5 letter words with X
There are 325 five-letter words that contain X.
37 of them were in Wordle's original answer list; the other 288 are accepted as guesses.
Words that contain X that were Wordle answers (37)
- AFFIX
- ANNEX
- AXIAL
- AXIOM
- AXION
- BORAX
- BOXER
- BUXOM
- DETOX
- EPOXY
- EXACT
- EXALT
- EXCEL
- EXERT
- EXILE
- EXIST
- EXPEL
- EXTOL
- EXTRA
- EXULT
- FIXER
- HELIX
- INBOX
- INDEX
- MAXIM
- OXIDE
- PIXEL
- PIXIE
- PROXY
- RELAX
- SIXTH
- SIXTY
- TOXIC
- TOXIN
- TWIXT
- VIXEN
- WAXEN
Other accepted guesses that contain X (288)
- ADDAX
- ADMIX
- ADNEX
- AIXES
- ATAXY
- AUDAX
- AUXIN
- AXELS
- AXILE
- AXILS
- AXING
- AXITE
- AXLED
- AXLES
- AXMAN
- AXMEN
- AXOID
- AXONE
- AXONS
- BEAUX
- BEMIX
- BLONX
- BOLIX
- BOXED
- BOXEN
- BOXES
- BOXLA
- BOXTY
- BRAXY
- CALIX
- CALYX
- CAPAX
- CAPEX
- CAREX
- CAXON
- CHOUX
- CIMEX
- CODEX
- COMIX
- CONEX
- COXAE
- COXAL
- COXED
- COXES
- COXIB
- CULEX
- CYLIX
- DEOXY
- DESEX
- DEWAX
- DEXES
- DEXIE
- DEXYS
- DIXIE
- DIXIT
- DOXED
- DOXES
- DOXIE
- DRUXY
- DUXES
- EMBOX
- ENFIX
- EXAMS
- EXEAT
- EXECS
- EXEEM
- EXEME
- EXFIL
- EXIER
- EXIES
- EXINE
- EXING
- EXITE
- EXITS
- EXODE
- EXOME
- EXONS
- EXPAT
- EXPOS
- EXUDE
- EXULS
- EXURB
- FAXED
- FAXES
- FEDEX
- FELIX
- FEROX
- FIXED
- FIXES
- FIXIE
- FIXIT
- FLAXY
- FLEXI
- FLEXO
- FOREX
- FOXED
- FOXES
- FOXIE
- GALAX
- GOXES
- HAPAX
- HEXAD
- HEXED
- HEXER
- HEXES
- HEXYL
- HOXED
- HOXES
- HYRAX
- IMMIX
- INFIX
- IXIAS
- IXNAY
- IXORA
- IXTLE
- JAXIE
- KEXES
- KYLIX
- LATEX
- LAXED
- LAXER
- LAXES
- LAXLY
- LEXES
- LEXIS
- LIMAX
- LINUX
- LOXED
- LOXES
- LUREX
- LUXED
- LUXER
- LUXES
- MALAX
- MAXED
- MAXES
- MAXIS
- MIEUX
- MINXY
- MIREX
- MIXED
- MIXEN
- MIXER
- MIXES
- MIXIE
- MIXIS
- MIXTE
- MIXUP
- MOXAS
- MOXIE
- MUREX
- MUXED
- MUXES
- MYXOS
- NEXAL
- NEXIN
- NEXTS
- NEXUM
- NEXUS
- NIXED
- NIXER
- NIXES
- NIXIE
- NOXAL
- NOXAS
- NOXES
- ORIXA
- OXBOW
- OXEAS
- OXERS
- OXEYE
- OXIDS
- OXIES
- OXIME
- OXIMS
- OXINE
- OXLIP
- OXMAN
- OXMEN
- OXTER
- PANAX
- PAUXI
- PAXES
- PHLOX
- PHYNX
- PINAX
- PIXES
- PLEXI
- PODEX
- POXED
- POXES
- PREUX
- PREXY
- PYREX
- PYXED
- PYXES
- PYXIE
- PYXIS
- RADIX
- RAXED
- RAXES
- REDOX
- REDUX
- REFIX
- REGEX
- REMEX
- REMIX
- RETAX
- RETOX
- REWAX
- REXES
- SALIX
- SAXES
- SENEX
- SEXED
- SEXER
- SEXES
- SEXOR
- SEXTO
- SEXTS
- SILEX
- SIXER
- SIXES
- SIXMO
- SIXTE
- SOREX
- SOXES
- TAXED
- TAXER
- TAXES
- TAXIS
- TAXOL
- TAXON
- TAXOR
- TAXUS
- TELEX
- TEXAS
- TEXES
- TEXTA
- TEXTS
- THANX
- TUXES
- UNBOX
- UNFIX
- UNMIX
- UNSEX
- UNTAX
- URBEX
- VARIX
- VAXES
- VEXED
- VEXER
- VEXES
- VEXIL
- VIBEX
- VIEUX
- VITEX
- VOXEL
- VOXES
- WAXED
- WAXER
- WAXES
- WEXED
- WEXES
- WOXEN
- WUXIA
- XEBEC
- XENIA
- XENIC
- XENON
- XERIC
- XEROX
- XERUS
- XOANA
- XOLOS
- XRAYS
- XVIII
- XYLAN
- XYLEM
- XYLIC
- XYLOL
- XYLYL
- XYSTI
- XYSTS
- YEXED
- YEXES
- ZAXES
- ZEXES
Good guesses from this list
Words from this list whose letters are the most common among these 325 words, so they cut the list down fastest: AIXES, LAXES, NIXES, MIXES, LOXES, RAXES.
Which letters go where
| Position | Most common letters (word count) |
|---|---|
| First letter | E (33), A (24), M (22) |
| Second letter | E (65), X (63), O (45) |
| Third letter | X (146), I (25), L (24) |
| Fourth letter | E (127), I (54), A (33) |
| Fifth letter | X (84), S (79), E (29) |
X appears twice in 1 of these words. Where it sits: first letter in 18, second letter in 63, third letter in 146, fourth letter in 15, fifth letter in 84.
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