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8-letter words ending in OX
There are 12 8-letter words ending in OX in the standard word-game list. The most common are smallpox, orthodox, matchbox, breadbox, homeobox, horsepox.
Most common, with meanings
| Word | Meaning | Points |
|---|---|---|
| smallpox | a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that… | 19 |
| orthodox | of or pertaining to or characteristic of Judaism | 19 |
| matchbox | a box for holding matches | 24 |
| breadbox | a container used to keep bread or cake in | 20 |
| homeobox | one of various similar homeotic genes that are involved in bodily segmentation during embryonic development | 22 |
| horsepox | A disease of horses caused by an orthopoxvirus. | 20 |
| saucebox | A saucy, impudent or impertinent person. | 19 |
| snuffbox | a small ornamental box for carrying snuff in your pocket | 23 |
| soundbox | a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin) | 18 |
| sweatbox | small or narrow cell | 20 |
| swinepox | A disease of pigs, caused by a virus of the family Poxviridae and the genus Suipoxvirus. | 20 |