What POX Means
- noun: a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)
- noun: a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
POX 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 P3 O1 X8.
Words Made From The Letters In POX
3 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.
2 letter words (3)
Longer Words Containing POX
POX appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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