Words Ending With YX
There are 15 words that end with YX, from 3 letters to 13. The highest scoring is ARCHAEOPTERYX at 30 points in Scrabble, and the set averages 20.8 points.
The List
Most common words first, then the rest A to Z.
Words Ending With YX: What They Mean
The most familiar words on this page and what they mean. Tap any word for its full entry, score and anagrams.
- ONYX noun a chalcedony with alternating black and white bands
- PYX noun a chest in which coins from the mint are held to await assay
- ORYX noun large African antelope with long straight nearly upright horns
- CALYX noun (botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and supporting the developing bud
- COCCYX noun the end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes
- APTERYX noun nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs
- EPICALYX noun a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus
- SARDONYX noun an onyx characterized by parallel layers of sard and a different colored mineral
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.