5-Letter Words Ending in X
47 five-letter words end in X; 9 of them are common words, shown in bold. Common words are where Wordle answers come from.
Best Wordle guesses
Ranked by how many green and yellow tiles each word turns up, on average, against the common words Wordle answers come from.
| # | Word | Green | Yellow |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | relax | 0.28 | 1.28 |
| 2 | latex | 0.41 | 1.06 |
| 3 | detox | 0.27 | 1.04 |
| 4 | remix | 0.26 | 1.04 |
| 5 | index | 0.26 | 0.99 |
| 6 | annex | 0.33 | 0.90 |
| 7 | helix | 0.26 | 0.97 |
| 8 | codex | 0.44 | 0.77 |
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47 words ending in X
- indexcommon
- relaxcommon
- remixcommon
- annexcommon
- latexcommon
- detoxcommon
- helixcommon
- codexcommon
- xeroxcommon
- redox
- redux
- beaux
- affix
- borax
- calyx
- phlox
- telex
- radix
- carex
- culex
- comix
- unbox
- galax
- murex
- silex
- infix
- calix
- hyrax
- varix
- cimex
- addax
- hapax
- kylix
- unsex
- refix
- unfix
- mirex
- admix
- bemix
- cylix
- desex
- dewax
- immix
- remex
- retax
- rewax
- unmix
All 47 five-letter words
Starting with A 4
addax admix affix annex
Starting with B 3
beaux bemix borax
Starting with C 8
calix calyx carex cimex codex comix culex cylix
Starting with D 3
desex detox dewax
Starting with G 1
galax
Starting with H 3
hapax helix hyrax
Starting with I 3
immix index infix
Starting with K 1
kylix
Starting with L 1
latex
Starting with M 2
mirex murex
Starting with P 1
phlox
Starting with R 9
radix redox redux refix relax remex remix retax rewax
Starting with S 1
silex
Starting with T 1
telex
Starting with U 4
unbox unfix unmix unsex
Starting with V 1
varix
Starting with X 1
xerox
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Questions people ask
How many five-letter words end in X?
Our list has 47. 9 of them are common everyday words; the rest are rarer words you are more likely to meet in Scrabble or a crossword than in conversation. The list is a public-domain English word list, sorted by how often each word appears in everyday writing.
What are the most common five-letter words that end in X?
INDEX, RELAX, REMIX, ANNEX, LATEX — in that order, by how often they appear in everyday English.
What is the best Wordle guess that ends in X?
RELAX. Against the common five-letter words Wordle draws its answers from, it turns up 0.28 green and 1.28 yellow tiles on average — more than any other word on this list. The method is the same as on our Best Wordle Starting Words page.