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LUXES

5 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What LUXES Means

LUXES is a form of LUX, which means:

  1. noun: a unit of illumination equal to 1 lumen per square meter; 0.0929 foot candle

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

LUXES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as L1 U1 X8 E1 S1.

Anagrams of LUXES (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In LUXES

20 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 (6)

3 letter words (9)

2 letter words (5)

Longer Words Containing LUXES

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

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