loxodrome
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 19
- Words With Friends
- 21
- Letters
- 9
Definition of loxodrome
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- A line on a surface (such as the Earth) that cuts all meridians at a constant angle (but not a right angle) – on Earth, the path followed by a ship or aircraft that maintains a constant course by the compass.
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Etymology
Back-formation from loxodromic, from Ancient Greek λοξός (loxós, “oblique”) + δρόμος (drómos, “course”) via French.
Words you can make from loxodrome
100 playable · top: LOXED (13 pts)
Best play loxed 13 points6-letter words
5 words5-letter words
10 words4-letter words
34 words- OXER 11 pts
- DEMO 7 pts
- DERM 7 pts
- DOME 7 pts
- DOOM 7 pts
- DORM 7 pts
- MELD 7 pts
- MODE 7 pts
- MOLD 7 pts
- MOOD 7 pts
- LOOM 6 pts
- MERL 6 pts
- MOLE 6 pts
- MOOL 6 pts
- MOOR 6 pts
- MORE 6 pts
- OMER 6 pts
- ROOM 6 pts
- DOER 5 pts
- DOLE 5 pts
- DOOR 5 pts
- DORE 5 pts
- LODE 5 pts
- LORD 5 pts
- ODOR 5 pts
- OLDE 5 pts
- ORDO 5 pts
- REDO 5 pts
- RODE 5 pts
- ROOD 5 pts
- LORE 4 pts
- OLEO 4 pts
- ORLE 4 pts
- ROLE 4 pts
3-letter words
34 words- DEX 11 pts
- DOX 11 pts
- XED 11 pts
- LEX 10 pts
- LOX 10 pts
- OXO 10 pts
- REX 10 pts
- DOM 6 pts
- MED 6 pts
- MOD 6 pts
- ELM 5 pts
- EMO 5 pts
- MEL 5 pts
- MOL 5 pts
- MOO 5 pts
- MOR 5 pts
- REM 5 pts
- ROM 5 pts
- DEL 4 pts
- DOE 4 pts
- DOL 4 pts
- DOR 4 pts
- ELD 4 pts
- LED 4 pts
- ODE 4 pts
- OLD 4 pts
- RED 4 pts
- ROD 4 pts
- LOO 3 pts
- LOR 3 pts
- OLE 3 pts
- ORE 3 pts
- ROE 3 pts
- ROO 3 pts
2-letter words
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