{{wiktionary|hex|hex-|hexa-}} '''Hex''' usually refers to:
* A curse or supposed real and potentially supernaturally realized malicious wish * Hexadecimal, a base-16 number system often used in computer nomenclature
'''Hex''', '''HEX''', or '''The Hex''' may also refer to:
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== Magic == * Hex sign, a barn decoration originating in Pennsylvania Dutch regions of the United States * Hex work, a Pennsylvania Dutch (German) folk magic system also known as pow-wow
== Engineering and technology == * Hex key, a tool also known as a hex wrench or Allen wrench, used to drive fasteners * Hex key, a number sign (#) key on telephones (regional term used in Singapore and Malaysia) * High-energy X-rays, sometimes abbreviated "HEX-rays" * Hexcentric, an item of climbing protection equipment * Heat exchanger, a device for heat transfer * Hypersonic Flight Experiment, a planned mission of the Indian Space Research Organisation * Intel HEX, a computer file format * Uranium hexafluoride, a compound used in nuclear fuel refinement * Hex color, a six-digit, three-byte hexadecimal number used in computing applications to represent colors
== Businesses and services == * Hex'Air, an airline based in southern France * Heathrow Express, a train service in London * Nasdaq Helsinki, formerly the Helsinki Stock Exchange
== Games and sport == * Hex, a hexagonal tile of a hex map, used in war and strategy board games * Hex (board game), a mathematical strategy game played on a hexagonal grid or rhombus * Hex (climbing), an item of rock climbing equipment used to arrest a fall * ''Hex'' (video game), a 1985 computer game for the Amiga and Atari ST * ''Hex: Shards of Fate'', an MMO trading card game by Cryptozoic Entertainment * Hex – The Legend of the Towers, a Vekoma Madhouse ride at the Alton Towers Resort, England * The Hexagonal (CONCACAF), final round of FIFA World Cup qualifiers for North America, Central America, and the Caribbean * Hex, pseudonym of the puzzle writers Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon * ''The Hex'' (video game), a 2018 computer game by the creator of ''Pony Island''
== Places == * Hex River, a tributary of the Breede River in South Africa * Hex River, a tributary of the Elands River in South Africa * Hexham railway station, Northumberland, England
== Arts and media == === Books === * ''Hex'' (1998 novel), a dystopian novel for young adults by Rhiannon Lassiter * ''Hex'', a 2011 science fiction novel by Allen Steele * ''HEX'' (2013 novel), a Dutch horror novel by Thomas Olde Heuvelt, published in English in 2016
=== Fictional characters === * Hex (''Ben 10''), a villain in the ''Ben 10'' franchise * Hex (Discworld), a computer in Terry Pratchett's ''Discworld'' novels * Hex Schofield, a companion of the Seventh Doctor in a series of ''Doctor Who'' audio plays * Hex, an illusionist and escapologist in the Marvel Comics series ''ClanDestine'' * Hex, an undead dark elf necromancer in the Netflix animated series ''Skylanders Academy'' * HEX, an evil organization in the novel ''InterWorld'' * Jonah Hex, a DC Comics character * The Hex Girls, a fictitious musical group in the ''Scooby-Doo'' franchise
=== Film, television and stage === * HEX, in ''WandaVision'' is a nickname for the city of Westview * ''Hex'' (1973 film), a 1973 film starring Keith Carradine, Gary Busey, Dan Haggerty, and Hillarie Thompson * ''Hex'', a 1980 Hong Kong film directed by Kuei Chih-Hung * ''Hex'' (2015 film), a 2015 film directed by Clarence Peters * ''Hex'', a 2018 film directed by Rudolf Buitendach * ''Hex'' (musical), a 2021 musical based on the Charles Perrault version of ''Sleeping Beauty'' * ''Hex'' (TV series), a 2004–2005 supernatural/horror drama on British television * ''Jonah Hex'' (film), a 2010 film based on a DC Comics character * ''Mr. Hex'', a 1946 Bowery Boys comedy film * Stephanie Bendixsen (born 1985), presenter for Australian TV show ''Good Game'', known by the gamertag Hex
=== Music === ==== Musical artists ==== * Hex, an indie rock duo formed in 1988 by Steve Kilbey and Donnette Thayer * Hex (VJ group), a British-based multimedia group active in the 1990s which later became Hexstatic * Hex Hector (born 1965), American dance remixer
==== Songs and albums ==== * ''Hex'' (Bark Psychosis album), 1994 * ''Hex'' (Hex album), 1989, by the indie rock duo Hex * ''Hex'' (Jon McKiel album), 2024 * ''Hex ''(Poison Girls album), 1979 * ''Hex'', a 2003 album by the Los Angeles-based rock band Bigelf * ''Hex; Or Printing in the Infernal Method'', a 2005 album by the band Earth * "Hex" (song), by Rezz and 1788-L * "Hex", a 2014 song co-written by Wax Motif and Tommy Trash
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== See also == {{Canned search|hex|he-x|h-ex|h-e-x}} * Hex game (disambiguation) * Hexes (disambiguation) * Hexing (disambiguation) * Hexed (disambiguation) * ''Hexx: Heresy of the Wizard'', a 1994 video game * "The Hexx", a song by the band Pavement * HHEX, hematopoietically expressed homeobox protein * {{in title|Hex}} * {{look from|Hex}} * {{look from|HEX}}
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