WAX is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. WAX is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WAX?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WAX is to know. It scores 13 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WAX
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
waxyChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How WAX scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in WAX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 8,983.
What stands out about WAX
- WAX 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 WAX mean in Scrabble?
noun
A soft solid that melts easily, used for candles and polish.
Beeswax, paraffin and the kind in an ear have almost nothing in common chemically: the word names how a substance behaves rather than what it is made of. The unrelated verb meaning to grow is older still, and it survives mostly in the pair with wane and in waxing lyrical.
How WAX is used
Uncountable: a block of wax. Also a verb in two unrelated senses.
- The wax ran down the side and set on the table.
- He waxed the floor and nobody could stand on it.
- Wax from three different sources behaves three different ways.
- The moon waxes and wanes and the word means nothing else now.
- A candle of that wax burns twice as long.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WAX and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WAX
Showing 24 of 38 words that begin with WAX.
Words ending in WAX
12 words end in WAX. Useful as a back hook: play WAX onto a word already on the board.
Words with WAX inside
23 words contain WAX in the middle. Words that start with WAX are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WAX
Common questions about WAX
- Is WAX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WAX, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WAX worth?
- WAX is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WAX mean?
- A soft solid that melts easily, used for candles and polish.
- What letters can be added to WAX?
- WAX takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of WAX:
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