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Is borax a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word borax is a Scrabble US word. The word borax is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

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Is borax a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word borax is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

B3O1R1A1X8

Is borax a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word borax is a Words With Friends word. The word borax is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

BORAX,

4-letter words (2 found)

BOAR,BORA,

3-letter words (15 found)

ABO,ARB,BAO,BAR,BOA,BOR,BOX,BRA,BRO,OAR,OBA,ORA,ORB,RAX,ROB,

2-letter words (8 found)

AB,AR,AX,BA,BO,OB,OR,OX,

You can make 26 words from borax according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of borax

borax obrax broax rboax orbax robax boarx obarx baorx aborx oabrx aobrx braox rbaox barox abrox rabox arbox orabx roabx oarbx aorbx raobx arobx borxa obrxa broxa rboxa orbxa robxa boxra obxra bxora xbora oxbra xobra brxoa rbxoa bxroa xbroa rxboa xrboa orxba roxba oxrba xorba rxoba xroba boaxr obaxr baoxr aboxr oabxr aobxr boxar obxar bxoar xboar oxbar xobar baxor abxor bxaor xbaor axbor xabor oaxbr aoxbr oxabr xoabr axobr xaobr braxo rbaxo barxo abrxo rabxo arbxo brxao rbxao bxrao xbrao rxbao xrbao baxro abxro bxaro xbaro axbro xabro raxbo arxbo rxabo xrabo axrbo xarbo oraxb roaxb oarxb aorxb raoxb aroxb orxab roxab oxrab xorab rxoab xroab oaxrb aoxrb oxarb xoarb axorb xaorb raxob arxob rxaob xraob axrob xarob

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Definitions and meaning of borax

borax

Etymology

From Middle English boras, from Anglo-Norman boreis, from Medieval Latin baurach (“borax”), from Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq), from Middle Persian bwlk' (bōrag), which yielded Persian بوره (bure).

Noun

borax (usually uncountable, plural boraxes or boraces)

  1. A white or gray/grey crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors/colours on porcelain, and as a soap, etc.
  2. (inorganic chemistry) The sodium salt of boric acid, Na2B4O7, either anhydrous or with 5 or 10 molecules of water of crystallization; sodium tetraborate.
  3. (sometimes attributive) Cheap or tawdry furniture or other works of industrial design.

Synonyms

  • E285 when used as a preservative

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Verb

borax (third-person singular simple present boraxes, present participle boraxing, simple past and past participle boraxed)

  1. (transitive) To treat with borax.

Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Borax”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “borax”, in Mindat.org‎[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
  • Jonathon Green (2024) “borax n.1”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  • borax at the Free Dictionary

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French borax.

Noun

borax n (uncountable)

  1. borax

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Source: wiktionary.org