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FOXES

5 letters, 15 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What FOXES Means

FOXES is a form of FOX, which means:

  1. noun: alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
  2. noun: a shifty deceptive person
  3. verb: deceive somebody“We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week”
  4. verb: be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly“These questions confuse even the experts”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

FOXES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as F4 O1 X8 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In FOXES

19 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

4 letter words (2)

3 letter words (8)

2 letter words (9)

Longer Words Containing FOXES

FOXES appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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