You can make 3 words from fix according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
All 3 letters words made out of fix
fix ifx fxi xfi ixf xif
Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word fix. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in fix.
Definitions and meaning of fix
fix
Alternative forms
fixe(verb)(archaic)
Etymology
From Middle Englishfixen, borrowed from Old French*fixer (attested only as ficher, fichier; > English fitch), from fixe(“fastened; fixed”), from Latinfīxus(“immovable; steady; stable; fixed”), from fīgō(“to drive in; stick; fasten”), from Proto-Indo-European*dʰeygʷ-(“to jab; stick; set”). Related to dig.
Pronunciation
enPR: fĭks, IPA(key): /ˈfɪks/
Rhymes: -ɪks
Verb
fix (third-person singular simple presentfixes, present participlefixing, simple past and past participlefixtorfixed)
(transitive, obsolete) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
(transitive, by extension) (Of a piercing look) to direct at someone.
(transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
(transitive, figuratively, usually in the passive) To focus or determine (oneself, on a concept); to fixate.
(transitive, chess) To prevent enemy pawns from advancing by directly opposing the most advanced one with one of one's own pawns so as to threaten to capture any advancing backward pawns.
(transitive) To mend, to repair.
(transitive, informal) To prepare (food or drink).
(transitive) To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins; to arrange immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion.
(transitive, US, informal) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
(transitive, mathematics, semantics) To map (a point or subset) to itself.
(transitive, informal) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
(transitive) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.
(transitive, chemistry, biology) To convert into a stable or available form.
(intransitive) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
(intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.
(slang, intransitive) To shoot; to inject a drug.
Conjugation
Synonyms
(pierce):impale, run through, stick
(hold in place):join, put together, unite; see also Thesaurus:join
(mend; repair):patch, put to rights, rectify; see also Thesaurus:repair
(make a contest unfair):doctor, rig
(render infertile):neuter, spay, desex, castrate
(settle or remain permanently):establish, settle down
Antonyms
(antonym(s) of "to hold in place"):move, change
Derived terms
Descendants
→ Dutch: fixen, fiksen
Translations
Noun
fix (pluralfixes)
A repair or corrective action.
Hyponyms:bugfix, technofix
A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament.
Synonyms:see Thesaurus:difficult situation
(slang) A single dose of a narcotic drug, especially when injected.
A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.
An understanding, grasp of something.
A determination of location.
(US) fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace)
Derived terms
Descendants
→ French: fixe, fix
Translations
References
Further reading
fix on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Jonathon Green (2024) “fix n.1(outfit)”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
Jonathon Green (2024) “fix n.2(deal)”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
Jonathon Green (2024) “fix n.3(injection)”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
Jonathon Green (2024) “fix v.3(to inject)”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
Bouyei
Etymology
From Proto-Tai*wɤjᴬ(“fire”). Cognate with Ahom𑜇𑜩(phay),Thaiไฟ(fai), Northern Thaiᨼᩱ(fai), Laoໄຟ(fai), Lüᦺᦝ(fay), Tai Damꪼꪡ, Shanၽႆး(phái) or ၾႆး(fái), Tai Nüaᥜᥭᥰ(fäy), Zhuangfeiz, Saekวี๊.
“fix” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech
Alternative forms
fixa
Etymology
From fixačnítužka.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈfɪks]
Rhymes: -ɪks
Noun
fixm inan
felt-tip pen, marker
Synonym:popisovač
Declension
Related terms
Further reading
fix in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
fix in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
fix in Internetová jazyková příručka
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
fix
inflection of fixen:
first-person singular present indicative
imperative
French
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /fiks/
Homophone: fixe
Noun
fixm (pluralfix)
Alternative spelling of fixe
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latinfīxus. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. The Latin entry claims it derives through a borrowing to Old French.