ZAX is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. ZAX is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ZAX?
| 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 ZAX is to know. It scores 19 from 3 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZAX
No single letter turns ZAX into another word.
How ZAX scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ZAX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 17,967.
What stands out about ZAX
- At 19 points, ZAX is among the ten highest-scoring 3-letter words we list.
- ZAX averages 6.3 points a tile — one of 118 words that dense.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ZAX mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A tool for cutting and punching roofing slate.
A zax is a small hatchet with a spike on the back: the blade trims the slate to size and the spike makes the nail hole, so one tool and one movement do the whole job. Slaters kept the word long after other trades forgot it, and the older spelling with an s is the one in most dictionaries.
How ZAX is used
Countable: a zax, two zaxes. Also spelled sax in older writing.
- He trimmed the slate with a zax and hung it in one movement.
- A zax is lighter than it looks and badly balanced on purpose.
- The spike on the zax makes the hole for the nail.
- Every slater carried a zax and nobody else owned one.
- A worn zax tears the slate instead of cutting it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZAX and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ZAX
1 longer words begin with ZAX.
Shorter words from the letters in ZAX
Common questions about ZAX
- Is ZAX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZAX, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZAX worth?
- ZAX is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZAX mean?
- A tool for cutting and punching roofing slate.
- What letters can be added to ZAX?
- No single letter can be added to ZAX to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ZAX:
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