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Is sexton a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word sexton is a Scrabble US word. The word sexton is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

S1E1X8T1O1N1

Is sexton a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word sexton is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

S1E1X8T1O1N1

Is sexton a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word sexton is a Words With Friends word. The word sexton is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1E1X8T1O1N2

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6-letter words (1 found)

SEXTON,

5-letter words (10 found)

EXONS,NEXTS,NOTES,NOXES,ONSET,SETON,SEXTO,STENO,STONE,TONES,

4-letter words (23 found)

ENTS,EONS,EXON,NEST,NETS,NEXT,NOES,NOSE,NOTE,ONES,ONST,OXEN,OXES,SENT,SEXT,SNOT,SONE,STEN,TENS,TOES,TONE,TONS,TOSE,

3-letter words (23 found)

ENS,EON,EST,EXO,NET,NOS,NOT,NOX,OES,ONE,ONS,OSE,SEN,SET,SEX,SON,SOT,SOX,TEN,TES,TEX,TOE,TON,

2-letter words (14 found)

EN,ES,ET,EX,NE,NO,OE,ON,OS,OX,SO,ST,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 72 words from sexton according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sexton

sexton

Etymology

From Old French segrestien, from Medieval Latin sacristanus, based on Latin sacer (“sacred”). Doublet of sacristan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛk.stən/
  • Rhymes: -ɛkstən
  • Hyphenation: sex‧ton

Noun

sexton (plural sextons)

  1. A church official who looks after a church building and its graveyard and may act as a gravedigger and bell ringer.
  2. A sexton beetle.

Synonyms

  • sacristan

Derived terms

  • sextonry

Translations

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish sæxtan, siæxtān, from Old Norse sextán, from Proto-Germanic *sehstehun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛksˌtɔn/

Numeral

sexton

  1. sixteen

Coordinate terms

Related terms

  • sextonde
  • sextondel

References

  • sexton in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • sexton in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • sexton in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org