6-letter words containing X

460 words, everyday words first.

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460 wordsTop pick EXCEPTHighest score EXEQUY 25

55 of 460 are everyday words (12%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

Letter
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B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

E appears in the most 6-letter words (13,550); Q appears in the fewest (236). X ranks #25 of 26. The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 55 · most-used first

EXCEPT₁₇
EXPECT₁₇
EXCUSE₁₅
EXPERT₁₅
EXISTS₁₃
EXTENT₁₃
OXFORD₁₇
EXPAND₁₆
LUXURY₁₆
EXTEND₁₄
GALAXY₁₇
OXYGEN₁₇
EXPORT₁₅
EXCESS₁₅
BOXING₁₆
MIXING₁₆
FIXING₁₇
MATRIX₁₅
EXPOSE₁₅
EXCEED₁₆
EXOTIC₁₅
EXEMPT₁₇
DELUXE₁₄
EXODUS₁₄
SEXIST₁₃
CLIMAX₁₇
DEXTER₁₄
EXTRAS₁₃
CORTEX₁₅
INFLUX₁₆
BAXTER₁₅
EXPIRE₁₅
SYNTAX₁₆
SEXISM₁₅
TOXINS₁₃
PIXELS₁₅
VORTEX₁₆
TEXTED₁₄
REFLEX₁₆
BOXERS₁₅
TAXING₁₄
EXITED₁₄
EXILED₁₄
EXCITE₁₅
CONVEX₁₈
EXCISE₁₅
EXTANT₁₃
PREFIX₁₈

Showing the top 48 of 55 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 460

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

ADIEUX₁₄
ADMIXT₁₆
ADNEXA₁₄
AFFLUX₁₉
ALEXIA₁₃
ALEXIC₁₅
ALEXIN₁₃
ALKOXY₂₀
ANNEXE₁₃
ANOXIA₁₃
ANOXIC₁₅
APEXES₁₅
ATAXIA₁₃
ATAXIC₁₅
ATWIXT₁₆
AUSPEX₁₅
AUXINS₁₃
AXEMAN₁₅
AXEMEN₁₅
AXENIC₁₅
AXILLA₁₃
AXIOMS₁₅
AXIONS₁₃
AXISED₁₄
AXISES₁₃
AXITES₁₃
AXLIKE₁₇
AXOIDS₁₄
AXONAL₁₃
AXONES₁₃
AXONIC₁₅
AXSEED₁₄
BANJAX₂₂
BAXTER₁₅
BEMBEX₁₉
BEMBIX₁₉
BEMIXT₁₇
BIAXAL₁₅
BIFLEX₁₈
BIJOUX₂₂
BOLLIX₁₅
BOLLOX₁₅
BOMBAX₁₉
BOMBYX₂₂
BONXIE₁₅
BOXCAR₁₇
BOXERS₁₅
BOXFUL₁₈
BOXIER₁₅
BOXILY₁₈
BOXING₁₆
BOXLAS₁₅
BOYAUX₁₈
BRUXED₁₆
BRUXES₁₅
CALXES₁₅
CARFAX₁₈
CARFOX₁₈
CAUDEX₁₆
CAXONS₁₅
CERVIX₁₈
CHENIX₁₈
CLAXON₁₅
CLIMAX₁₇
COAXAL₁₅
COAXED₁₆
COAXER₁₅
COAXES₁₅
COCCYX₂₂
COMMIX₁₉
CONFIX₁₈
CONVEX₁₈
CORTEX₁₅
COWPOX₂₀
COXIER₁₅
COXING₁₆
CRUXES₁₅
DEFLEX₁₇
DEIXES₁₄
DEIXIS₁₄
DELUXE₁₄
DENTEX₁₄
DESOXY₁₇
DEXIES₁₄
DEXTER₁₄
DEXTRO₁₄
DIAXON₁₄
DIOXAN₁₄
DIOXID₁₅
DIOXIN₁₄
DIPLEX₁₆
DIXIES₁₄
DIXITS₁₄
DOGFOX₁₈
DOXIES₁₄
DOXING₁₅
DOXXED₂₂
DOXXES₂₁
DUPLEX₁₆
EARWAX₁₆
EFFLUX₁₉
ELIXIR₁₃
ETHOXY₁₉
EUTAXY₁₆
EXACTA₁₅
EXACTS₁₅
EXACUM₁₇
EXALTS₁₃
EXAMEN₁₅
EXARCH₁₈
EXCAMB₁₉
EXCEED₁₆
EXCELS₁₅
EXCEPT₁₇
EXCESS₁₅
EXCIDE₁₆
EXCISE₁₅
EXCITE₁₅
EXCUSE₁₅
EXEATS₁₃
EXEDRA₁₄
EXEEMS₁₅
EXEMED₁₆
EXEMES₁₅
EXEMPT₁₇
EXEQUY₂₅
EXERTS₁₃
EXEUNT₁₃
EXHALE₁₆
EXHORT₁₆
EXHUME₁₈
EXILED₁₄
EXILER₁₃
EXILES₁₃
EXILIC₁₅
EXINES₁₃
EXISTS₁₃
EXITED₁₄
EXODES₁₄
EXODIC₁₆
EXODOI₁₄
EXODOS₁₄
EXODUS₁₄
EXOGEN₁₄
EXOMES₁₅
EXOMIS₁₅
EXONIC₁₅
EXONYM₁₈
EXOPOD₁₆
EXOTIC₁₅
EXPAND₁₆
EXPATS₁₅
EXPECT₁₇
EXPELS₁₅
EXPEND₁₆
EXPERT₁₅
EXPIRE₁₅
EXPIRY₁₈
EXPORT₁₅
EXPOSE₁₅
EXPUGN₁₆
EXSECT₁₅
EXSERT₁₃
EXTANT₁₃
EXTASY₁₆
EXTEND₁₄
EXTENT₁₃
EXTERN₁₃
EXTINE₁₃
EXTIRP₁₅
EXTOLD₁₄
EXTOLL₁₃
EXTOLS₁₃
EXTORT₁₃
EXTRAS₁₃
EXUDED₁₅
EXUDES₁₄
EXULTS₁₃
EXURBS₁₅
EXUVIA₁₆
FAXING₁₇
FIXATE₁₆
FIXERS₁₆
FIXING₁₇
FIXITS₁₆
FIXITY₁₉
FIXIVE₁₉
FIXURE₁₆
FLAXEN₁₆
FLAXES₁₆
FLEXED₁₇
FLEXES₁₆
FLEXOR₁₆
FLEXOS₁₆
FLIXED₁₇
FLIXES₁₆
FLUXED₁₇
FLUXES₁₆
FORFEX₁₉
FORNIX₁₆
FOXIER₁₆
FOXIES₁₆
FOXILY₁₉
FOXING₁₇
FRUTEX₁₆
GALAXY₁₇
GREXES₁₄
GUANXI₁₄
HALLUX₁₆
HANDAX₁₇
HATBOX₁₈
HAYBOX₂₁
HEXACT₁₈
HEXADE₁₇
HEXADS₁₇
HEXANE₁₆
HEXENE₁₆
HEXERS₁₆
HEXING₁₇
HEXONE₁₆
HEXOSE₁₆
HEXYLS₁₉
HOAXED₁₇
HOAXER₁₆
HOAXES₁₆
HOTBOX₁₈
HOXING₁₇
IBEXES₁₅
ICEBOX₁₇
ILEXES₁₃
IMBREX₁₇
IMPLEX₁₇
INFLUX₁₆
ISOLEX₁₃
IXNAYS₁₆
IXODID₁₅
IXORAS₁₃
IXTLES₁₃
JAWBOX₂₅
JAXIES₂₀
JINXED₂₁
JINXES₂₀
JYNXES₂₃
KLAXON₁₇
LARNAX₁₃
LARYNX₁₆
LAXEST₁₃
LAXISM₁₅
LAXIST₁₃
LAXITY₁₆
LEXEME₁₅
LEXICA₁₅
LOXING₁₄
LUMMOX₁₇
LUXATE₁₃
LUXEST₁₃
LUXURY₁₆
LYNXES₁₆
MAGNOX₁₆
MASTIX₁₅
MATRIX₁₅
MAXIMA₁₇
MAXIMS₁₇
MAXING₁₆
MAXIXE₂₂
MENINX₁₅
MINXES₁₅
MIXENS₁₅
MIXERS₁₅
MIXIER₁₅
MIXING₁₆
MIXUPS₁₇
MOXIES₁₅
MPOXES₁₇
MUSKOX₁₉
MUXING₁₆
MYXOID₁₉
MYXOMA₂₀
NEXTLY₁₆
NIXERS₁₃
NIXIES₁₃
NIXING₁₄
NONTAX₁₃
NOYAUX₁₆
ONYXES₁₆
OREXIS₁₃
ORIFEX₁₆
ORIXAS₁₃
ORYXES₁₆
OUTBOX₁₅
OUTFOX₁₆
OXALIC₁₅
OXALIS₁₃
OXBOWS₁₈
OXCART₁₅
OXEYES₁₆
OXFORD₁₇
OXGALL₁₄
OXGANG₁₅
OXGATE₁₄
OXHEAD₁₇
OXHERD₁₇
OXHIDE₁₇
OXIDES₁₄
OXIDIC₁₆
OXIMES₁₅
OXLAND₁₄
OXLIKE₁₇
OXLIPS₁₅
OXSLIP₁₅
OXTAIL₁₃
OXTERS₁₃
OXYGEN₁₇
OXYMEL₁₈
PAXWAX₂₅
PEGBOX₁₈
PEROXO₁₅
PEROXY₁₈
PHENIX₁₈
PICKAX₂₁
PINXIT₁₅
PIXELS₁₅
PIXIES₁₅
PLEXAL₁₅
PLEXES₁₅
PLEXOR₁₅
PLEXUS₁₅
POLEAX₁₅
POLLEX₁₅
POXIER₁₅
POXING₁₆
PRAXES₁₅
PRAXIS₁₅
PREFIX₁₈
PREMIX₁₇
PRETAX₁₅
PREXES₁₅
PROLIX₁₅
PTYXES₁₈
PTYXIS₁₈
PYXIES₁₈
PYXING₁₉
RAXING₁₄
REFLEX₁₆
REFLUX₁₆
REMIXT₁₅
REXINE₁₃
RHEXES₁₆
RHEXIS₁₆
ROUXES₁₃
SAXAUL₁₃
SAXIST₁₃
SAXMAN₁₅
SAXMEN₁₅
SAXONY₁₆
SCOLEX₁₅
SEXERS₁₃
SEXFID₁₇
SEXIER₁₃
SEXILY₁₆
SEXING₁₄
SEXISM₁₅
SEXIST₁₃
SEXPOT₁₅
SEXTAN₁₃
SEXTED₁₄
SEXTET₁₃
SEXTON₁₃
SEXTOS₁₃
SEXUAL₁₃
SILVEX₁₆
SIXAIN₁₃
SIXERS₁₃
SIXMOS₁₅
SIXTES₁₃
SIXTHS₁₆
SKYBOX₂₂
SMILAX₁₅
SPADIX₁₆
SPHINX₁₈
SPHYNX₂₁
STORAX₁₃
STYRAX₁₆
SUBFIX₁₈
SUFFIX₁₉
SUPLEX₁₅
SURTAX₁₃
SYNTAX₁₆
SYRINX₁₆
TAXEME₁₅
TAXERS₁₃
TAXIED₁₄
TAXIES₁₃
TAXING₁₄
TAXITE₁₃
TAXMAN₁₅
TAXMEN₁₅
TAXOLS₁₃
TAXONS₁₃
TAXORS₁₃
TEABOX₁₅
TETTIX₁₃
TEXTED₁₄
TEXTER₁₃
THORAX₁₆
TOXICS₁₅
TOXINE₁₃
TOXINS₁₃
TOXOID₁₄
TUTRIX₁₃
TUXEDO₁₄
ULEXES₁₃
UNAXED₁₄
UNFIXT₁₆
UNISEX₁₃
UNMIXT₁₅
UNSEXY₁₆
UNVEXT₁₆
URTEXT₁₃
VAXING₁₇
VAXXED₂₄
VAXXES₂₃
VERNIX₁₆
VERTEX₁₆
VEXERS₁₆
VEXILS₁₆
VEXING₁₇
VIXENS₁₆
VOLVOX₁₉
VORTEX₁₆
VOXELS₁₆
WAXERS₁₆
WAXEYE₁₉
WAXIER₁₆
WAXILY₁₉
WAXING₁₇
WEXING₁₇
WRAXLE₁₆
WUXIAS₁₆
XEBECS₁₇
XENIAL₁₃
XENIAS₁₃
XENIUM₁₅
XENONS₁₃
XEROMA₁₅
XOANON₁₃
XYLANS₁₆
XYLEMS₁₈
XYLENE₁₆
XYLOID₁₇
XYLOLS₁₆
XYLOMA₁₈
XYLOSE₁₆
XYLYLS₁₉
XYSTER₁₆
XYSTOI₁₆
XYSTOS₁₆
XYSTUS₁₆
YEXING₁₇
YUNXES₁₆

Letters by positionIn 30% of these words the 3rd letter is X.

1st letter

E18%
S8%
A7%

2nd letter

X26%
E14%
O13%

3rd letter

X30%
E8%
A7%

4th letter

I20%
X16%
E11%

5th letter

E27%
I12%
N12%

6th letter

S28%
X21%
E8%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 15 in Scrabble; EXEQUY tops the list with 25. Scores before board bonuses.

1313 points: 83 words
14 points: 46 words
1515 points: 108 words
16 points: 101 words
1717 points: 47 words
18 points: 31 words
1919 points: 21 words
20 points: 5 words
2121 points: 5 words
22 points: 7 words
2323 points: 2 words
24 points: 1 words
2525 points: 3 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
EXEQUY	25	25	All three
PAXWAX	25	26	All three
JAWBOX	25	28	Collins only
VAXXED	24	25	NWL only
JYNXES	23	25	Collins only
VAXXES	23	24	NWL only
SKYBOX	22	22	All three
COCCYX	22	24	All three
BIJOUX	22	26	All three
DOXXED	22	22	NWL only
BOMBYX	22	24	All three
MAXIXE	22	23	All three

About these words

There are 460 6-letter words that contain X in ENABLE, Collins/SOWPODS or NWL2023, and 55 of them are common in everyday English.

The most common first letters are E (81), S (39), A (32).

The most common last letters are S (131), X (95), D (35).

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The average word here scores 15.7 in Scrabble. EXEQUY tops the list with 25.

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