essex
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 5
/ˈɛs.ɪks/
(UK)
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/ˈɛs.ɪks/ (UK) · [ˈes.iks]
Definition of essex
18 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
name
- A maritime county of England bordered by the North Sea, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Greater London, and separated from Kent by the Thames estuary.
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name
- A maritime county of England bordered by the North Sea, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Greater London, and separated from Kent by the Thames estuary.
- A town in Essex County, Ontario, Canada.
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- A surname.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English Ēastseaxan (literally “East Saxons”), which stood for both Essex and the people of Essex.
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