adjectivenoun

Is OXY a Scrabble word?

Yes. OXY is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends.

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Meaning Containing one or more oxygen atoms.

Adjective 1 meaning

  1. Containing one or more oxygen atoms.

Noun 1 meaning

  1. The bivalent R-O-R functional group found in ethers.

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

Where it comes from

Etymology

From ox + -y.

OXY at a glance

OXY has 3 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (O 1 + X 8 + Y 4) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #34,719 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -OXY

More endings

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

  • PROXY17
  • ORTHODOXY23
  • EPOXY17
  • FOXY17
  • HYDROXY24
  • BOXY16
  • DEOXY16
  • METHOXY22
  • DOXY15
  • POXY16
  • HETERODOXY24
  • ALKOXY20

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