TAXI is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. TAXI 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 TAXI?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TAXI is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TAXI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
taxisChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TAXI scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in TAXI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 8,068.
What does TAXI mean in Scrabble?
noun
A car licensed to carry passengers for a fare.
Taxi is clipped from a longer phrase naming the meter, and the meter came before the car: it measured fares on horse-drawn vehicles first. The verb about an aircraft on the ground is the same word.
How TAXI is used
Countable. Also a verb: taxied, taxiing.
- A taxi from the airport costs more than the flight sometimes.
- The word taxi is clipped from the name of the meter.
- The aircraft taxied for twenty minutes before taking off.
- The meter existed before the taxi did.
- Two taxis waiting and neither of them willing to go that far.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TAXI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TAXI
Showing 24 of 37 words that begin with TAXI.
Words with TAXI inside
Showing 24 of 64 words that contain TAXI somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TAXI are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TAXI
Common questions about TAXI
- Is TAXI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TAXI, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TAXI worth?
- TAXI is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TAXI mean?
- A car licensed to carry passengers for a fare.
- What letters can be added to TAXI?
- TAXI takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of TAXI:
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