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Is styrax a Scrabble word?

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

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Is styrax a Scrabble UK word?

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

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6-letter words (1 found)

STYRAX,

5-letter words (5 found)

ARTSY,SATYR,STRAY,TRAYS,XRAYS,

4-letter words (15 found)

ARSY,ARTS,ARTY,RAST,RATS,RAYS,RYAS,STAR,STAY,TARS,TAYS,TRAY,TSAR,XRAY,XYST,

3-letter words (22 found)

ARS,ART,ARY,ATS,AYS,RAS,RAT,RAX,RAY,RYA,SAR,SAT,SAX,SAY,STY,TAR,TAS,TAX,TAY,TRY,YAR,YAS,

2-letter words (8 found)

AR,AS,AT,AX,AY,ST,TA,YA,

You can make 51 words from styrax according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of styrax

styrax

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

styrax (plural styraxes)

  1. Any member of the genus Styrax of about 130 species of large shrubs or small trees, mostly native to temperate or tropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
    Synonym: storax

Hyponyms

  • benzoin

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • storax

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin styrax, from Ancient Greek στύραξ (stúrax).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstiː.rɑks/
  • Hyphenation: sty‧rax

Noun

styrax m (uncountable)

  1. storax (sweetgum resin)

Latin

Alternative forms

  • storax

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στύραξ (stúrax).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsty.raks/, [ˈs̠t̪ʏräks̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsti.raks/, [ˈst̪iːräks]

Noun

styrax m (genitive styracis); third declension

  1. storax (the tree Styrax officinalis and the balsam from it)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

  • styracinus
  • styracosaurus

Descendants

  • Italian: storace
  • Old English: stōr
  • Portuguese: estoraque
  • Translingual: Styrax

References

  • “styrax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • styrax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Source: wiktionary.org