5-Letter Words with X
There are 53 common five-letter words with X in Hintwordo's list, and 149 more that are valid but rarely used. The most familiar are EXTRA, EXIST, INDEX, EXACT, SIXTH, RELAX. 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 64% of words), I (45%) and O (36%) — good letters to test next.
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Common words (53)
Type a pattern with ? for unknown letters (s?a?e), or letters the word must contain (ae).
Showing 53 of 53
- very common: extra
- very common: exist
- very common: index
- very common: exact
- very common: sixth
- very common: relax
- very common: toxic
- very common: remix
- very common: sixty
- very common: exile
- very common: boxer
- very common: excel
- very common: proxy
- very common: pixel
- common: oxide
- common: nexus
- common: annex
- common: mixer
- common: latex
- common: maxim
- common: exert
- common: toxin
- common: detox
- common: expel
- common: helix
- common: codex
- common: axial
- common: pixie
- common: epoxy
- common: fixer
- common: axiom
- common: expat
- common: vixen
- common: xenon
- common: affix
- common: exalt
- less common: moxie
- less common: exude
- less common: taxon
- less common: borax
- less common: calyx
- less common: lexis
- less common: buxom
- less common: phlox
- less common: telex
- less common: extol
- less common: xerox
- less common: xylem
- less common: axing
- less common: auxin
- less common: oxbow
- less common: twixt
- less common: unbox
Letter patterns in these words
Most common other letters
- e64%
- i45%
- o36%
- t30%
- a30%
- l28%
Most common letter by position
| Position 1 | Position 2 | Position 3 | Position 4 | Position 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| e23% | x30% | x32% | e25% | x28% |
A strong first guess from this list: moxie
Puzzle tips
- A yellow tile tells you the letter is in the word but not where. This list shows every position it could be in.
- Use the pattern box to add what you know about positions, like ?r??e.
- Repeated letters count: a word like ALPHA contains A twice.
Less common valid words (149)
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