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6-letter words with X as the 4th letter and E as the 5th letter

There are 44 6-letter words with X as the 4th letter and E as the 5th letter; FLEXED and COAXED show the pattern.

44 wordsTop pick FLEXEDHighest score VAXXED 24
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With X in 4th place, E is the most common 5th letter (44 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 44 · most-used first

  • FLEXED17
  • COAXED16
  • HOAXES16
  • FLUXES16
  • FLEXES16
  • JINXED21
  • FLAXEN16
  • COAXES15
  • DOXXED22
  • HOAXER16
  • APEXES15
  • LYNXES16
  • HOAXED17
  • JINXES20
  • PLEXES15
  • VAXXED24
  • MINXES15
  • IBEXES15
  • COAXER15
  • ONYXES16
  • FLUXED17
  • BRUXED16
  • BRUXES15
  • CALXES15
  • CRUXES15
  • DEIXES14
  • DOXXES21
  • FLAXES16
  • FLIXED17
  • FLIXES16
  • GREXES14
  • ILEXES13
  • JYNXES23
  • MPOXES17
  • ORYXES16
  • PRAXES15
  • PREXES15
  • PTYXES18
  • RHEXES16
  • ROUXES13
  • ULEXES13
  • UNAXED14
  • VAXXES23
  • YUNXES16
All valid words 44

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

  • APEXES15
  • BRUXED16
  • BRUXES15
  • CALXES15
  • COAXED16
  • COAXER15
  • COAXES15
  • CRUXES15
  • DEIXES14
  • DOXXED22
  • DOXXES21
  • FLAXEN16
  • FLAXES16
  • FLEXED17
  • FLEXES16
  • FLIXED17
  • FLIXES16
  • FLUXED17
  • FLUXES16
  • GREXES14
  • HOAXED17
  • HOAXER16
  • HOAXES16
  • IBEXES15
  • ILEXES13
  • JINXED21
  • JINXES20
  • JYNXES23
  • LYNXES16
  • MINXES15
  • MPOXES17
  • ONYXES16
  • ORYXES16
  • PLEXES15
  • PRAXES15
  • PREXES15
  • PTYXES18
  • RHEXES16
  • ROUXES13
  • ULEXES13
  • UNAXED14
  • VAXXED24
  • VAXXES23
  • YUNXES16
Letters by positionIn 70% of these words the 6th letter is S.
1st letter
  1. F18%
  2. C11%
  3. P9%
2nd letter
  1. L25%
  2. O20%
  3. R16%
3rd letter
  1. E23%
  2. A23%
  3. U14%
6th letter
  1. S70%
  2. D23%
  3. R5%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 16 in Scrabble; VAXXED tops the list with 24. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 1313 points: 3 words
  2. 14 points: 3 words
  3. 1515 points: 11 words
  4. 16 points: 14 words
  5. 1717 points: 5 words
  6. 18 points: 1 words
  7. 1919 points: 0 words
  8. 20 points: 1 words
  9. 2121 points: 2 words
  10. 22 points: 1 words
  11. 2323 points: 2 words
  12. 24 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
VAXXED2425NWL only
JYNXES2325Collins only
VAXXES2324NWL only
DOXXED2222NWL only
JINXED2124All three
DOXXES2121NWL only
JINXES2023All three
PTYXES1818Collins only
FLEXED1718All three
HOAXED1716All three
FLUXED1719All three
FLIXED1718Collins only

Only 44 tournament-dictionary words fit this fixed X-E pattern, and none rank among the 25,000 most frequent English words. FLEXED, COAXED, and HOAXES are more recognizable than much of the set. The ending is especially lopsided: 31 entries finish in S, while 10 finish in D.

Quick facts about the X-E pattern

  • Exactly 44 tournament-dictionary words match these positions; 34 have definitions.
  • FLEXED, COAXED, and HOAXES are among the recognizable examples.
  • 31 entries end in S and 10 in D; R and N account for the other three.
  • No entry meets our common-word cutoff, despite 34 having definitions.

6-letter words with X as the 4th letter and E as the 5th letter

FLEXED, FLEXES, FLAXEN, and FLUXES put F at the front; eight entries start there, the largest initial group. COAXED, COAXES, and COAXER make C the next cluster, with five. The fixed X-E sequence leaves the first three letters to do most of the distinguishing.

That scarcity stands out beside neighboring fourth-letter patterns: T followed by E has 705 matches, while L followed by E has 629. X produces a much narrower search result, not a broad word-finding pool. Start from a known stem, such as FLEX-, COAX-, or HOAX-, instead of guessing all three opening letters.

The endings often reflect familiar inflections: FLEXES, COAXES, and HOAXES end in S; FLEXED, COAXED, and HOAXED end in D. Once you know a stem, testing its S or D form is more focused than trying unrelated openings.

Which X-E words score highest in Scrabble?

For 6-letter words with X as the 4th letter and E as the 5th letter, Scrabble scoring rewards the awkward tiles. VAXXED tops the set at 24 points; JYNXES and VAXXES each score 23, while DOXXED scores 22. FLEXED and HOAXED each earn 17.

Dictionary coverage also splits: ENABLE includes 25 matches, Collins 38, and NWL2023 36. A word accepted in one list may fail in another, so confirm the active lexicon before playing VAXXED or JYNXES. The three tournament lists do not contain identical sets.

Questions people ask

What are the highest-scoring six-letter words with X fourth and E fifth?
VAXXED is the top scorer at 24 points. JYNXES and VAXXES each score 23, followed by DOXXED at 22. These are strong tile-value plays, but check that your game accepts each word before committing it.
Are any of these X-E words common?
None falls within our common-word cutoff. FLEXED, COAXED, and HOAXES are more recognizable than many entries, but all 44 words meet the fixed letter pattern rather than a familiarity test.
Which letters start the most words in this pattern?
F leads with eight words, followed by C with five. P starts four, while D, H, and J each start three. FLEXED and COAXED show two of the more recognizable stems in those leading groups.

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