Yes. OXY is a valid word.
OXY is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
OXY 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 OXY
OXY means containing oxygen, a word from chemistry. With an O, the 8-point X and the 4-point Y, it is worth 13 points before bonuses, a strong score for three tiles. The X in the middle can sit on a letter bonus square and count twice if it also makes a word the other way.
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OXY scores 13 points
Before any bonus squares: O 1 + X 8 + Y 4 = 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: OXY as the first play
Later in the game, put the X on a 3L square and OXY is worth 29 before any word bonus.
Hooks: one tile makes a new word
Longer words from OXY
Words that start with OXY:
- OXYGENa nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas
- OXYACIDany acid that contains oxygen
- OXYGENSform of OXYGEN: a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas
- OXYMORAform of OXYMORON: conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')
- OXYPHIL
- OXYSALT
- OXYSOME
- OXYTONEword having stress or an acute accent on the last syllable
Change one tile
Swap any one letter of OXY and these are still words:
- OXOcontaining oxygen
Same letters, other words
No other word in the list uses exactly the letters O, X and Y.
Add one tile: words from these letters plus one more
OXY + B
- BOXYresembling a box in rectangularity
OXY + D
- DOXYa woman who cohabits with an important man
OXY + F
- FOXYmarked by skill in deception
OXY + N
- ONYXa chalcedony with alternating black and white bands
OXY + P
OXY + R
- ORYXlarge African antelope with long straight nearly upright horns
Memory tip
OXY means containing oxygen. It puts the X between two easy tiles.
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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.
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