Yes. AXE is a valid word.
AXE is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
AXE is in the NASPA Word List 2023 (NWL2023), the North American list that Tileside uses for challenges and the one used in club and tournament play.
About AXE
AXE and AX are both valid spellings of the tool with a heavy blade for chopping; and AXE also works as a verb, giving AXED, AXES and AXING. If AX is on the board, an E on the end makes AXE. The X in the middle can sit on a letter bonus square and score in two directions.
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AXE scores 10 points
Before any bonus squares: A 1 + X 8 + E 1 = 10. On a double-word square that's 20, on a triple-word 30, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.
Example: AXE as the first play
Later in the game, put the X on a 3L square and AXE is worth 26 before any word bonus.
Hooks: one tile makes a new word
Longer words from AXE
Words that start with AXE:
- AXELS
- AXEMAN
- AXEMEN
- AXENIC(of experimental animals) raised under sterile conditions
- AXENICALLY
Change one tile
Swap any one letter of AXE and these are still words:
- ACEthe smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- AGEhow long something has existed
- ALEa general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast
- ANEused of a single unit or thing
- APEany of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
- AREform of BE: have the quality of being
- ATEform of EAT: take in solid food
- AVE
Same letters, other words
No other word in the list uses exactly the letters A, X and E.
Add one tile: words from these letters plus one more
AXE + D
- AXEDform of AX: an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
AXE + M
- EXAMa set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge
AXE + P
- APEXthe highest point (of something)
AXE + S
- AXESform of AX: an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
AXE + U
- EAUXform of EAU: water (a transparent, tasteless, odorless liquid)
Memory tip
AXE and AX are both valid spellings of the tool, so the X has two ways in.
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Check words at the table, free
Tileside keeps score, checks words like this one during a challenge, tracks the tiles left in the bag and times turns. It runs in your phone's browser with no account and works offline.
Tileside checks words against the North American list, the NASPA Word List 2023. Your group's chosen dictionary always wins.
Word list: NASPA Word List 2023, used under license. NASPA Word List 2023 Edition © NASPA 2023. The copy included in this app is licensed for personal use. You may not use it for any commercial purposes.
Works with the Scrabble board game, played at the table. Tileside is an independent product, not affiliated with or endorsed by the makers of Scrabble.