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5 letter words with X

Every five-letter word that contains X, grouped by where the X sits, with Scrabble and Words With Friends scores shown separately, Wordle letter stats, definitions and filters.

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X can sit in any slot · 421 words in our list

The short answer

There are 421 five words with X in this list. X is most often the third letter, and the most common last letter is X. The top face-value Scrabble score is 24 for azoxy.

421five X words in our list

7%start with X

31%end in X

14.2average Scrabble face score

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The complete list

All 5 letter words with X

Grouped by where X first appears. The small number is the face-value Scrabble score.

X is the 1st letter (28)

XE10 words

xebec¹⁶xenia¹²xenic¹⁴xenon¹²xenos¹²xenyl¹⁵xeres¹²xeric¹⁴xerox¹⁹xerus¹²

XI2 words

xicak¹⁸xinca¹⁴

XO1 words

xoana¹²

XR1 words

xrays¹⁵

XU1 words

xurel¹²

XV1 words

xviii¹⁵

XX1 words

xxiii¹⁹

XY11 words

xylan¹⁵xylem¹⁷xylia¹⁵xylic¹⁷xylol¹⁵xylon¹⁵xylyl¹⁸xyrid¹⁶xyris¹⁵xysti¹⁵xysts¹⁵

X is the 2nd letter (83)

axels¹²axers¹²axial¹²axile¹²axils¹²axine¹²axing¹³axiom¹⁴axion¹²axite¹²axled¹³axles¹²axman¹⁴axmen¹⁴axoid¹³axone¹²axons¹²exact¹⁴exalt¹²exams¹⁴exaun¹²excel¹⁴excud¹⁵excur¹⁴exdie¹³exeat¹²execs¹⁴exect¹⁴exede¹³exeem¹⁴exeme¹⁴exert¹²exfil¹⁵exhbn¹⁷exies¹²exile¹²exine¹²exing¹³exion¹²exist¹²exite¹²exits¹²exlex¹⁹exode¹³exody¹⁶exome¹⁴exons¹²exopt¹⁴expat¹⁴expdt¹⁵expel¹⁴expos¹⁴exptl¹⁴expwy²⁰exsec¹⁴exter¹²extol¹²extra¹²exude¹³exuls¹²exult¹²exurb¹⁴exust¹²exxon¹⁹ixias¹²ixion¹²ixnay¹⁵ixora¹²ixtle¹²oxane¹²oxbow¹⁷oxboy¹⁷oxers¹²oxeye¹⁵oxfly¹⁸oxide¹³oxids¹³oxies¹²oxime¹⁴oxims¹⁴oxlip¹⁴oxman¹⁴oxter¹²

X is the 3rd letter (161)

auxil¹²auxin¹²bixin¹⁴boxed¹⁵boxen¹⁴boxer¹⁴boxes¹⁴boxla¹⁴boxty¹⁷buxom¹⁶buxus¹⁴caxon¹⁴coxae¹⁴coxal¹⁴coxed¹⁵coxes¹⁴coxib¹⁶dexes¹³dexie¹³dixie¹³dixit¹³doxed¹⁴doxes¹³doxie¹³duxes¹³faxed¹⁶faxes¹⁵fixed¹⁶fixer¹⁵fixes¹⁵fixit¹⁵fixup¹⁷foxed¹⁶foxer¹⁵foxes¹⁵foxie¹⁵foxly¹⁸goxes¹³hexad¹⁶hexed¹⁶hexer¹⁵hexes¹⁵hexis¹⁵hexyl¹⁸hoxed¹⁶hoxes¹⁵jaxie¹⁹jixie¹⁹juxta¹⁹kexes¹⁶laxed¹³laxer¹²laxes¹²laxly¹⁵lexes¹²lexia¹²lexic¹⁴lexis¹²loxed¹³loxes¹²loxia¹²loxic¹⁴luxed¹³luxer¹²luxes¹²luxus¹²maxed¹⁵maxes¹⁴maxim¹⁶maxis¹⁴mixed¹⁵mixen¹⁴mixer¹⁴mixes¹⁴mixte¹⁴mixup¹⁶moxas¹⁴moxie¹⁴muxed¹⁵muxes¹⁴myxos¹⁷nexal¹²nexts¹²nexum¹⁴nexus¹²nixed¹³nixer¹²nixes¹²nixie¹²nixon¹²noxal¹²noxes¹²nyxis¹⁵paxes¹⁴pbxes¹⁶pixel¹⁴pixes¹⁴pixie¹⁴poxed¹⁵poxes¹⁴pyxed¹⁸pyxes¹⁷pyxie¹⁷pyxis¹⁷raxed¹³raxes¹²rexen¹²rexes¹²roxie¹²saxes¹²saxon¹²sexed¹³sexer¹²sexes¹²sexly¹⁵sexto¹²sexts¹²sixer¹²sixes¹²sixmo¹⁴sixte¹²sixth¹⁵sixty¹⁵taxed¹³taxer¹²taxes¹²taxin¹²taxir¹²taxis¹²taxol¹²taxon¹²taxor¹²taxus¹²texan¹²texas¹²texes¹²texts¹²toxic¹⁴toxin¹²toxon¹²tuxes¹²vaxed¹⁶vaxes¹⁵vexed¹⁶vexer¹⁵vexes¹⁵vexil¹⁵vixen¹⁵voxel¹⁵waxed¹⁶waxen¹⁵waxer¹⁵waxes¹⁵wexed¹⁶wexes¹⁵woxen¹⁵wuxia¹⁵yexed¹⁶yexes¹⁵zaxes²¹zexes²¹

X is the 4th letter (21)

adoxa¹³adoxy¹⁶ataxy¹⁵azoxy²⁴braxy¹⁷coaxy¹⁷deoxy¹⁶dioxy¹⁶druxy¹⁶epoxy¹⁷flaxy¹⁸fldxt¹⁶flexi¹⁵flexo¹⁵orixa¹²pauxi¹⁴pioxe¹⁴prexy¹⁷proxy¹⁷trixy¹⁵twixt¹⁵

X is the 5th letter (128)

acrux¹⁴addax¹⁴adfix¹⁶admix¹⁵admrx¹⁵adnex¹³affix¹⁸alpax¹⁴ampyx¹⁹annex¹²beaux¹⁴bemix¹⁶beryx¹⁷bolix¹⁴borax¹⁴botox¹⁴bronx¹⁴calix¹⁴calyx¹⁷capax¹⁶capex¹⁶carex¹⁴choux¹⁷cimex¹⁶codex¹⁵comix¹⁶comox¹⁶culex¹⁴cylix¹⁷defix¹⁶desex¹³detax¹³detox¹³devex¹⁶dewax¹⁶direx¹³donax¹³durax¹³embox¹⁶enfix¹⁵essex¹²faulx¹⁵fedex¹⁶felix¹⁵ferox¹⁵filix¹⁵forex¹⁵galax¹³glaux¹³gulix¹³hapax¹⁷helix¹⁵hyrax¹⁸immix¹⁶inbox¹⁴index¹³infix¹⁵irpex¹⁴japyx²⁴judex²⁰keryx¹⁹kylix¹⁹larix¹²latax¹²latex¹²limax¹⁴linux¹²lurex¹²malax¹⁴matax¹⁴mirex¹⁴monax¹⁴murex¹⁴ninox¹²nohex¹⁵ortyx¹⁵panax¹⁴phlox¹⁷pinax¹⁴plotx¹⁴podex¹⁵preux¹⁴pulex¹⁴pumex¹⁶pyrex¹⁷radix¹³ramex¹⁴rebox¹⁴redox¹³redux¹³refix¹⁵relax¹²remex¹⁴remix¹⁴resex¹²retax¹²retox¹²rewax¹⁵rumex¹⁴salix¹²scalx¹⁴senex¹²silex¹²sioux¹²sirex¹²sorex¹²soulx¹²sphex¹⁷strix¹²telex¹²thanx¹⁵thrax¹⁵unbox¹⁴unfix¹⁵unhex¹⁵unlax¹²unmix¹⁴unsex¹²untax¹²unwax¹⁵upmix¹⁶upwax¹⁷urbex¹⁴varix¹⁵vibex¹⁷vibix¹⁷vitex¹⁵vivax¹⁸

Words with two Xs (4)

exlex¹⁹exxon¹⁹xerox¹⁹xxiii¹⁹

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Where does X sit?

Position of X in five-letter words

Words are counted by their first X, so each word appears once. Words with two Xs are listed separately below.

Slot 128 · 7%xebec, xenia, xenic

Slot 283 · 20%axels, axers, axial

Slot 3161 · 38%auxil, auxin, bixin

Slot 421 · 5%adoxa, adoxy, ataxy

Slot 5128 · 30%acrux, addax, adfix

Everyday words

Common 5 letter words with X

The full list includes rare words. These 80 are the ones you are most likely to meet in puzzles, writing and classrooms.

indextexaslinuxextrafixedtaxesboxesmixedexistexactexceltextsproxylatexsixthtoxicrelaxpixelessexannexfixesexamsremixxeroxinboxboxedmixeroxideexeatexiteaxitetexestexanexertexineexterexedeaxoneexiesoxanesextoaxineexitsretaxsenexsixtetaxertaxontelexxeniaexionnextsoxterretoxsexestaxintoxonxoanadetaxexodetaxedexectexaltnixieoxiesrexensextstaxistoxinxenondetoxdexieexdieexeemexemehexesaxionexileexonsextol

Wordle

Which letters keep company with X?

Among the 421 words in our list, these are the eight letters that appear most often alongside X. They make good second guesses once X is confirmed.

E263

I150

A145

O123

S108

L91

R83

N78

Vowel pairs

The most common adjacent vowel pairs in these words are IE (14), AU (7), IA (7), IO (7), II (4).

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Sorted by ending

5 letter X words by last letter and last two letters

Ends	Words	Examples
-X	130	acrux, addax, adfix, admix, admrx, adnex, affix
-S	80	axels, axers, axils, axles, axons, boxes, buxus
-E	33	axile, axine, axite, axone, coxae, dexie, dixie
-D	30	axled, axoid, boxed, coxed, doxed, excud, faxed
-N	28	auxin, axion, axman, axmen, bixin, boxen, caxon
-Y	23	adoxy, ataxy, azoxy, boxty, braxy, coaxy, deoxy
-L	19	auxil, axial, coxal, excel, exfil, expel, exptl
-R	18	boxer, excur, exter, fixer, foxer, hexer, laxer

Ends	Words	Examples
-ES	45	axles, boxes, coxes, dexes, doxes, duxes
-EX	41	adnex, annex, capex, carex, cimex, codex
-IX	28	adfix, admix, affix, bemix, bolix, calix
-AX	27	addax, alpax, borax, capax, detax, dewax
-ED	26	axled, boxed, coxed, doxed, faxed, fixed
-ER	15	boxer, exter, fixer, foxer, hexer, laxer

Fixed start and end? Use the combine word generator or letter words ending with. Words that end in X itself: acrux, addax, adfix, admix, admrx, adnex, affix, alpax, ampyx, annex

Letter patterns

X words with striking patterns

X at both ends

xerox

These words open and close with X.

Two Xs (4)

exlexexxonxeroxxxiii

XY and XE openers

11 words start with XY and 10 start with XE in this list.

xylanxylemxyliaxylicxylolxylonxylylxyridxyrisxystixysts

X with Z, X, J or Q (16)

acruxaddaxadfixadmixadmrxadnexadoxaadoxyaffixalpaxampyxannexataxyauxilauxinaxels

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High scorers

Highest-scoring 5 letter words with X

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends
azoxy	24	23
japyx	24	26
zaxes	21	21
zexes	21	21
expwy	20	20
judex	20	23
ampyx	19	20
exlex	19	20
exxon	19	20
jaxie	19	21
jixie	19	21
juxta	19	22

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Words with meanings

12 five-letter X words, defined

xebecnounA small two-masted, and later three-masted, Mediterranean transport ship with an overhanging bow and stern.

xenianounThe concept of hospitality to strangers.

xenicadjectiveContaining an unidentified organism, especially a bacterium.

xenonnounThe chemical element (symbol Xe) with an atomic number of 54. It is a colorless, odorless, unreactive noble gas, used notably in camera flash technology.

xenylnounThe univalent radical derived from diphenyl.

xericadjectiveVery dry, lacking humidity and water.

xeroxnounA xerograph (copy). “Hand me that xerox, would you?”

xylannounA polysaccharide, consisting of xylose residues, found in the cell walls of some algae and plants.

xylemnounA vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of water and minerals taken up by the roots; also the primary component of wood.

xylicadjectivePertaining to xylene. “Xylic material and organic sediment were deposited in the supratidal marshes.”

xylolnounXylene.

xylonnounA unit of length in Ancient Greece.

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Questions about 5 letter words with X

How many five-letter words contain X?

The general English word list used on this page has 421 five-letter words with X. Counts differ between dictionaries, and Scrabble-style lists are larger, so confirm in your game’s dictionary.

Where does X usually sit in a five-letter word?

In this list X is the third letter of 161, the fifth letter of 128, the second letter of 83, the first letter of 28, the fourth letter of 21.

What are common five-letter words with X?

Everyday examples include index, texas, linux, extra, fixed, taxes, boxes, mixed, exist, exact. They are useful Wordle guesses because they use common letters.

Which five-letter X words score the most in Scrabble?

At face value the top scores are azoxy at 24 and japyx at 24, before any bonus squares. Words With Friends uses different tile values, so totals can differ.

Are there five-letter words that end in X?

Yes: acrux, addax, adfix, admix, admrx, adnex, affix, alpax.

Which five-letter words have a silent X?

Silent-X words are rare at this length; most five words sound the X out.

How do I find five-letter words with X in a certain position?

Use the position selector above, or type a pattern with blanks such as _ _ _ _ X in the word generator by pattern.

What is the difference between words starting with X and words containing X?

Words starting with X must begin with it. Words containing X can have it in any slot, so the list is much longer. For the start-only list use words that start with.