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/lɛks/
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Is LEX a Scrabble word?

Yes. LEX is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends.

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Meaning A specific inflected form of a word; compare lexeme.

Verb 1 meaning

  1. To perform lexical analysis; to convert a character stream to a token stream as a preliminary to parsing.

Noun 2 meanings

  1. A specific inflected form of a word; compare lexeme.

  2. A Roman or Latin law (particularly in ancient Rome or in medieval Europe).

Definitions adapted from Wiktionary: lex via Kaikki/Wiktextract, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it comes from

Etymology

Clipping of lexical (analysis).

LEX at a glance

LEX has 3 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (L 1 + E 1 + X 8) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #14,722 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -LEX

More endings

Same last three letters as LEX. This is a spelling match, so not every word here rhymes.

  • COMPLEX20
  • FLEX14
  • REFLEX16
  • DUPLEX16
  • SIMPLEX18
  • MULTIPLEX20
  • PLEX13
  • SUPLEX15
  • TELEX12
  • METROPLEX20
  • CIRCUMFLEX26
  • TRIPLEX16

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