vax is a valid English word.
Vax is commonly spelled with a single x, although a double x is also exercised. Excruciatingly that will do you no good in Scrabble or Words with Friends — vax, vaxx and vaxxed are not recognised in their official dictionaries.
Vax and vaxx are both accepted spellings but the form with one x is more common.
They've also removed several hundred slurs and other offensive words, so that they can't be played in official tournaments. Some of the new words reflect changes in technology and culture since the last update, including “torrenting”, “doxxed”, “subtweet”, “pageview”, “unsub”, “stan”, and “vaxxed”.
VAX. Another three-letter word gives some flexibility for the use of the high-point letter X. VAX is a verb that is a variant of VAXX, so the conjugations VAXED, VAXING, VAXES or VAXXED, VAXXING, VAXXES are all playable.
Conversation. Qua is the #WordOfTheDay, and it's an excellent Scrabble word.
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/væks/ [singular] (especially North American English, informal) a vaccine or vaccination. Older people are offered the flu vax each winter.
Oxford English Dictionary definitions for vax:
A vaccine or vaccination.
Oxford Languages defines vax as "a colloquialism meaning either vaccine or vaccination as a noun and vaccinate as a verb."
vaxxed also vaxed; vaxxing also vaxing; vaxxes also vaxes. transitive verb. : to administer a vaccine to : vaccinate. "If you aren't going to get vaxxed, you won't be able to work in that office.
Travellers entering or leaving Australia do not need to provide evidence of vaccination status. However, if you are travelling by plane to Australia from China, including Hong Kong and Macau, the Australian Government requires you to undertake a COVID-19 test in the 48 hours before your scheduled departure date.
Comirnaty (Pfizer) is approved and currently available for use as a primary course in people aged 5 years and over. Pfizer is approved and available for use as a booster in people aged 12 years and over. The TGA provisionally approved it for use in Australia on: 25 January 2021 (primary course – for 16 years and over)
"Vax", the OED word of the year 2021 highlights the medical breakthroughs and the rise of Covid vaccines across the world. "Vax is our 2021 Word of the Year. When our lexicographers began digging into our English language corpus data it quickly became apparent that vax was a particularly striking term.
Vax was founded in 1977 by British entrepreneur, Alan Brazier, in his home town of Droitwich, Worcestershire.
Though it's annoying that you cannot play such a clever word as IQ in Scrabble, there are plenty of uses for that pair of letters.
Devotees of Scrabble are always looking for an opportunity to use the highest-scoring letter Z. So news that the gender neutral pronoun “ze” will be included in the game's official dictionary is likely to prove very popular. The board game is moving with the times to include a handful of words from social media.
ZA is the most played word containing the letter Z (and the only playable two-letter word with the letter Z) in tournament SCRABBLE play.
JO is the only two letter-word containing J listed in the Official Scrabble Player's Dictionary (OSPD5) and Official Club and Tournament Word List (OCTWL or OWL/TWL), which is defined as "a sweetheart." Its plural is JOES, so don't try to stick an S on JO making JOS*; you will likely lose a turn.
We therefore regret to inform you that if you're looking to play “quo” in Scrabble, you're out of luck. (For those wondering, it's not a playable word in Words With Friends either.)
noun A simplified spelling of quell .
eq is a valid English word.
The CDC says there's a preference for the mRNA (Pfizer and Moderna) COVID-19 vaccines over the Novavax or Johnson & Johnson vaccines.
The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are strongly recommended as safe and effective at preventing serious illness or death from COVID-19.