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7-letter words with X as the 3rd letter and L as the 7th letter

7-letter words with X as the 3rd letter and L as the 7th letter number 11, led by a three-way tie at 19 points.

11 wordsTop pick MAXWELLHighest score MAXWELL 19

2 of 11 are everyday words (18%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

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With X in 3rd place, S is the most common 7th letter (59 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 11 · most-used first

  • MAXWELL19
  • TEXTUAL14
  • MAXIMAL18
  • LEXICAL16
  • FOXTAIL17
  • DEXTRAL15
  • BOXBALL18
  • BOXHAUL19
  • SEXFOIL17
  • TOXICAL16
  • WAXBILL19
All valid words 11

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

  • BOXBALL18
  • BOXHAUL19
  • DEXTRAL15
  • FOXTAIL17
  • LEXICAL16
  • MAXIMAL18
  • MAXWELL19
  • SEXFOIL17
  • TEXTUAL14
  • TOXICAL16
  • WAXBILL19

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
MAXWELL1922All three
BOXHAUL1921All three
WAXBILL1922All three
MAXIMAL1821All three
BOXBALL1822Collins · NWL
FOXTAIL1718All three
SEXFOIL1718Collins only
LEXICAL1619All three
TOXICAL1618All three
DEXTRAL1516All three
TEXTUAL1416All three

Every word in ??X???L ends in L, and the endings fall into three clean groups. Five finish in -AL, three in a double L, and the last three in -AUL or -IL. MAXWELL, BOXHAUL and WAXBILL share the top score of 19.

??X???L by the numbers

  • 11 words fit; Collins lists all 11, NWL2023 lists 10 and ENABLE lists 9.
  • Five end in -AL: TEXTUAL, MAXIMAL, LEXICAL, TOXICAL and DEXTRAL.
  • B, M and T each open two words.
  • MAXWELL, BOXHAUL and WAXBILL tie at 19; the average is 17.1.
  • 2 of the 11 are common words, and 10 have definitions.

How do the three endings split?

The -AL group is the biggest and the most recognisable, because TEXTUAL, MAXIMAL and LEXICAL are all everyday adjectives. DEXTRAL and TOXICAL are the rarer pair. All five are adjectives, so a rack with X, L and a stem like TEXT or MAXIM is worth testing here first.

Double-L words come next: MAXWELL, BOXBALL and WAXBILL. BOXHAUL, FOXTAIL and SEXFOIL complete the list, and BOXBALL and BOXHAUL are the only two that share a first element.

What decides the score?

MAXWELL, BOXHAUL and WAXBILL each reach 19. MAXIMAL and BOXBALL follow at 18, and FOXTAIL scores 17. The 8-point X is the driver, and the doubled L in three of the words adds little.

The familiar words trail the oddities: LEXICAL scores 16 and TEXTUAL only 14, three to five points behind the leaders.

Support from the dictionaries is the real limit. ENABLE accepts 9 of the 11 and NWL2023 accepts 10, so SEXFOIL (Collins-only) and BOXBALL (not in ENABLE) can fail depending on the game; check your game's word list first.

How does it compare with its neighbours?

Tip

R third with L last has 105 matches, more than nine times this list, and X third with S last has 59. Try the S version when the L will not fit.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have X third and L as the last letter?
Eleven fit. Collins accepts all 11, NWL2023 accepts 10 and ENABLE accepts 9. TEXTUAL, MAXIMAL, LEXICAL and FOXTAIL are the easiest to remember, and two of the 11 count as common.
Which 7-letter words end in -AL with X third?
Five do: TEXTUAL, MAXIMAL, LEXICAL, TOXICAL and DEXTRAL. The first three are ordinary adjectives, and the last two are much less common in everyday English, so they are the ones to check against your dictionary.
Which word with X third and L last scores most?
MAXWELL, BOXHAUL and WAXBILL tie at 19 points. MAXIMAL and BOXBALL score 18 and FOXTAIL scores 17. All five depend on the 8-point X tile. TEXTUAL, the likeliest word to come to mind, scores 14.

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