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What does yex mean? Is yex a Scrabble word?

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Is yex a Scrabble word?

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

Y4E1X8

Is yex a Scrabble UK word?

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

Y4E1X8

Is yex a Words With Friends word?

The word yex is NOT a Words With Friends word.

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Valid words made from Yex

You can make 4 words from 'yex' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.


3 letters words from 'yex'

YEX 13 

2 letters words from 'yex'

EX 9YE 5

All 3 letters words made out of yex

yex eyx yxe xye exy xey

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word yex. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in yex.

Definitions and meaning of yex

yex

Alternative forms

  • yesk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɛks/
  • Rhymes: -ɛks

Etymology 1

From Middle English yexen, yixen, yesken, from Old English ġeocsian, ġiscian (“to hiccup”), from Proto-West Germanic *giskōn (“to yawn”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeys- (“gaping, cracked”). Cognate with Middle Low German gischen (“to sob, sigh”), Middle High German geschen, gischen (“to yawn, gape”).

Verb

yex (third-person singular simple present yexes, present participle yexing, simple past and past participle yexed)

  1. (archaic) to hiccup
  2. (archaic) to belch or burp
Derived terms
  • yexing
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English ȝeoxe, ȝoxe, from Old English ġeoxa, ġeocsa, ġicsa (“hiccough; sobbing”).

Noun

yex (plural yexes)

  1. (archaic or dialectal) a hiccup

Anagrams

  • exy, xey

Source: wiktionary.org
  • YEVE, (obsolete) to give.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)