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5-Letter Words Ending in X

There are 15 common five-letter words ending in X in Hintwordo's list, and 32 more that are valid but rarely used. The most familiar are INDEX, RELAX, REMIX, ANNEX, LATEX, DETOX. Words are ranked by how often they appear in real-world writing, so the ones at the top are the likeliest answers in a daily five-letter puzzle.

Apart from the letter in the name, the most common letters in this list are E (in 67% of words), L (40%) and A (40%) — good letters to test next.

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Common words (15)

Type a pattern with ? for unknown letters (s?a?e), or letters the word must contain (ae).

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Letter patterns in these words

Most common other letters

  • e67%
  • l40%
  • a40%
  • o40%
  • i27%
  • r27%

Most common letter by position

Position 1Position 2Position 3Position 4Position 5
r13%e40%l33%e33%x100%

A strong first guess from this list: relax

Puzzle tips

  • Many words ending in X share their last two or three letters. If several fit, pick a guess that tests their different first letters at once.
  • Remember that plurals and simple past tenses are rarely used as answers in daily puzzles; they're listed under less common words.
  • The solver can suggest a next guess that splits the remaining words as evenly as possible.
Less common valid words (32)

redox · redux · beaux · radix · carex · culex · comix · galax · murex · silex · infix · calix · hyrax · varix · cimex · addax · hapax · kylix · unsex · refix · unfix · mirex · remex · unmix · admix · immix · dewax · rewax · retax · cylix · desex · bemix