Is POX a Scrabble word?
Yes. POX is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends.
Meaning A disease characterized by skin eruptions (especially purulent ones) that may leave pockmarks.
Noun 2 meanings
A disease characterized by skin eruptions (especially purulent ones) that may leave pockmarks.
A curse.
“a pox on all their houses”
Verb 1 meaning
To infect with the pox, or syphilis.
Etymology
From the plural of Middle English pocke. See also pock. The curse sense involves metonymy: wishing a literal pox upon someone is the original form of pox-relevant curse, and the word pox itself also came to mean curse.
POX at a glance
POX has 3 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (P 3 + O 1 + X 8) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #27,881 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
Words ending in -POX
More endings- SMALLPOX19
- CHICKENPOX30
- COWPOX20
- MONKEYPOX27
- SCRUMPOX21
- FOWLPOX22
- HORSEPOX20
- MPOX15
- SWINEPOX20
- WATERPOX20
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