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Words Ending in EX

There are 104 words ending in EX on Word.ws, from 2 to 12 letters. The most common length is 5 letters (25 words). The words used most often are complex, ex, index, rex and flex.

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2-letter words ending in EX

  • ex9n. The name of the Latin script letter X/x.

3-letter words ending in EX

  • bex12adj. Angry.
  • dex11n. An order or factor of ten.
  • gex11interj. A response to an utterance of say gex, interpreting the phrase...
  • hex13v. To cast a spell on (specifically an evil spell), to bewitch.
  • kex14n. The dried stem of certain large herbaceous plants.
  • lex10v. To perform lexical analysis; to convert a character stream to a token...
  • mex12n. The mex of a subset of a well-ordered set is the smallest value from...
  • rex10n. A king, particularly in ancient Rome.
  • tex10n. A milligram per meter, a unit of linear mass density for thread or...
  • vex13v. To annoy, irritate.

4-letter words ending in EX

  • anex11n. Syllabic abbreviation of anion exchange.
  • apex13n. The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a...
  • flex14n. Flexibility, pliancy.
  • grex12n. A multicellular aggregate of amoeba.
  • 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.
  • obex13n. A small, crescentic fold of white matter that covers the inferior angle...
  • plex13n. A building, such as a duplex or triplex, with a number of apartments...
  • prex13n. A president, especially of a university.

5-letter words ending in EX

  • annex12n. An addition, an extension.
  • 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...
  • culex14n. Any of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex, some of which carry...
  • devex16adj. Bending down, stooping or sloping.
  • forex15n. Syllabic abbreviation of foreign exchange.
  • impex16n. Import and export.
  • index13n. An alphabetical listing of items and their location.
  • latex12n. The milky sap of several trees that coagulates on exposure to air; used...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • pyrex17n. A kind of heat-resistant borosilicate glass, made by mixing a high...
  • relex12n. A conlang created by substituting new vocabulary into the grammar of an...
  • rolex12n. An omelette served inside a chapati.
  • rumex14n. Any plant of the genus Rumex; a dock or sorrel.
  • 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...
  • telex12n. A network of teletypes.
  • unsex12v. To deprive of sexual attributes or characteristics.
  • urbex14n. The exploration of man-made environments, especially urban structures...
  • vitex15n. Any of several species of the genus Vitex.

6-letter words ending in EX

  • auspex15n. An officiating priest in Ancient Rome.
  • caudex16n. An enlargement of the stem, branch or root of a woody plant, usually...
  • connex15n. A correspondence between a projective space and its dual.
  • contex15v. To weave together; to form by interweaving.
  • convex18adj. Curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere.
  • cortex15n. The outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the...
  • duplex16adj. Having two floors.
  • pollex15n. The thumb; the first, or preaxial, digit of the forelimb, corresponding...
  • reflex16n. An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require...
  • scolex15n. The structure at the front end of a tapeworm which, in the adult, has...
  • semtex15n. A highly malleable general-purpose plastic explosive.
  • suplex15n. A wrestling move in which the wrestler picks up their opponent off the...
  • unisex13adj. Not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender; suitable for any sex...
  • vertex16n. The highest point, top or apex of something.
  • vindex17n. An official who supervised tax collection in the ancient Roman Empire.
  • vortex16n. A whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a...

7-letter words ending in EX

  • complex20adj. Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.
  • cryptex21n. A puzzle box solved with a passcode.
  • demodex18n. Any of the genus Demodex of mites.
  • homosex19n. Homosexual sexual intercourse.
  • humidex20n. A measurement used by Canadian meteorologists to reflect the combined...
  • kleenex18n. A disposable tissue.
  • narthex17n. A western vestibule leading to the nave in some Christian churches.
  • perplex18v. To cause to feel baffled; to puzzle.
  • perspex18n. Any tough, transparent plastic that is used instead of glass for...
  • simplex18adj. Having a single structure; not composite or complex; undivided, unitary.
  • spandex17n. A synthetic fibre known for its exceptional elasticity.
  • triplex16adj. Having three floors.
  • tubifex19n. Any member of the genus Tubifex of tubificid annelids, some of which...

8-letter words ending in EX

  • biconvex22adj. Having both sides convex.
  • carnifex20n. An executioner.
  • cineplex19n. A cinema having multiple theatres (showing rooms).
  • cybersex22n. A virtual sexual encounter in which two or more persons connected...
  • echoplex22v. To echo received text characters back to the computer that sent them.
  • fourplex20n. A quadplex.
  • haruspex20n. A soothsayer or priest in Ancient Rome (originally Etruscan) who...
  • intersex15adj. Of an individual, having any of a variety of inherent conditions (in a...
  • megaplex20n. A large, multi-screen cinema.
  • pontifex20n. A pontiff, state minister, or high priest, in Ancient Rome.
  • spinifex20n. Any of numerous species of grass in genus Spinifex, growing in sand...
  • subindex18n. A subsidiary index, or one that represents a sector of a larger one.
  • videotex19n. Any of various early information retrieval services, such as viewdata...

9-letter words ending in EX

  • metroplex20n. A large metropolitan area containing several cities and their suburbs.
  • motorplex20n. A venue for motor racing.
  • multiplex20adj. Comprising several interleaved parts.
  • neocortex18n. The top layer of the cerebral hemispheres in the brain of mammals; part...
  • nonconvex21adj. Not convex.
  • retroflex19adj. Bent or curved backwards.
  • superplex20n. A suplex performed by an attacker standing on the second or third rope...

10-letter words ending in EX

  • baroreflex22n. Any reflex that results from stimulation of a baroreceptor.
  • circumflex26n. A diacritical mark (ˆ) placed over a vowel in the orthography or...
  • circumplex25n. A graphical representation, using polar coordinates, of the...
  • divalproex23n. A combination of valproate and valproic acid used to treat bipolar...
  • quadruplex29adj. Having four components.
  • sportsplex21n. A complex offering sporting facilities.
  • subcomplex25n. Any structure that is a subdivision of a larger complex.

12-letter words ending in EX

  • hypercomplex33adj. Describing any of several types of higher-dimensional numbers having...
  • pseudoconvex27adj. Of a function: differentiable and increasing in any direction where it...
330 rare words ending in EX

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Questions about these words

How many words ending in EX are there?
Word.ws lists 104 words ending in EX, plus 330 rare ones.
What are common words ending in EX?
complex, ex, index, rex, flex, apex, forex and cortex.
Which of the words ending in EX has the highest letter score?
hypercomplex scores 33 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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