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4-Letter Words Ending in X

There are 41 four-letter words ending in X on Word.ws, from abox to shox. The most common are prix, flex, apex, flux and faux.

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All 41 four-letter words ending in X

A

  • abox13adv. Braced aback.
  • ajax18prep. Nearby, over there.
  • anax11n. An Ancient Greek tribal chief or leader.
  • anex11n. Syllabic abbreviation of anion exchange.
  • apex13n. The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a...

B

  • blix13n. In color photography, a combination of bleach and fixer, which removes...
  • blox13v. To kill (a character) in a Roblox game, causing the blocks that make up...
  • brux13v. To grind the teeth, especially involuntarily or during sleep.

C

  • calx13n. The substance which remains after a metal or mineral has been...
  • coax13v. To wheedle or persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually...
  • crux13n. The basic, central, or essential point or feature.

D

E

  • elix11v. To draw out or extract.

F

  • falx14n. A short Dacian sword resembling a sickle.
  • faux14adj. Fake or artificial.
  • flax14n. A plant of the genus Linum, especially Linum usitatissimum, which has a...
  • flex14n. Flexibility, pliancy.
  • flix14n. The soft fur of some animals, especially the beaver.
  • flux14n. The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a...

G

  • grex12n. A multicellular aggregate of amoeba.

H

  • hoax14v. To deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been...

I

  • ibex13n. A type of wild mountain goat of the genus Capra, such as the species...
  • ilex11n. Holm oak (Quercus ilex).
  • inex11n. An eclipse cycle of 10,571.95 days, or 358 lunations.
  • inox11n. Stainless steel.

J

  • jinx18n. A hex; an evil spell.
  • jynx21n. A bird, the wryneck, once thought a bird of ill omen (Jynx torquilla).

L

  • lynx14n. Any of several medium-sized wild cats of the genus Lynx.

M

  • manx13adj. Manx (pertaining to the Isle of Man or to the Manx language).
  • maxx20v. To enhance one's life by employing looksmaxxing and other similar...
  • minx13n. A flirtatious, impudent, or pert young woman.

O

  • obex13n. A small, crescentic fold of white matter that covers the inferior angle...
  • onyx14n. A banded variety of chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline form of quartz.
  • oryx14n. Any of several antelopes, of the genus Oryx, native to Africa, which...

P

  • plex13n. A building, such as a duplex or triplex, with a number of apartments...
  • prex13n. A president, especially of a university.
  • prix13n. Synonym of prize.
  • prox13n. The ticket or list of candidates at elections, presented to the people...

R

  • roux11n. A mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and...

S

  • seax11n. A short Saxon sword.
  • shox14n. Synonym of shock absorber.
13 rare four-letter words ending in X

Questions about these words

How many four-letter words ending in X are there?
Word.ws lists 41 four-letter words ending in X, plus 13 rare ones.
What are common four-letter words ending in X?
prix, flex, apex, flux, faux, hoax, ajax and jinx.
Which of the four-letter words ending in X has the highest letter score?
jynx scores 21 points with the standard letter tile values.

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Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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