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Waxed

Scrabble:16 ptsWWF:16 pts5 letters
Definition of Waxed

verb

  1. To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny.
  2. To remove hair at the roots from (a part of the body) by coating the skin with a film of wax that is then pulled away sharply.
  3. To defeat utterly.
  4. To kill, especially to murder a person.
  5. (usually of a musical or oral performance) To record.

verb

  1. To increasingly assume the specified characteristic.
  2. To grow.
  3. (of the moon) To appear larger each night as a progression from a new moon to a full moon.
  4. (of the tide) To move from low tide to high tide.

adjective

  1. Of an object, coated or treated with wax in order to make it shiny or waterproof, or to protect it.
Anagrams of Waxed

1 word can be made by rearranging all the letters of "waxed":

dewax
Related Word Patterns
WA...Words starting with "wa"...EDWords ending with "ed"All 5-letter wordsUnscramble "waxed"
Synonyms & Antonyms

ANTONYMS

wane
Letter Values
w4
a1
x8
e1
d2

Total: 16 Scrabble points

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Rhymes With Waxed
aahedabandonedabasedabashedabatedabbreviatedabdicatedabducedabductedabedaberratedabetted
Related 5-Letter Words
wackewackowackswackywaddywadedwaderwadeswadiswaferwaffswaftswagedwagerwages

Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Waxed"

Waxed is a 5-letter word that scores 16 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "waxed" can be rearranged to form 1 other valid word.

Using "Waxed" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "waxed" is a high-scoring word. It contains the letter X, which is worth 8 points.