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Is pyx a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word pyx is a Scrabble US word. The word pyx is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word pyx is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

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Definitions and meaning of pyx

pyx

Etymology

The noun is derived from Late Middle English pix, pixe (“vessel for holding a host, pyx; hip bone socket, pyxis”) [and other forms], from Late Latin pyxis (“vessel for holding a host”), Latin pyxis (“small box for medicines or toiletries; box holding sample coins for testing; hip bone socket; sailor's compass”), from Koine Greek πυξίς (puxís), Ancient Greek πῠξῐ́ς (puxís, “box; box or tablet made of boxwood; cylinder”), from πῠ́ξος (púxos, “box tree; boxwood”) + -ῐς (-is, suffix forming feminine nouns). Doublet of box, piseog, and pyxis.

The verb is derived from the noun.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /pɪks/
  • Homophones: picks, pics, pix
  • Rhymes: -ɪks

Noun

pyx (plural pyxes)

  1. (Roman Catholicism, also figurative) A small, usually round container used to hold the host (“consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist”), especially when bringing communion to the sick or others unable to attend Mass.
    Synonym: (rare) pyxis
  2. (by extension, rare) A (small) box; a casket, a coffret.
    Synonym: pyxis
  3. (chiefly British) A box used in a mint as a place to deposit sample coins intended to have the fineness of their metal and their weight tested before the coins are issued to the public.
  4. (nautical, obsolete, rare) A compass used by sailors.

Alternative forms

  • pix (obsolete, Late Middle English–19th c.)

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Verb

pyx (third-person singular simple present pyxes, present participle pyxing, simple past and past participle pyxed) (transitive)

  1. (obsolete) To place (the host) in a pyx.
  2. (figuratively) To enclose (something) in a box or other container; specifically, to place (a deceased person's body) in a coffin; to coffin, to encoffin.
  3. (chiefly British) To deposit (sample coins) in a pyx; (by extension) to test (such coins) for the fineness of metal and weight before a mint issues them to the public.

Alternative forms

  • pix (obsolete)

Derived terms

  • pyxed (adjective) (obsolete, rare)
  • pyxing (noun)

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References

Further reading

  • pyx on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Trial of the Pyx on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Source: wiktionary.org