Words Ending in AX
There are 63 words ending in AX on Word.ws, from 3 to 13 letters. The most common length is 6 letters (13 words). The words used most often are tax, max, relax, wax and fax.
Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.
3-letter words ending in AX
- fax13n. The face.
- hax13n. Hacks, hacking.
- lax10n. A salmon.
- max12adj. Maximum; maximal.
- pax12n. A painted, stamped or carved tablet with a representation of Christ or...
- rax10v. To stretch; stretch out.
- sax10n. An early medieval type of machete common with the Germanic peoples.
- tax10n. Money or goods collected by a government (or an entity to whom the...
- vax13v. To vaccinate.
- wax13n. Any oily, water-resistant, solid or semisolid substance; normally...
- zax19n. A tool, similar to a hatchet, used to prepare slate for roofing.
4-letter words ending in AX
- ajax18prep. Nearby, over there.
- anax11n. An Ancient Greek tribal chief or leader.
- coax13v. To wheedle or persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually...
- flax14n. A plant of the genus Linum, especially Linum usitatissimum, which has a...
- hoax14v. To deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been...
- seax11n. A short Saxon sword.
5-letter words ending in AX
- addax14n. A large African antelope (Addax nasomaculatus) with long, corkscrewing...
- audax13n. A non-competitive long-distance (often over 200 km) cycling event.
- borax14n. A white or gray/grey crystalline salt, found in nature as a mineral...
- donax13n. A canelike grass of southern Europe (Arundo donax), used for fishing...
- hyrax18n. Any of several small, paenungulate herbivorous mammals of the family...
- limax14n. A slug or slug-like creature.
- panax14n. Any plant of the genus Panax.
- relax12v. To make something loose.
- tomax14n. Synonym of tomahawk.
- vivax18n. Malaria caused by the parasite Plasmodium vivax.
6-letter words ending in AX
- bombax19n. Any member of the genus Bombax of tropical trees in the mallow family.
- carfax18n. A junction of four roads.
- climax17n. A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.
- earwax16n. A waxy substance secreted by the ear.
- fallax16n. Cavillation; petty criticism.
- nontax13n. Any fee, assessment, etc. that is not a tax.
- pretax15adj. Before the payment of taxes.
- promax17adj. Describing a type of rotation in factor analysis.
- smilax15n. Any member of the Smilax genus of greenbriers; usually vines.
- storax13n. Any member of the genus Styrax of about 130 species of large shrubs or...
- surtax13n. An additional or extra tax.
- syntax16n. A set of rules that govern how words are combined to form phrases and...
- thorax16n. The region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well...
7-letter words ending in AX
- anthrax17n. An acute infectious disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle...
- beeswax19n. A wax secreted by bees from which they make honeycomb; or, the...
- betamax18n. A Betamax (videocassette tape).
- chillax19v. To relax; to be laid back.
- gravlax18n. Salmon dry-cured in salt, seasoned with dill and sugar, and served...
- mandrax17n. Methaqualone, especially when used as a recreational drug.
- minimax18n. A decision rule used for minimizing the maximum possible loss, or...
- overtax17v. To tax to an excessive degree.
- softmax19n. A generalization of the logistic function that "squashes" a...
- telefax17n. Synonym of telefacsimile.
8-letter words ending in AX
- parallax17n. An apparent shift in the position of two stationary objects relative to...
- supermax19n. A prison with the highest possible level of security.
- supertax17n. An additional tax on something that has already been taxed.
- toadflax19n. Any of several European plants, of the genus Linaria, having two-lipped...
9-letter words ending in AX
- prothorax21n. The anterior segment of the insect thorax; it carries the first pair of...
10-letter words ending in AX
- anticlimax21n. A failed or reverse climax, particularly.
- hemothorax25n. A condition resulting from accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity.
- mesothorax22n. The middle of the three segments of the thorax of an insect, carrying...
- metathorax22n. The hindmost of the three sections of the thorax of an insect, carrying...
11-letter words ending in AX
- chylothorax29n. An accumulation of chyle in the pleural cavity.
12-letter words ending in AX
- morphosyntax29n. The system of the internal structure of words (morphology) and the way...
- pneumothorax26n. Presence of air inside the pleural cavity, usually caused by injury...
13-letter words ending in AX
- cephalothorax30n. The fused head and thorax of spiders and crustaceans.
141 rare words ending in AX
- abax
- aerothorax
- antianthrax
- antitax
- argmax
- babax
- banjax
- bithorax
- borofax
- candlewax
- carbowax
- cardiophylax
- chaffwax
- chartophylax
- chemotax
- cholothorax
- cordax
- cryptofax
- detax
- dewax
- disclimax
- earthflax
- earthwax
- ecotax
- electroplax
- endothorax
- enterothorax
- equimax
- esquilax
- expectimax
- expectiminimax
- fibrothorax
- fortax
- forthwax
- forwax
- glossanthrax
- gonyaulax
- grax
- handymax
- haptotax
- harpax
- hemithorax
- histowax
- homothorax
- hydrothorax
- hypertax
- infomax
- iqyax
- larnax
- lexicosyntax
- linothorax
- lithanthrax
- macrosyntax
- malax
- maritoclax
- mastax
- maximax
- mbalax
- metasyntax
- metsulfovax
- microclimax
- microsyntax
- midthorax
- miniclimax
- mistax
- monoclimax
- myeloplax
- mystax
- nanosyntax
- navitoclax
- negamax
- nomophylax
- nonanthrax
- nonclimax
- obatoclax
- oblimax
- opisthothorax
- opistothorax
- oplax
- opopanax
- orthoprax
- overlax
- overrelax
- overwax
- panchax
- paraclimax
- paxwax
- petromax
- phlyax
- phonotax
- photosyntax
- phylax
- pinax
- plagioclimax
- pneumovax
- polyclimax
- poponax
- postclimax
- posttax
- preclimax
- prerelax
- prophylax
- protax
- protosyntax
- pterothorax
- pyopneumothorax
- pyothorax
- quartimax
- refax
- retax
- rewax
- ropax
- saxifrax
- sceuophylax
- scramasax
- sealwax
- somatophylax
- sonrotoclax
- spermatophylax
- subclimax
- subtax
- supramax
- synthorax
- thoroughwax
- trithorax
- tubax
- ultrabithorax
- underrelax
- undertax
- unhoax
- unlax
- untax
- unwax
- urinothorax
- varimax
- venetoclax
- vertax
- wanax
- woodwax
- xylanthrax
- zoosyntax
Questions about these words
- How many words ending in AX are there?
- Word.ws lists 63 words ending in AX, plus 141 rare ones.
- What are common words ending in AX?
- tax, max, relax, wax, fax, climax, lax and hoax.
- Which of the words ending in AX has the highest letter score?
- cephalothorax scores 30 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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