5-Letter Words with X

All 164 five-letter words with X

A

• addax14n. A large African antelope (Addax nasomaculatus) with long, corkscrewing...
• affix18n. A bound morpheme added to a word’s stem, such as a prefix or suffix.
• annex12n. An addition, an extension.
• audax13n. A non-competitive long-distance (often over 200 km) cycling event.
• auxin12n. A class of plant growth substance (often called phytohormones or plant...
• axial12adj. Relating to, resembling, or situated on an axis.
• axing13n. An assault carried out with an axe.
• axiom14n. A seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on...
• axion12n. A hypothetical subatomic particle postulated to resolve certain...

B

• borax14n. A white or gray/grey crystalline salt, found in nature as a mineral...
• boxed15adj. Packed into a box or boxes.
• boxen14adj. Made of boxwood.
• boxer14n. A participant in a boxing match; a fighter who boxes.
• boxty17n. A traditional Irish potato pancake.
• buxom16adj. Having a full, voluptuous figure, especially possessing large breasts.

C

• calyx17n. The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which...
• carex14n. Any member of the genus Carex of sedges.
• cimex16n. Any member of the genus Cimex, especially the bedbug.
• codex15n. An early manuscript book, especially one bound in the modern manner, by...
• comix16n. Comics, especially those that are self-published and deal with offbeat...
• coxal14adj. Sciatic (relating to the hip).
• coxed15adj. Having a cox.
• coxie14n. A coxswain.
• culex14n. Any of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex, some of which carry...

D

• deoxy16adj. Describing any compound formally derived from another by replacement of...
• detox13n. Detoxification, especially of the body from alcohol or addictive drugs.
• devex16adj. Bending down, stooping or sloping.
• dixie13n. A large iron pot, used in the army.
• donax13n. A canelike grass of southern Europe (Arundo donax), used for fishing...

E

• epoxy17adj. Derived from an epoxide.
• exact14adj. Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly...
• exalt12v. To honor; to hold in high esteem; to praise or worship.
• excel14v. To surpass someone or something; to be better or do better than someone...
• exeat12n. A license or permit for absence from a university or a religious house...
• exert12v. To make use of, to apply, especially of something nonmaterial; to bring...
• exhib17n. An exhibitor.
• exile12n. The state of being banished from one's home or country.
• exist12v. To be; have existence; have being or reality.
• exits12n. Income, returns, revenue.
• exome14n. The complete exon content of an organism or individual; the subset of...
• expat14n. An expatriate; a person temporarily residing in a foreign nation, often...
• expel14v. To eject.
• extol12v. To praise; to make high.
• extra12adj. Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous...
• extro12n. Synonym of outro (“a portion of music at the end of a song”).
• exude13v. To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid...
• exult12v. To rejoice; to be very happy, especially in triumph; to triumph (over).
• exurb14n. A residential area beyond the suburbs.

F

• faxed16adj. Having a head of hair; hairy.
• fixed16adj. Attached; affixed.
• fixer15n. A chemical (sodium thiosulfate) used in photographic development that...
• fixie15n. A fixed-gear bicycle.
• flexo15n. Flexography.
• flexy18adj. Implying or indicating an ability, capacity, or tendency to flex...
• forex15n. Syllabic abbreviation of foreign exchange.
• foxed16adj. Of paper, having yellowish-brown stains (foxing).
• foxen15adj. Of or pertaining to foxes.
• foxie15n. A fox terrier.

H

• helix15n. A curve on the surface of a cylinder or cone such that its angle to a...
• hexed16adj. Cursed; afflicted with bad luck.
• hexer15n. One who casts a hex, or curse.
• hexyl18n. Any of many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₆H₁₃, formally...
• hyrax18n. Any of several small, paenungulate herbivorous mammals of the family...

I

• impex16n. Import and export.
• inbox14n. A container in which papers to be dealt with are put.
• index13n. An alphabetical listing of items and their location.
• infix15v. To instill.
• ixnay15interj. No.
• ixora12n. Any of the flowering plants in the genus Ixora.

J

• juxta19n. In males of most species of order Lepidoptera, an organ that supports...

K

• kexin16n. A yeast serine peptidase.
• kylix19n. An Ancient Greek drinking cup with a stem, two handles, and a broad...

L

• latex12n. The milky sap of several trees that coagulates on exposure to air; used...
• laxed13adj. Made lax.
• laxer12n. Lacrosse player.
• laxly15adv. In a lax manner; without rigor or strictness.
• lexer12n. A computer program that performs lexical analysis.
• lexie12n. A minimal unit of reading, such as a sentence or sentence fragment.
• lexis12n. The set of all words and phrases in a language; any unified subset of...
• limax14n. A slug or slug-like creature.
• linux12n. Any unix-like operating system that uses the Linux kernel.
• loxia12n. Crossbill (finch of genus Loxia).
• luxon12n. Any particle that travels at exactly the speed of light and has zero...

M

• maxim16n. A precept; a succinct statement or observation of a rule of conduct or...
• medex15n. A person who has gone through the MEDEX medical training programme...
• memex16n. A proposed computer system, implemented with electromechanical controls...
• mirex14n. The pesticide and fire retardant perchloropentacyclodecane, which is a...
• mixed15adj. Having two or more separate aspects.
• mixer14n. One who, or a device that, mixes or merges things together.
• mixin14n. An uninstantiable class that provides functionality to be inherited by...
• mixte14n. A kind of bicycle frame where the top tube of the traditional diamond...
• moxie14n. Nerve, spunk, strength of character.
• murex14n. Any member of the genus Murex of marine gastropods.
• mutex14n. An object in a program that serves as a lock, used to negotiate mutual...

N

• nexus12n. A form or state of connection.
• nixes12n. Nothing.
• nixie12n. A female nix, a water-spirit.

O

• oxbow17n. A U-shaped piece of wood used as a collar for an ox, the upper parts of...
• oxide13n. A binary chemical compound of oxygen with another chemical element.
• oxime14n. Any of a class of organic compounds, of general formula RR'C=NOH...

P

• panax14n. Any plant of the genus Panax.
• phlox17n. Any flowering plant of the genus Phlox.
• pixel14n. One of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a...
• pixie14n. A playful sprite or elflike or fairy-like creature.
• plexi14n. A Plexiglas guitar.
• prexy17n. A president, especially of a college or university.
• proxy17adj. Used as a proxy or acting as a proxy.
• pyrex17n. A kind of heat-resistant borosilicate glass, made by mixing a high...
• pyxis17n. A small box.

R

• radix13n. A root.
• redox13adj. Of or relating to any reaction in which oxidation and reduction occur...
• redux13adj. Of a topic, redone, restored, brought back, or revisited.
• refix15v. To fix again.
• relax12v. To make something loose.
• relex12n. A conlang created by substituting new vocabulary into the grammar of an...
• remix14n. A rearrangement of an older piece of music, possibly including various...
• retox12v. To resume the consumption of alcohol, drugs, etc.; to reverse a period...
• rexer12n. A skater who performs rexing.
• rolex12n. An omelette served inside a chapati.
• rumex14n. Any plant of the genus Rumex; a dock or sorrel.

S

• salix12n. Any member of the genus Salix; a willow.
• senex12n. An older or old man, chiefly as a stock character.
• silex12n. A finely ground relatively pure form of silicas used as a paint filler...
• sixer12n. A shot in which the ball passes over the boundary without touching the...
• sixes12n. A pair of sixes.
• sixte12n. The sixth defensive position, with the sword hand held at chest height...
• sixth15adj. The ordinal form of the number six.
• sixty15n. A commercial lasting 60 seconds.
• smexy17adj. Embodying the qualities of sex appeal and intelligence.
• strix12n. A bird-like demon feeding on human flesh and blood.

T

• taxed13adj. Subject to taxation.
• taxis12n. The directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus.
• taxol12n. A taxane, C₄₇H₅₁NO₁₄, used to treat cancer; Taxol.
• taxon12n. A group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms treated...
• telex12n. A network of teletypes.
• texas12n. The topmost cabin deck on a steamboat.
• texel12n. An image representing the smallest unit of a texture that may be...
• texta12n. A coloured felt-tip pen, usually wide-tipped for use by children.
• tomax14n. Synonym of tomahawk.
• toxic14adj. Having a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if...
• toxin12n. A toxic substance, specifically a poison produced by the biological...
• twixt15prep. Synonym of betwixt (“between”).

U

• unbox14v. To remove from a box.
• unfix15v. To unfasten from a fixing.
• unsex12v. To deprive of sexual attributes or characteristics.
• urbex14n. The exploration of man-made environments, especially urban structures...

V

• varix15n. A varicose, i.e. swollen and knotted, vein.
• vexed16adj. Annoyed, irritated or distressed.
• vitex15n. Any of several species of the genus Vitex.
• vivax18n. Malaria caused by the parasite Plasmodium vivax.
• vixen15n. A female fox.
• voxel15n. The three-dimensional analogue of a pixel; a volume element...

W

• waxed16adj. Of an object, coated or treated with wax in order to make it shiny or...
• waxen15adj. Grown.
• waxer15n. A device used to apply wax.
• womxn17n. Feminist spelling of woman.
• wuxia15n. A genre of East Asian fiction concerning the adventures of martial...

X

• xebec16n. A small two-masted, and later three-masted, Mediterranean transport...
• xenia12n. The concept of hospitality to strangers.
• xenon12n. The chemical element (symbol Xe) with an atomic number of 54. It is a...
• xeric14adj. Very dry, lacking humidity and water.
• xerox19n. A xerograph (copy).
• xylan15n. A polysaccharide, consisting of xylose residues, found in the cell...
• xylem17n. A vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the...

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words with X are there?

Word.ws lists 164 five-letter words with X, plus 201 rare ones.

What are common five-letter words with X?

extra, texas, exist, fixed, mixed, index, exact and sixth.

Which of the five-letter words with X has the highest letter score?

xerox scores 19 points with the standard letter tile values.

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