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Scrabble Words With X
X is worth eight points and, unlike J or Q, it sits happily at either end of a two-letter word. That makes it the most flexible of the heavy tiles and the one most likely to produce a thirty-point parallel play.
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The X twos and threes
AX, EX, OX, XI and XU are the twos. AXE, BOX, FIX, HEX, LAX, MIX, POX, SAX, SIX, TAX, VEX, WAX and ZAX are the threes. Because X works at the start or the end, one X tile on a double letter square can count in two words at once.
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The double-cross play
Place the X on a double letter square so it forms a two-letter word in each direction. The tile scores sixteen twice, plus whatever the rest of the words are worth — routinely more than fifty points for a single tile.
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