Yes. IXIA is a valid word.
IXIA is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
IXIA 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 IXIA
IXIA is a South African plant of the iris family, with star-shaped flowers on tall stems, sometimes called the corn lily; its plural is IXIAS. It is a rare home for the X with vowels on both sides: two I tiles and an A around the 8-point X. If your rack has I, I, A and X, IXIA scores well and clears the awkward pair of I tiles. Gardeners plant ixia bulbs in autumn for spring flowers in white, pink, yellow and red.
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IXIA scores 11 points
Before any bonus squares: I 1 + X 8 + I 1 + A 1 = 11. On a double-word square that's 22, on a triple-word 33, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.
Example: IXIA as the first play
Later in the game, put the X on a 3L square and IXIA is worth 27 before any word bonus.
Hooks: one tile makes a new word
After IXIA (1):
Place that one tile so it also forms a word in the other direction and both words score.
Longer words from IXIA
Other forms of IXIA (1):
Change one tile
Same letters, other words
No other word in the list uses exactly the letters I, X, I and A.
Add one tile: words from these letters plus one more
IXIA + S
Memory tip
IXIA is a South African flower of the iris family, also called the corn lily.
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