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5-letter words with X

There are 200 five-letter words with X in our word list. 29 of them are common everyday words, such as EXACT, EXIST, EXTRA and FIXED.

Words
200
Common words
29
Top score
ZAXES
21 points

X rarely starts an English word, and most words that do begin with XY- or XE- from Greek. In the middle and at the end it is far more common, as in BOX, EXAM and RELAX.

Five-letter words are the format of the most popular daily word guessing games. A strong first guess uses five different common letters.

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5-letter words (200)

  • exact
  • exist
  • extra
  • fixed
  • index
  • mixed
  • taxes
  • texas
  • boxes
  • exams
  • relax
  • sixth
  • texts
  • toxic
  • annex
  • boxer
  • excel
  • exile
  • exits
  • fixes
  • mixer
  • mixes
  • nexus
  • oxide
  • pixel
  • proxy
  • remix
  • sixty
  • taxed
  • axial
  • axiom
  • boxed
  • codex
  • detox
  • epoxy
  • execs
  • exert
  • expat
  • expel
  • fixer
  • foxes
  • helix
  • latex
  • maxim
  • pixie
  • taxis
  • toxin
  • waxed
  • xerox
  • affix
  • axles
  • axons
  • beaux
  • dixit
  • exalt
  • expos
  • exude
  • moxie
  • redox
  • redux
  • sixes
  • taxon
  • vexed
  • vixen
  • waxes
  • xenon
  • auxin
  • axils
  • axing
  • borax
  • buxom
  • calyx
  • carex
  • comix
  • culex
  • deoxy
  • exons
  • extol
  • faxed
  • faxes
  • hexes
  • lexis
  • maxis
  • mixup
  • nixed
  • oxbow
  • phlox
  • radix
  • telex
  • twixt
  • unbox
  • xenia
  • xylem
  • axels
  • axion
  • calix
  • coxed
  • coxes
  • doxie
  • exult
  • fixit
  • foxed
  • galax
  • hexed
  • hyrax
  • infix
  • laxer
  • maxes
  • murex
  • nixes
  • nixie
  • oxime
  • pyxis
  • rexes
  • saxes
  • sexts
  • silex
  • taxus
  • tuxes
  • varix
  • vexes
  • waxen
  • waxer
  • xeric
  • addax
  • axman
  • cimex
  • coxae
  • coxal
  • exurb
  • hapax
  • hexer
  • hexyl
  • ixora
  • kylix
  • laxly
  • mirex
  • prexy
  • refix
  • sexto
  • sixte
  • unfix
  • unsex
  • xebec
  • xylan
  • admix
  • ataxy
  • axile
  • axite
  • axled
  • axmen
  • axone
  • bemix
  • braxy
  • cylix
  • desex
  • dewax
  • dexes
  • dexie
  • exine
  • flaxy
  • goxes
  • hexad
  • immix
  • ixias
  • ixtle
  • kexes
  • lexes
  • loxed
  • loxes
  • luxes
  • moxas
  • oxeye
  • oxids
  • oxims
  • oxlip
  • oxter
  • paxes
  • pixes
  • poxed
  • poxes
  • pyxes
  • pyxie
  • raxed
  • raxes
  • remex
  • retax
  • rewax
  • sixmo
  • taxer
  • unmix
  • vexer
  • vexil
  • xenic
  • xerus
  • xylol
  • xylyl
  • xysti
  • xysts
  • zaxes

Darker borders mark common everyday words. Rarer words follow in each group.

Good first guesses

These common words use five different letters that appear often in five-letter words, so they rule out the most letters in one guess:

  • exist
  • relax
  • extra
  • exact
  • index

Questions

How many five-letter words with X are there?

Our word list has 200 five-letter words with X. 29 of them are common everyday words.

What are some common five-letter words with X?

The most common are EXACT, EXIST, EXTRA, FIXED, INDEX and MIXED.

Which five-letter word with X scores the most points?

Using standard letter tile values, ZAXES scores 21 points, the most of any five-letter word with X in our list.

What is a good first guess in a five-letter word game?

Words with five different, frequent letters give you the most information. Good choices from this list are EXIST, RELAX, EXTRA and EXACT.

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