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Yes. The word rhexis is a Scrabble US word. The word rhexis is worth 16 points in Scrabble:

R1H4E1X8I1S1

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Yes. The word rhexis is a Scrabble UK word and has 16 points:

R1H4E1X8I1S1

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6-letter words (1 found)

RHEXIS,

5-letter words (7 found)

HEIRS,HIRES,RHIES,SEHRI,SHIER,SHIRE,SIXER,

4-letter words (14 found)

EISH,HEIR,HERS,HIES,HIRE,IRES,REHS,REIS,RESH,RISE,SEIR,SHIR,SHRI,SIRE,

3-letter words (21 found)

EHS,ERS,HER,HES,HEX,HIE,HIS,IRE,ISH,REH,REI,RES,REX,SEI,SER,SEX,SHE,SIR,SIX,SRI,XIS,

2-letter words (11 found)

EH,ER,ES,EX,HE,HI,IS,RE,SH,SI,XI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 55 words from rhexis according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of rhexis

rhexis

Noun

rhexis (countable and uncountable, plural rhexes)

  1. (medicine, especially ophthalmology) The rupture of an organ.

Derived terms

  • capsulorhexis / capsulorrhexis
  • karyorrhexis
  • keratorhexis
  • rhexistasy

Latin

Alternative forms

  • rīxis, rȳxis

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ῥῆξις (rhêxis).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈreːk.sis/, [ˈreːks̠ɪs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈrek.sis/, [ˈrɛksis]

Noun

rhēxis f (genitive rhēxis); third declension

  1. (Medieval Latin, medicine) incision or section, especially for bloodletting

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Descendants

  • Middle English: rixis
    • English: rhexis

References

  • RYXIS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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