meant to reckon rather than to charge.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TAX and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TAX
Showing 24 of 86 words that begin with TAX.
Words ending in TAX
13 words end in TAX. Useful as a back hook: play TAX onto a word already on the board.
Words with TAX inside
Showing 24 of 140 words that contain TAX somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TAX are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TAX
Common questions about TAX
- Is TAX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TAX, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TAX worth?
- TAX is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TAX mean?
- Money that a government requires people to pay.
- What letters can be added to TAX?
- TAX takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of TAX:
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