5-Letter Words Containing A and X
There are 107 five-letter words containing A and X, including 14 common puzzle answers. These are the words with the letters A and X anywhere in the word, in any order. A handy list for Wordle and other five-letter word games.
Popular 5-Letter Puzzle Words Containing A and X
Common puzzle answers are everyday words of the kind word puzzles choose as solutions, most common first. Plurals and rare words are valid guesses but rarely answers, so they're listed separately below.
- EXTRA More than is needed, desired, or required
- EXACT Marked by strict and complete accordance with fact
- RELAX To become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
- ANNEX An addition that extends a main building
- LATEX A milky fluid from certain plants that coagulates when exposed to air
- MAXIM A saying that is widely accepted on its own merits
- AXIAL Relating to or forming an axis
- AXIOM A statement widely accepted as obviously true
- EXPAT A person who lives outside their native country
- AFFIX To attach to something
- EXALT To praise, glorify, or honor
- BORAX A white mineral used as a cleaning agent
More Common Puzzle Answers
- AXION
- WAXEN
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Useful Pattern Information
- Most common first letter: A (22%), T (9%), C (7%)
- Most common last letter: X (28%), S (22%), D (8%)
- Most common additional vowel: E, in 48% of these words
- A is most often the second letter (41%)
- X is most often the third letter (39%)
- Letters that most often appear alongside: E, I, L, S, N
- Most have 2 vowels (72%)
- 18% contain a repeated letter
- 14 of the 107 are common puzzle answers (13%)
Other Valid Words
93 additional dictionary words contain both A and X — valid guesses, though rarely answers. Most common first.
- TAXES
- EXAMS
- TAXED
- TAXIS
- WAXED
- AXLES
- MAXED
- BEAUX
- WAXES
- AXONS
- TAXON
- FAXED
- XENIA
- FAXES
- CALYX
- THANX
- MAXIS
- SALIX
- CAPEX
- RADIX
- AXING
- AUXIN
- CAREX
- AXILS
- MAXES
- XRAYS
- GALAX
- TAXOL
- WUXIA
- AUDAX
Show all 93 words All 93 words
- OXMAN
- TAXUS
- LAXER
- AXELS
- SAXES
- PANAX
- CALIX
- HYRAX
- WAXER
- VARIX
- XYLAN
- COXAE
- ADDAX
- HAPAX
- TEXTA
- IXNAY
- LAXLY
- LIMAX
- AXMAN
- LAXED
- IXORA
- COXAL
- CAPAX
- EXEAT
- PAXES
- RAXES
- RAXED
- LAXES
- MALAX
- PINAX
- AXILE
- AXITE
- TAXER
- VAXES
- AIXES
- BRAXY
- HEXAD
- FLAXY
- MOXAS
- CAXON
- JAXIE
- RETAX
- ATAXY
- OXEAS
- AXONE
- DEWAX
- REWAX
- TAXOR
- AXLED
- IXIAS
- ZAXES
- UNTAX
- NEXAL
- NOXAS
- BOXLA
- AXOID
- ORIXA
- AXMEN
- PAUXI
- NOXAL
- ADMIX
- ADNEX
- XOANA
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Generated from the TurnWord word database, the dictionary behind the Word Solver and Word Bot. Common puzzle answers are our curated answer list, the everyday words word puzzles tend to use as answers — not the official answer list of any game; every other word is a valid guess. Counts and statistics are computed from this list. Word database updated September 19, 2026.