fox: meaning and words from its letters
3 letters · 13 letter points · starts with F · ends with X
Meaning of fox
noun
- countable, uncountable
A small-to-medium-sized canine mammal, related to dogs and wolves, with a flattened skull, upright triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail, of the following groups: Any member of the genus Vulpes; a true fox.
- countable, uncountable
A small-to-medium-sized canine mammal, related to dogs and wolves, with a flattened skull, upright triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail, of the following groups: Any member of the genus Vulpes; a true fox. The red fox, a small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes) with red or silver fur.
Example: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
- countable, uncountable
A small-to-medium-sized canine mammal, related to dogs and wolves, with a flattened skull, upright triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail, of the following groups: Other canines that resemble true foxes, of the genera Cerdocyon, Lycalopex, Otocyon, and Urocyon.
- uncountable
The fur of a fox.
Listed forms: foxes, foxen, foxe.
Source: Wiktionary — fox.
verb
- transitive
To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity.
To sham, to dissemble.
- transitive
To confuse or baffle (someone).
Example: This crossword puzzle has completely foxed me.
- intransitive
To act slyly or craftily.
Listed forms: foxes, foxing, foxed, foxe.
Source: Wiktionary — fox.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for fox.
noun
a shifty deceptive person
- dodger
- slyboots
verb
deceive somebody
verb
be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is fox in our word lists?
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Letter-value score of fox
F(4) + O(1) + X(8) = 13 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of fox
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from fox
2 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in fox. Showing up to 24, longest first.