Yes. MAX is a valid word.
MAX is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
MAX 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 MAX
MAX means the maximum, and as a verb it means to reach the limit, as in max out; its forms include MAXED, MAXES and MAXING. MAXI, a long skirt or coat, is valid too. With the 3-point M and the X, MAX is worth 12 before bonuses.
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MAX scores 12 points
Before any bonus squares: M 3 + A 1 + X 8 = 12. On a double-word square that's 24, on a triple-word 36, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.
Example: MAX as the first play
Later in the game, put the X on a 3L square and MAX is worth 28 before any word bonus.
Hooks: one tile makes a new word
After MAX (1):
- MAXIa long skirt ending below the calf
Place that one tile so it also forms a word in the other direction and both words score.
Longer words from MAX
Other forms of MAX (3):
Words that start with MAX:
- MAXIMa saying that is widely accepted on its own merits
- MAXISform of MAXI: a long skirt ending below the calf
- MAXIMAform of MAXIMUM: the greatest or most complete or best possible
- MAXIMSform of MAXIM: a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits
- MAXIXE
- MAXILLAthe jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium
- MAXIMALthe greatest or most complete or best possible
- MAXIMIN
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- MAXIMUMthe greatest or most complete or best possible
Change one tile
Swap any one letter of MAX and these are still words:
- FAXto transmit and reproduce by electronic means
- LAXa vowel articulated with relatively relaxed muscles; not strict or stringent
- PAXa ceremonial embrace given to signify Christian love and unity
- RAXto stretch out
- SAXa saxophone
- TAXto place a charge imposed by authority for public purposes on
- VAXto vaccinate
- WAXto coat with a natural, heat-sensitive substance
Same letters, other words
Memory tip
MAX is the most, as in “to the max”. Add an I for MAXI.
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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.