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HEXES

5 letters, 15 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What HEXES Means

HEXES is a form of HEX, which means:

  1. noun: an evil spell“a witch put a curse on his whole family”
  2. verb: cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something
  3. adjective: of or pertaining to a number system having 16 as its base

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

HEXES 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 H4 E1 X8 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In HEXES

12 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 (1)

3 letter words (5)

2 letter words (6)

Longer Words Containing HEXES

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

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