What WAXES Means
WAXES is a form of WAX, which means:
- verb: cover with wax“wax the car”
- verb: go up or advance“Sales were climbing after prices were lowered”
- noun: any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
WAXES 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 W4 A1 X8 E1 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In WAXES
25 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 (5)
3 letter words (12)
2 letter words (8)
Longer Words Containing WAXES
WAXES appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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