TAXEME is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. TAXEME is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TAXEME?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TAXEME is to know. It scores 15 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TAXEME
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
taxemesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TAXEME scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TAXEME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 167,235.
What does TAXEME mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A minimal feature of grammatical arrangement in language.
A taxeme is a linguist term for something like word order, selection or modulation that signals meaning. It belongs to structural grammar and is rarely met outside textbooks.
How TAXEME is used
Used in linguistics when analysing how arrangement of elements carries meaning.
- Word order can act as a taxeme in English.
- The linguist listed each taxeme in the sentence.
- A taxeme is smaller than a full grammatical rule.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TAXEME and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TAXEME
1 longer words begin with TAXEME.
Shorter words from the letters in TAXEME
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Common questions about TAXEME
- Is TAXEME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TAXEME, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TAXEME worth?
- TAXEME is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TAXEME mean?
- A minimal feature of grammatical arrangement in language.
- What letters can be added to TAXEME?
- TAXEME takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TAXEME:
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