Is HYRAX a word?
HYRAX is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words With Friends, has 5 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 10 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, HYRAX is a valid word.
What does hyrax mean?
noun: any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
HYRAX: word details
- Length: 5 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 12,578 5-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 18 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 16 points on the tiles.
- Wordle: five letters, so HYRAX works as a Wordle guess or answer.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside hyrax
Words you can make from the letters of hyrax.
Solve a whole rack, not just HYRAX
HYRAX is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does HYRAX mean?
HYRAX is a noun. It means: any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
Is HYRAX a valid word?
Yes, HYRAX is a valid word. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.