7-letter words with X as the 3rd letter and A as the 4th letter
7-letter words with X as the 3rd letter and A as the 4th letter number 25, topped by HEXARCH at 22 points.
1 of 25 are everyday words (4%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.
With X in 3rd place, I is the most common 4th letter (51 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.
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Best words to play first
- TAXABLE16
- FIXATED18
- HEXAGON18
- FIXABLE19
- FIXATES17
- HEXAPOD20
- HEXANES17
- HEXAPLA19
- LUXATED15
- COXALGY20
- FAXABLE19
- FIXATIF20
- HEXACTS19
- HEXADES18
- HEXADIC20
- HEXARCH22
- LAXATOR14
- LUXATES14
- MIXABLE18
- SAXAULS14
- SIXAINE14
- SIXAINS14
- TAXABLY19
- TEXASES14
- WAXABLE19
All valid words 25
- COXALGY20
- FAXABLE19
- FIXABLE19
- FIXATED18
- FIXATES17
- FIXATIF20
- HEXACTS19
- HEXADES18
- HEXADIC20
- HEXAGON18
- HEXANES17
- HEXAPLA19
- HEXAPOD20
- HEXARCH22
- LAXATOR14
- LUXATED15
- LUXATES14
- MIXABLE18
- SAXAULS14
- SIXAINE14
- SIXAINS14
- TAXABLE16
- TAXABLY19
- TEXASES14
- WAXABLE19
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEXARCH | 22 | 21 | Collins only |
| HEXAPOD | 20 | 20 | All three |
| COXALGY | 20 | 22 | All three |
| FIXATIF | 20 | 20 | All three |
| HEXADIC | 20 | 20 | All three |
| FIXABLE | 19 | 21 | All three |
| HEXAPLA | 19 | 20 | All three |
| TAXABLY | 19 | 20 | All three |
| HEXACTS | 19 | 19 | Collins only |
| WAXABLE | 19 | 21 | Collins · NWL |
| FAXABLE | 19 | 21 | NWL only |
| FIXATED | 18 | 18 | All three |
The shape ??XA??? is dominated by one prefix. Eight of the 25 words start with H, and every one of those is a HEXA- word, from HEXAGON to HEXARCH. Add the -ABLE adjectives and the FIX- verbs and you have most of the list.
The ??XA??? list at a glance
- 25 words fit; Collins lists 24, NWL2023 lists 19 and ENABLE lists 17.
- H opens eight words and F opens five; L, S and T open three each.
- S closes eight words, E closes six and D closes three.
- HEXARCH scores 22 points, and the average across the list is 17.5.
- Just 1 of the 25 is a common word, and 21 have definitions.
Why do so many words start with HEXA-?
HEXA- means six, so the prefix covers HEXAGON, HEXAPOD, HEXANES, HEXAPLA, HEXACTS, HEXADES, HEXADIC and HEXARCH. Every H-opening word fits that mould, which is why H leads the first-letter table with eight.
The second cluster is -ABLE. TAXABLE, FIXABLE, FAXABLE and MIXABLE all take that tail, and TAXABLY is the adverb. FIXATED, FIXATES and FIXATIF share a stem with FIXABLE.
Which words earn the most points?
HEXARCH scores 22. HEXAPOD, HEXADIC, COXALGY and FIXATIF each reach 20, and FIXABLE reaches 19. Those totals come from the 8-point X plus H, F or C at 3 or 4 points.
The pattern is generous for scoring but stingy for acceptance. Collins takes 24 of the 25, NWL2023 takes 19 and ENABLE takes 17, so check your game's word list before playing a rarity like COXALGY or HEXADES.
The word most players will reach for, TAXABLE, scores only 16, so the board rewards knowing the HEX- and FIX- oddities over the obvious choice.
How rare is this pattern?
R third with A fourth has 339 matches, more than 13 times as many, and L third with A fourth has 235. X is the rare letter in this slot.
Questions people ask
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