Word.ws English Dictionary

Words That Start with XE

There are 23 words that start with XE on Word.ws, from 5 to 11 letters. The most common length is 10 letters (6 words). The words used most often are xenophobia, xenophobic, xerox, xenon and xenia.

Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.

5-letter words that start with XE

  • 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).

6-letter words that start with XE

  • xeloda14n. Synonym of capecitabine.

7-letter words that start with XE

8-letter words that start with XE

  • xenocide18n. The killing of a stranger or foreigner.
  • xenotime17n. A yellow-brown mineral, yttrium phosphate (YPO₄).

9-letter words that start with XE

  • xenograft20n. A tissue graft taken from a species different from that of the...
  • xenomorph23n. A strange form, an alien creature.
  • xenophobe23n. One who hates or fears strangers or foreigners.
  • xeriscape20n. A kind of landscape design for arid regions, minimising the need for...
  • xeroderma19n. Any of various skin diseases characterised by dry, hard, scaly skin...

10-letter words that start with XE

  • xenobiotic21adj. Of or pertaining to xenobiosis.
  • xenophobia24n. A fear, antipathy, or hatred of strangers or foreigners.
  • xenophobic26adj. Exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia, a fear or hatred of...
  • xerography26n. A photocopying process in which a negative image formed on an...
  • xerophytic27adj. Of, pertaining to, or being a xerophyte.
  • xerostomia19n. Abnormal dryness of the mouth.

11-letter words that start with XE

  • xenobiology24n. The speculative biology of extraterrestrial life forms.
  • xeriscaping23n. Landscaping in ways that do not require supplemental irrigation.
  • xerographic26adj. Of, relating to, or produced by xerography.
414 rare words that start with XE

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Questions about these words

How many words that start with XE are there?
Word.ws lists 23 words that start with XE, plus 414 rare ones.
What are common words that start with XE?
xenophobia, xenophobic, xerox, xenon, xenia, xenomorph, xenophobe and xenograft.
Which of the words that start with XE has the highest letter score?
xerophytic scores 27 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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