THORAX is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. THORAX is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept THORAX?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful THORAX is to know. It scores 16 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THORAX
No single letter turns THORAX into another word.
How THORAX scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in THORAX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What does THORAX mean in Scrabble?
noun
medicaltechnical
The part of the body between the neck and the abdomen, or the middle section of an insect.
In a person the thorax is the chest, protected by the ribs and holding the heart and lungs. In an insect it is the middle segment that carries the legs and wings, set between the head and the rear part.
How THORAX is used
Used in anatomy and entomology; the plural is thoraces or thoraxes.
- The doctor examined the patient's thorax with a stethoscope.
- Three pairs of legs are attached to the thorax of a beetle.
- An injury to the thorax can make breathing painful.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THORAX and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with THORAX
1 longer words begin with THORAX.
Shorter words from the letters in THORAX
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Common questions about THORAX
- Is THORAX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts THORAX, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is THORAX worth?
- THORAX is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THORAX mean?
- The part of the body between the neck and the abdomen, or the middle section of an insect.
- What letters can be added to THORAX?
- No single letter can be added to THORAX to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of THORAX:
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