5 letter words containing X

202 words

There are 202 5-letter words containing X in the ENABLE dictionary — 2% of all 8,636 words at this length. X is worth 8 points in Scrabble and there is only one of it in the bag, which is why it tends to sit on a rack for several turns. A 5-letter word is usually the fastest way to make it pay rather than keep waiting for a longer one.

The X falls in the third position more often than any other, in 91 of them. One word uses the letter more than once xerox, which is the case worth checking twice when a game has told you a letter is present but not how many times.

If you know more than one letter, this page stops being the fast way to find it. Enter what you have in the unscrambler — the Contains, Starts with and Ends with filters combine, and setting both length fields to 5 narrows this list to the handful your letters actually allow.

Where the X sits

X in the first position (13)

xebec xenia xenic xenon xeric xerox xerus xylan xylem xylol xylyl xysti xysts

X in the second position (44)

axels axial axile axils axing axiom axion axite axled axles axman axmen axone axons exact exalt exams excel execs exert exile exine exist exits exons expat expel expos extol extra exude exult exurb ixias ixora ixtle oxbow oxeye oxide oxids oxime oxims oxlip oxter

X in the third position (91)

auxin boxed boxer boxes buxom coxae coxal coxed coxes dexes dexie dixit doxie faxed faxes fixed fixer fixes fixit foxed foxes goxes hexad hexed hexer hexes hexyl kexes laxer laxly lexes lexis loxed loxes luxes maxes maxim maxis mixed mixer mixes mixup moxas moxie nexus nixed nixes nixie paxes pixel pixes pixie poxed poxes pyxes pyxie pyxis raxed raxes rexes saxes sexed sexes sexto sexts sixes sixmo sixte sixth sixty taxed taxer taxes taxis taxon taxus texas texts toxic toxin tuxes vexed vexer vexes vexil vixen waxed waxen waxer waxes zaxes

X in the fourth position (8)

ataxy braxy deoxy epoxy flaxy prexy proxy twixt

X in the fifth position (46)

addax admix affix annex beaux bemix borax calix calyx carex cimex codex comix culex cylix desex detox dewax galax hapax helix hyrax immix index infix kylix latex mirex murex phlox radix redox redux refix relax remex remix retax rewax silex telex unbox unfix unmix unsex varix