s 1 a 1 x 8 o 1 p 3 h 4 o 1 n 1 e 1
9 letters · 21 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore
originBorrowed from French saxophone, a combination of the surname of its inventor Adolphe Sax (1814–1894) + -o- + -phone (“something that makes a sound”), from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound, voice”). The first element surname is a variant of the German Sachs (“Saxon”). Analyzable as Sax + -o- + -phone.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- hexosan 17
- hoaxes 16
- hoxes 15
- expos 14
- paxes 14
- poxes 14
- hoax 14
- axones 13
- apex 13
- expo 13
- hex 13
- hox 13