5-Letter Words with X in Them
The letter X is a rare guest in English — which is exactly why Wordle players go looking for it. When your clues point at an X and the clock is ticking, you don't want a generic word list; you want every 5-letter word with an X in our dictionary, nothing else.
Below is the complete computed set: each word verified against our dictionary, with the exact count and a few stats on where X likes to hide. Use them as guesses, or cross off the ones you've already ruled out.
163exact word count
Emost common start (21 words)
Smost common end (42 words)
2.0avg vowels per word
The full list — 163 words
Letter frequency by position
| Position 1 | E 21 C 13 A 11 |
|---|---|
| Position 2 | X 32 E 32 A 23 |
| Position 3 | X 79 I 12 L 12 |
| Position 4 | E 68 I 31 O 14 |
| Position 5 | S 42 X 39 D 15 |
Computed from the 45 words on this page. Use the most frequent letters for high-information guesses.
- addax
- admix
- affix
- annex
- auxin
- axial
- axils
- axing
- axiom
- axles
- axons
- beaux
- borax
- botox
- boxed
- boxen
- boxer
- boxes
- braxy
- buxom
- calix
- calyx
- cimex
- clxii
- clxiv
- clxix
- clxvi
- codex
- coxae
- coxed
- coxes
- culex
- cylix
- desex
- detox
- dixie
- doxed
- doxes
- duxes
- epoxy
- exact
- exalt
- exams
- excel
- exeat
- execs
- exert
- exile
- exine
- exist
- exits
- exons
- expat
- expel
- expos
- extol
- extra
- exude
- exult
- exurb
- faxed
- faxes
- fixed
- fixer
- fixes
- foxed
- foxes
- helix
- hexad
- hexed
- hexer
- hexes
- hexyl
- hyrax
- immix
- inbox
- index
- infix
- ixias
- ixtle
- kexes
- kylix
- latex
- laxer
- laxly
- lexer
- lexes
- lexis
- luxes
- lxvii
- maxed
- maxes
- maxim
- maxis
- mixed
- mixer
- mixes
- mixup
- moxas
- moxie
- murex
- nexus
- nixed
- nixes
- oxbow
- oxide
- oxime
- paxes
- phlox
- pixel
- pixes
- pixie
- poxes
- prexy
- proxy
- pyxes
- pyxie
- radix
- redux
- refix
- regex
- relax
- remex
- remix
- saxes
- sexed
- sexes
- sexts
- sixes
- sixth
- sixty
- taxed
- taxer
- taxes
- taxis
- taxon
- telex
- texts
- toxic
- toxin
- tuxes
- twixt
- unbox
- unfix
- unsex
- varix
- vexed
- vexes
- vixen
- voxel
- waxed
- waxen
- waxes
- xcvii
- xebec
- xenia
- xenon
- xeric
- xerox
- xrefs
- xterm
- xylem
- xylol
How this list was made. Every word above was computed from the SCOWL
en_US-large word list (123,247 English words) using the exact filter for this page — no
hand-picking, no padding, no guessing. Counts are exact. The list includes some uncommon
and Scrabble-style words because the source dictionary is comprehensive; that is by design.