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Is vex a Scrabble word?

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

V4E1X8

Is vex a Scrabble UK word?

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

V4E1X8

Is vex a Words With Friends word?

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

V5E1X8

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3-letter words (1 found)

VEX,

2-letter words (1 found)

EX,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 3 words from vex according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of vex

vex evx vxe xve exv xev

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Definitions and meaning of vex

vex

Etymology

From Middle English vexen, from Old French vexer, from Latin vexāre (“disturb, agitate, annoy”). Doublet of quake. Displaced native Old English dreċċan and gremman.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: vĕks, IPA(key): /vɛks/
  • Rhymes: -ɛks

Verb

vex (third-person singular simple present vexes, present participle vexing, simple past and past participle vexed or (archaic) vext)

  2. (transitive) To annoy, irritate.
    Synonyms: agitate, irk, irritate
  4. (transitive) To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress.
    Synonyms: afflict, grame, torment
  5. (transitive, now rare) To trouble aggressively, to harass.
  6. (transitive, rare) To twist, to weave.
  7. (intransitive, obsolete) To be irritated; to fret.
  8. (transitive) To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:vex.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • quake
  • vexatious

Descendants

Translations

Noun

vex (plural vexes)

  1. (Scotland, obsolete) A trouble.

References

  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “vex”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

vex

  1. Alternative form of wax (“wax”)

Etymology 2

Verb

vex

  1. Alternative form of vexen

Old Norse

Verb

vex

  1. first/second/third-person singular present active indicative of vaxa

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