WAXBERRY is a valid Scrabble word — 23 points
Yes. WAXBERRY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 23 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WAXBERRY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WAXBERRY is to know. It scores 23 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WAXBERRY
No single letter turns WAXBERRY into another word.
How WAXBERRY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in WAXBERRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so WAXBERRY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does WAXBERRY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A shrub, such as the bayberry, whose berries are covered in a waxy coating.
The waxberry is best known for the fatty film on its fruit, which can be melted off and used in candle making. Gardeners and foragers meet the waxberry on coastal or wet ground, where it forms thick, aromatic thickets.
How WAXBERRY is used
Waxberry appears mostly in botany, gardening and traditional crafts such as candle making.
- The waxberry bush by the dune was heavy with grey-green fruit.
- Settlers boiled each waxberry to skim off the wax for candles.
- A waxberry hedge gives off a spicy scent when you brush it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WAXBERRY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in WAXBERRY
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Common questions about WAXBERRY
- Is WAXBERRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WAXBERRY, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WAXBERRY worth?
- WAXBERRY is worth 23 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WAXBERRY mean?
- A shrub, such as the bayberry, whose berries are covered in a waxy coating.
- What letters can be added to WAXBERRY?
- No single letter can be added to WAXBERRY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of WAXBERRY:
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