noun

Is NOX a Scrabble word?

Yes, in one Scrabble list. NOX is valid in Collins, but not in ENABLE and NWL2023. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends.

Not in NWL Collins Not in ENABLE

Meaning The period of darkness in each twenty-four hours; a night.

Noun 1 meaning

  1. The period of darkness in each twenty-four hours; a night.

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

Where it comes from

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin nox, from Proto-Italic *nok⁽ʷ⁾ts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.

NOX at a glance

NOX has 3 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (N 1 + O 1 + X 8) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #33,145 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -NOX

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

  • EQUINOX23
  • MAGNOX16

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