VOX is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. VOX is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VOX?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VOX is to know. It scores 13 from 3 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VOX
No single letter turns VOX into another word.
How VOX scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in VOX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,106.
What stands out about VOX
- VOX scores 13 points, more than twice the average for a 3-letter word (6.3).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does VOX mean in Scrabble?
noun
Voice — chiefly in phrases taken from Latin.
Vox reaches English inside two phrases that have gone in opposite directions: vox pop, the interview in the street, is now ordinary journalism, while vox populi still sounds heavy and deliberate. The clipping is what happens to a Latin phrase once it gets used every day.
How VOX is used
Chiefly in vox pop and vox populi. Rarely used on its own.
- They filmed a vox pop outside the station and used four seconds of it.
- A vox pop proves nothing and fills a minute.
- The phrase vox populi is quoted far more often than it is meant.
- The producer wanted a vox and got an argument.
- Vox in English almost never appears without a second word.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VOX and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VOX
3 longer words begin with VOX.
Words ending in VOX
2 words end in VOX. Useful as a back hook: play VOX onto a word already on the board.
Words with VOX inside
4 words contain VOX in the middle. Words that start with VOX are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in VOX
Common questions about VOX
- Is VOX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VOX, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VOX worth?
- VOX is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VOX mean?
- Voice — chiefly in phrases taken from Latin.
- What letters can be added to VOX?
- No single letter can be added to VOX to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of VOX:
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