VAXES is valid in Collins, not in North America — 15 points
It depends on the list you play by. VAXES is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 15 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept VAXES?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VAXES is to know. It scores 15 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VAXES
No single letter turns VAXES into another word.
How VAXES scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in VAXES, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does VAXES mean in Scrabble?
verb
informal
To vaccinate — the form used after he, she or it.
Vax as a verb is much younger than the noun, and it spread in 2020 and 2021 when the whole subject needed a short word several times a day. The spelling with an x is what settled, and vaxes is the form that looks strangest simply because it is used least.
How VAXES is used
Third-person singular of vax. Informal; the full verb is vaccinate.
- The clinic vaxes two hundred people on a Saturday.
- Whoever vaxes the herd keeps the records as well.
- The programme vaxes by age band and works downwards.
- A nurse vaxes faster than a doctor and always has.
- The word vaxes is barely five years old.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VAXES and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in VAXES
Common questions about VAXES
- Is VAXES valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and VAXES is not in it.
- How many points is VAXES worth?
- VAXES is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VAXES mean?
- To vaccinate — the form used after he, she or it.
- What letters can be added to VAXES?
- No single letter can be added to VAXES to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of VAXES:
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