5-Letter Words With X
200 five-letter words contain X; 49 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 | extra | 0.19 | 1.40 |
| 2 | relax | 0.28 | 1.28 |
| 3 | latex | 0.41 | 1.06 |
| 4 | taxes | 0.40 | 1.08 |
| 5 | texas | 0.27 | 1.21 |
| 6 | taxed | 0.49 | 0.93 |
| 7 | exact | 0.33 | 1.07 |
| 8 | exist | 0.31 | 1.04 |
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202 words containing X
- extracommon
- texascommon
- existcommon
- fixedcommon
- taxescommon
- mixedcommon
- indexcommon
- exactcommon
- sixthcommon
- boxescommon
- textscommon
- relaxcommon
- toxiccommon
- examscommon
- remixcommon
- sixtycommon
- exilecommon
- boxercommon
- excelcommon
- proxycommon
- pixelcommon
- oxidecommon
- nexuscommon
- fixescommon
- exitscommon
- mixescommon
- taxedcommon
- annexcommon
- mixercommon
- taxiscommon
- sexescommon
- foxescommon
- latexcommon
- maximcommon
- exertcommon
- boxedcommon
- toxincommon
- detoxcommon
- expelcommon
- helixcommon
- codexcommon
- axialcommon
- pixiecommon
- epoxycommon
- waxedcommon
- fixercommon
- axiomcommon
- execscommon
- expatcommon
- xeroxcommon
- axles
- vixen
- sixes
- xenon
- vexed
- redox
- redux
- beaux
- waxes
- affix
All 200 five-letter words
Starting with A 20
addax admix affix annex ataxy auxin axels axial axile axils axing axiom axion axite axled axles axman axmen axone axons
Starting with B 8
beaux bemix borax boxed boxer boxes braxy buxom
Starting with C 12
calix calyx carex cimex codex comix coxae coxal coxed coxes culex cylix
Starting with D 8
deoxy desex detox dewax dexes dexie dixit doxie
Starting with E 20
epoxy exact exalt exams excel execs exert exile exine exist exits exons expat expel expos extol extra exude exult exurb
Starting with F 9
faxed faxes fixed fixer fixes fixit flaxy foxed foxes
Starting with G 2
galax goxes
Starting with H 8
hapax helix hexad hexed hexer hexes hexyl hyrax
Starting with I 6
immix index infix ixias ixora ixtle
Starting with K 2
kexes kylix
Starting with L 8
latex laxer laxly lexes lexis loxed loxes luxes
Starting with M 11
maxes maxim maxis mirex mixed mixer mixes mixup moxas moxie murex
Starting with N 4
nexus nixed nixes nixie
Starting with O 8
oxbow oxeye oxide oxids oxime oxims oxlip oxter
Starting with P 12
paxes phlox pixel pixes pixie poxed poxes prexy proxy pyxes pyxie pyxis
Starting with R 12
radix raxed raxes redox redux refix relax remex remix retax rewax rexes
Starting with S 9
saxes sexto sexts silex sixes sixmo sixte sixth sixty
Starting with T 13
taxed taxer taxes taxis taxon taxus telex texas texts toxic toxin tuxes twixt
Starting with U 4
unbox unfix unmix unsex
Starting with V 6
varix vexed vexer vexes vexil vixen
Starting with W 4
waxed waxen waxer waxes
Starting with X 13
xebec xenia xenic xenon xeric xerox xerus xylan xylem xylol xylyl xysti xysts
Starting with Z 1
zaxes
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Questions people ask
How many five-letter words contain X?
Our list has 200. 49 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 contain X?
EXTRA, TEXAS, EXIST, FIXED, TAXES — in that order, by how often they appear in everyday English.
What is the best Wordle guess that contains X?
EXTRA. Against the common five-letter words Wordle draws its answers from, it turns up 0.19 green and 1.4 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.