TIX is a valid Scrabble word, but not in Words with Friends — 10 points
Yes for Scrabble. TIX is in Collins and in the North American lists, so it stands in any Scrabble game. Words with Friends keeps a separate list and does not accept it.
Which word lists accept TIX?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TIX is to know. It scores 10 from 3 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TIX
No single letter turns TIX into another word.
How TIX scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in TIX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,994.
What does TIX mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
Tickets, in shorthand used by promoters and listings.
Tix belongs to the same tradition as pix: trade-paper spelling, cut down for space and then kept because it looked knowing. It is a plural whose singular nobody writes, and it moved from print to online listings without changing in any way at all.
How TIX is used
Plural only. Informal; chiefly in advertising and listings.
- Tix on sale Friday at nine.
- The listing says tix and the box office says tickets.
- All the tix went in eleven minutes.
- Cheap tix for that show do not exist.
- The word tix belongs to a poster and not to a sentence.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TIX and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in TIX
2 words end in TIX. Useful as a back hook: play TIX onto a word already on the board.
Words with TIX inside
4 words contain TIX in the middle. Words that start with TIX are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TIX
Common questions about TIX
- Is TIX valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and TIX is not in it.
- How many points is TIX worth?
- TIX is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TIX mean?
- Tickets, in shorthand used by promoters and listings.
- What letters can be added to TIX?
- No single letter can be added to TIX to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of TIX:
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