TAXA is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. TAXA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TAXA?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TAXA is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TAXA
No single letter turns TAXA into another word.
How TAXA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in TAXA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What does TAXA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
Groups into which organisms are classified.
Taxa is the plural of taxon, and the singular was coined LATER than the plural, which almost never happens. Both were made in the twentieth century from a Greek word about arrangement.
How TAXA is used
Plural of taxon. Chiefly in biology.
- Two taxa may look identical and be quite unrelated.
- The word taxa is the plural and came before the singular.
- Higher taxa contain lower ones and not the reverse.
- Biologists argue about how many taxa a group contains.
- The Greek root behind taxa is about arrangement.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TAXA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TAXA
14 longer words begin with TAXA.
Words ending in TAXA
1 words end in TAXA. Useful as a back hook: play TAXA onto a word already on the board.
Words with TAXA inside
7 words contain TAXA in the middle. Words that start with TAXA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TAXA
Common questions about TAXA
- Is TAXA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TAXA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TAXA worth?
- TAXA is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TAXA mean?
- Groups into which organisms are classified.
- What letters can be added to TAXA?
- No single letter can be added to TAXA to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of TAXA:
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