5-Letter Words With X as the Third Letter
There are 144 five-letter words with X as the third letter, including 13 common puzzle answers. These are the words matching the pattern __X__ (an underscore is any letter). A handy list for Wordle and other five-letter word games.
Popular 5-Letter Puzzle Words With X as the Third Letter
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.
- SIXTH Coming after the fifth in order or position
- TOXIC Poisonous or harmful to living organisms
- SIXTY The number equal to six times ten
- BOXER Someone who fights with their fists as a sport
- PIXEL The smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a screen
- NEXUS A connection or series of connections linking things together
- MIXER A kitchen utensil that is used for mixing foods
- MAXIM A saying that is widely accepted on its own merits
- TOXIN A poisonous substance produced by living organisms
- PIXIE A mischievous fairy in folklore
- FIXER A person who uses influence or illegal methods to solve problems for others
- MOXIE Courage, determination, and energy
More Common Puzzle Answers
- WAXEN
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Useful Pattern Information
- Most common first letter: M (12%), T (10%), S (10%)
- Most common last letter: S (40%), D (17%), R (10%)
- Most common additional vowel: E, in 79% of these words
- Letters that most often appear alongside: E, S, I, O, A
- Most have 2 vowels (82%)
- 26% contain a repeated letter
- 13 of the 144 are common puzzle answers (9%)
Other Valid Words
131 additional dictionary words have X as the third letter — valid guesses, though rarely answers. Most common first.
- FIXED
- TAXES
- MIXED
- BOXES
- TEXTS
- FIXES
- MIXES
- TAXED
- TAXIS
- SEXES
- FOXES
- BOXED
- WAXED
- VIXEN
- SIXES
- VEXED
- MAXED
- WAXES
- DIXIT
- TAXON
- SEXED
- FAXED
- LEXIS
- FAXES
- MAXIS
- BUXOM
- VOXEL
- NIXED
- AUXIN
- HEXES
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- MIXUP
- SIXER
- FIXIT
- MAXES
- FIXIE
- TUXES
- NIXIE
- HEXED
- FOXED
- TAXOL
- VEXES
- SEXTS
- PYXIS
- WUXIA
- TAXUS
- NIXES
- LAXER
- DOXIE
- SAXES
- COXED
- DOXED
- REXES
- WAXER
- COXES
- DEXYS
- SEXTO
- HEXYL
- BOXEN
- COXAE
- MIXTE
- HEXER
- TEXTA
- LAXLY
- LAXED
- COXAL
- BOXTY
- FOXIE
- SIXTE
- NEXTS
- TEXES
- DEXES
- LEXES
- WEXES
- WEXED
- SEXER
- PAXES
- VEXER
- POXES
- KEXES
- POXED
- PIXES
- HOXES
- HOXED
- RAXES
- RAXED
- MIXIS
- LAXES
- DEXIE
- LOXES
- LOXED
- NEXIN
- SOXES
- DOXES
- VEXIL
- GOXES
- TAXER
- VAXES
- AIXES
- VOXES
- ZEXES
- SEXOR
- MUXES
- MUXED
- MIXIE
- HEXAD
- MIXEN
- LUXES
- LUXED
- MOXAS
- DUXES
- CAXON
- NOXES
- JAXIE
- LUXER
- WOXEN
- NIXER
- TAXOR
- YEXES
- YEXED
- ZAXES
- NEXAL
- PYXES
- PYXED
- NOXAS
- COXIB
- BOXLA
- NEXUM
- PYXIE
- NOXAL
- SIXMO
- MYXOS
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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.