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/ˈɹɛks/
nounverb

Is REX a Scrabble word?

Yes. REX 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.

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Meaning A king, particularly in ancient Rome.

Noun 2 meanings

  1. A king, particularly in ancient Rome.

  2. An animal which has a genetic recessive variation that causes the guard hairs to be very short or fully lacking.

Verb 1 meaning

  1. To breed (an animal) to have this kind of hair.

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

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Latin rēx (“king”). Doublet of rajah and roy. Noun sense 2 originally referred to rabbits of the Belgian "castorrex" breed, so named because their fur was similar to that of beavers, and entered English around 1920.

REX at a glance

REX has 3 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (R 1 + E 1 + X 8) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #8,347 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -REX

More endings

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

  • FOREX15
  • PYREX17
  • CAREX14
  • MUREX14
  • LUREX12
  • SOREX12
  • GREX12
  • PREX13
  • MIREX14
  • IMBREX17
  • INTERREX15

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