hex

Plural: hexes

Noun

an evil spell
An evil spell or curse.
A witch.
A spell (now rare but still found in compounds such as hex sign and hexcraft).
Clipping of hexadecimal.
A hexagonal space on a game board.
a hexagon-shaped item of rock climbing equipment intended to be wedged into a crack or other opening in the rock.
Clipping of uranium hexafluoride.

Verb

Verb Forms: hexed, hexing, hexes

To cast a spell on; to bewitch or jinx.
cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something
To cast a spell on (specifically an evil spell), to bewitch.

Adjective

of or pertaining to a number system having 16 as its base

Examples

He tried to HEX his Words With Friends opponent by playing a string of short, annoying words.

Origin / Etymology

First attested about 1830, from Pennsylvania German hexe (“to practice witchcraft”), from German hexen (compare Hexe (“witch”)). The noun appeared later, in the 1850s. Cognate to Norwegian Bokmål heks (“witch”) and Dutch heks (“witch”), Dutch beheksen (“to bewitch”), Old English hægtesse (“witch, hag”). Doublet of hag.

Synonyms

bewitch, curse, enchant, glamour, hexadecimal, jinx, whammy, witch

Scrabble Score: 13

hex: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
hex: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hex: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

hex: valid Words With Friends Word