5-Letter Words Containing O and X
There are 97 five-letter words containing O and X, including 14 common puzzle answers. These are the words with the letters O 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 O 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.
- TOXIC Poisonous or harmful to living organisms
- BOXER Someone who fights with their fists as a sport
- PROXY A person authorized to act on behalf of another
- OXIDE A chemical compound of oxygen with another element
- INBOX A container or folder for incoming messages or mail
- TOXIN A poisonous substance produced by living organisms
- DETOX To undergo treatment to remove drugs or alcohol from the body
- EPOXY A strong adhesive resin used in glues and coatings
- AXIOM A statement widely accepted as obviously true
- XENON A colorless, odorless inert gaseous element
- MOXIE Courage, determination, and energy
- BORAX A white mineral used as a cleaning agent
More Common Puzzle Answers
- EXTOL
- AXION
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Useful Pattern Information
- Most common first letter: O (15%), B (10%), C (10%)
- Most common last letter: S (24%), X (20%), E (11%)
- Most common additional vowel: E, in 60% of these words
- O is most often the second letter (46%)
- X is most often the third letter (45%)
- Letters that most often appear alongside: E, S, I, N, A
- Most have 2 vowels (74%)
- 11% contain a repeated letter
- 14 of the 97 are common puzzle answers (14%)
Other Valid Words
83 additional dictionary words contain both O and X — valid guesses, though rarely answers. Most common first.
- BOXES
- FOREX
- FOXES
- BOXED
- CODEX
- XEROX
- REDOX
- EXPOS
- AXONS
- TAXON
- BUXOM
- PHLOX
- VOXEL
- EXONS
- OXBOW
- COMIX
- CHOUX
- DEOXY
- UNBOX
- EXOME
- FOXED
- TAXOL
- FEROX
- FLEXO
- OXMAN
- DOXIE
- OXIME
- COXED
- DOXED
- COXES
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- SOREX
- XOLOS
- SEXTO
- BOXEN
- COXAE
- CONEX
- RETOX
- IXORA
- COXAL
- BOXTY
- FOXIE
- POXES
- POXED
- HOXES
- HOXED
- LOXES
- LOXED
- SOXES
- DOXES
- GOXES
- OXINE
- PODEX
- OXERS
- VOXES
- SEXOR
- BOLIX
- OXIES
- OXTER
- MOXAS
- CAXON
- NOXES
- OXEAS
- BLONX
- WOXEN
- AXONE
- TAXOR
- OXIDS
- OXIMS
- EXODE
- NOXAS
- COXIB
- EMBOX
- BOXLA
- AXOID
- ORIXA
- NOXAL
- OXEYE
- OXMEN
- SIXMO
- MYXOS
- XOANA
- OXLIP
- XYLOL
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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.