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Is luxe a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word luxe is a Scrabble US word. The word luxe is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is luxe a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word luxe is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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Is luxe a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word luxe is a Words With Friends word. The word luxe is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (3 found)

EXUL,LUXE,ULEX,

3-letter words (4 found)

LEU,LEX,LUX,ULE,

2-letter words (3 found)

EL,EX,XU,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 11 words from luxe according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of luxe

luxe ulxe lxue xlue uxle xule luex ulex leux elux uelx eulx lxeu xleu lexu elxu xelu exlu uxel xuel uexl euxl xeul exul

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word luxe. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in luxe.

Definitions and meaning of luxe

luxe

Etymology

From French luxe, from Latin luxus. Cognate with English lock.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /luks/, /lʌks/
  • Rhymes: -uːks, -ʌks

Noun

luxe (uncountable)

  1. Luxury.

Adjective

luxe (comparative luxier, superlative luxest or luxiest)

  1. Luxurious, sophisticated.

Derived terms

  • sportsluxe

References

  • “luxe, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  • “luxe, adj.”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin lūxus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈluk.sə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈluk.se]

Noun

luxe m (plural luxes)

  1. luxury

Derived terms

  • luxós

Related terms

  • luxúria

Further reading

  • “luxe” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Etymology 1

From French luxe, from Latin luxus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlyksə/

Noun

luxe m (plural luxes, diminutive luxetje n)

  1. luxury
Derived terms

Etymology 2

The first part of typical compounds with luxe (e.g. luxe-editie (luxury edition), luxevilla (luxury-mansion), ...) is reinterpreted as an adjective, instead of a noun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lyks/

Adjective

luxe (comparative luxer, superlative meest luxe or luxest)

  1. (Netherlands) luxurious
  2. (Netherlands) deluxe
Inflection
Synonyms
  • luxueus

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lūxus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lyks/

Noun

luxe m (plural luxes)

  1. luxury

Derived terms

  • de luxe
  • luxeusement
  • luxueux
  • luxure

Descendants

  • Dutch: luxe
  • English: luxe
  • Persian: لوکس (luks)
  • Swedish: lyx
  • Turkish: lüks

Verb

luxe

  1. inflection of luxer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • “luxe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈluːk.se/, [ˈɫ̪uːks̠ɛ] or IPA(key): /ˈluk.se/, [ˈɫ̪ʊks̠ɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈluk.se/, [ˈlukse]

Adjective

lū̆xe

  1. vocative masculine singular of lū̆xus

Ligurian

Alternative forms

  • lûxe (Grafîa ofiçiâ)
  • lŷxe (u-orthography)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlyːʒe/

Etymology 1

From Latin lūcem, accusative singular of lūx, from Proto-Italic *louks (accusative *loukem), from the Proto-Indo-European *léwks, derived from the root *lewk- (white; light; bright). Cognates include Italian luce and Spanish luz.

Noun

luxe f (plural luxi)

  1. light, particularly:
    1. (physics, uncountable) Visible electromagnetic radiation.
    2. A source of illumination.
Related terms

Etymology 2

Verb

luxe

  1. inflection of luxî:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

luxe

  1. inflection of luxar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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