Yes. TUX is a valid word.
TUX is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
TUX 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 TUX
TUX is short for tuxedo, a man's formal dinner jacket; its plural is TUXES. TUX uses a T, a U and the X, a good way to play an awkward U together with the X. Picture a tux with an X for a bow tie.
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TUX scores 10 points
Before any bonus squares: T 1 + U 1 + X 8 = 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: TUX as the first play
Later in the game, put the X on a 3L square and TUX is worth 26 before any word bonus.
Longer words from TUX
Change one tile
Swap any one letter of TUX and these are still words:
- LUXa unit of illumination
- MUXto transmit several messages simultaneously along a single channel
- TAXto place a charge imposed by authority for public purposes on
- TIXsame as TICKETS: form of TICKET
- TUBa relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body
- TUGpull hard
- TUI
- TUMan enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal
Same letters, other words
No other word in the list uses exactly the letters T, U and X.
Memory tip
TUX is short for tuxedo. Its plural is TUXES.
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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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