Yes. FOX is a valid word.
FOX is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
FOX 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 FOX
FOX is the wild animal with a bushy tail, and as a verb it means to trick or baffle; its forms include FOXED, FOXES and FOXING, and FOXY is valid too. With the F and the X, FOX is worth 13 before bonuses. Foxes live on every continent except Antarctica, from city parks to arctic tundra.
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FOX scores 13 points
Before any bonus squares: F 4 + O 1 + X 8 = 13. On a double-word square that's 26, on a triple-word 39, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.
Example: FOX as the first play
Later in the game, put the X on a 3L square and FOX is worth 29 before any word bonus.
Hooks: one tile makes a new word
After FOX (1):
- FOXYmarked by skill in deception
Place that one tile so it also forms a word in the other direction and both words score.
Longer words from FOX
Other forms of FOX (3):
Words that start with FOX:
- FOXIERform of FOXY: marked by skill in deception
- FOXILYin an artful manner
- FOXFIRE
- FOXFISH
- FOXHOLEa small dugout with a pit for individual shelter against enemy fire
- FOXHUNTmounted hunters follow hounds in pursuit of a fox
- FOXIESTform of FOXY: marked by skill in deception
- FOXINGS
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Change one tile
Swap any one letter of FOX and these are still words:
- BOXto put in a rectangular container
- COXto coxswain
- DOXto attack by publishing private information
- GOXgaseous oxygen
- LOXto supply with liquid oxygen
- POXto infect with a disease marked by skin eruptions
- SOXform of SOCK: a knitted or woven covering for the foot; to strike forcefully
- VOXsame as VOICE: to express or utter
Same letters, other words
Memory tip
FOX is the clever animal. Add a Y for FOXY.
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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.