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

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

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4-letter words (1 found)

ORYX,

3-letter words (1 found)

OXY,

2-letter words (4 found)

OR,OX,OY,YO,

You can make 6 words from oryx according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of oryx

oryx royx oyrx yorx ryox yrox orxy roxy oxry xory rxoy xroy oyxr yoxr oxyr xoyr yxor xyor ryxo yrxo rxyo xryo yxro xyro

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Definitions and meaning of oryx

oryx

Etymology

From Latin, from Ancient Greek ὄρυξ (órux, “a pickax; an oryx (the antelope)”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔɹ.ɪks/, /ˈoʊɹ.ɪks/

Noun

oryx (plural oryxes or oryx or (rare) oryges)

  1. Any of several antelopes, of the genus Oryx, native to Africa, which have long, straight horns

Synonyms

  • sabre antelope

Derived terms

Related terms

  • orygine

Translations

References

  • oryx on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • oryx on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • oryx on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

  • Roxy

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὄρυξ (órux), the antelope probably being named after the sharp iron digging tools with the same name, because of the shape of its horns.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈo.ryks/, [ˈɔrʏks̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈo.riks/, [ˈɔːriks]

Noun

oryx m (genitive orygis); third declension

  1. antelope, gazelle
  2. wild goat
  3. wild bull or ox

Declension

Third-declension noun.

References

  • “oryx”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “oryx”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • oryx in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “oryx”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎[1]
  • “oryx”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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