Is AXE a Scrabble word?
Yes. AXE is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends.
Meaning A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it.
Noun 4 meanings
A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it.
An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.
A dismissal or rejection.
“His girlfriend/boss/schoolmaster gave him the axe.”
A drastic reduction or cutback.
“the Beeching Axe”
Verb 3 meanings
To fell or chop with an axe.
To lay off, terminate or drastically reduce, especially in a rough or ruthless manner; to cancel.
“The government announced its plans to axe public spending.”
To furnish with an axle.
Etymology
From Middle English ax, axe, ex, from Old English æx (“axe”), from Proto-West Germanic *akusi (“axe”), from Proto-Germanic *akwisī (“axe”), probably from a Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷsih₂ (“axe”), from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”).
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AXE at a glance
AXE has 3 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (A 1 + X 8 + E 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #9,552 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
Words ending in -AXE
More endings- SAXE11
- PICKAXE22
- BATTLEAXE18
- POLEAXE16
- MEATAXE16
- BROADAXE18
- CURTALAXE18
- CURTAXE16
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