7-letter words with E as the 2nd letter and X as the 5th letter

With E fixed in slot two and X in slot five, the remaining letters make familiar forms such as RELAXED and REMIXES, but the overall pool is small. The tournament dictionaries do not match exactly: NWL2023 includes 31 entries, Collins 30, and ENABLE 28. Check which list your game uses before committing to an unfamiliar fit.

7-letter words with E second and X fifth at a glance

• The combined tournament-dictionary count is 31 words.
• R leads the opening letters with 14 entries; D follows with 6.
• Fourteen words end in D, and fourteen end in S.
• XEROXED scores 22 points; XEROXES follows at 21.
• Only one entry is classed as common by frequency.

Why do R words dominate this letter pattern?

R supplies 14 of the opening letters, more than twice D’s 6; B follows with 3. RELAXED, RELAXES, and RELAXER show how one R-led stem produces several forms, while REMIXES and REMIXED make another recognizable pair.

Only one entry is classed as common, so this pattern is better for confirming a constrained board fit than guessing a familiar word from memory. The examples also include several forms built around familiar stems: DETOXES, DETOXED, and DESexed.

The endings split evenly between D and S, with 14 words in each group. That balance is a better sorting cue than expecting one ending to dominate; just three entries finish with R or N.

Which matching words score highest?

XEROXED leads the scoring examples at 22 points, followed by XEROXES at 21. FEDEXED, BEMIXED, and DEWAXED each reach 19, making the X-heavy spellings stand out on a tile rack.

A high tile score does not guarantee that every opponent’s dictionary accepts a word. NWL2023 has 31 matches, Collins has 30, and ENABLE has 28, so a word near the edge of one list may not transfer to another.

Most matches are not common everyday vocabulary, and the list is a pattern aid rather than a guide to word meanings. Check your game's word list once before playing an unfamiliar entry; XEROXED and RELAXED are easier to recognize than many of the remaining forms.