What TAXIS Means
- noun: a locomotor response toward or away from an external stimulus by a motile (and usually simple) organism
- noun: the surgical procedure of manually restoring a displaced body part
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
TAXIS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as T1 A1 X8 I1 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In TAXIS
33 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 (16)
2 letter words (11)
Longer Words Containing TAXIS
TAXIS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.