Definition of HEX

hex

Meanings

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

  • 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

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.

Scrabble Score: 13

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

Words With Friends Score: 12

hex is a valid Words With Friends word