5 letter words ending in X

There are 111 5 letter words ending in x in this list, most common first. Filter by letters.

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The most-used 5 letter words ending in x, and what they mean

These are the 13 that come up most often in written English, so they are the ones worth knowing first.

index
nounAn alphabetical listing of items and their location.
relax
verb(intransitive) To rest and become relieved of stress.
felix
nounA generic name given to a cat.
essex
nounA maritime county of England bordered by the North Sea, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Greater London, and separated from Kent by the Thames estuary.
annex
verbTo add something to another thing, especially territory; to incorporate.
sioux
nounVarious formerly nomadic Native American tribes of the North American Great Plains.
linux
noun(loosely) Any operating system that uses this kernel.
helix
noun(mathematics) A curve on the surface of a cylinder or cone such that its angle to a plane perpendicular to the axis is constant; the three-dimensional curve seen…
latex
nounNatural latex rubber, especially nonvulcanized rubber, such as is used in making latex gloves, latex condoms, and latex clothing.
codex
nounA book bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll.
telex
nounA teletype device connected to such a network.
redox
adjective(chemistry) Of or relating to any reaction in which oxidation and reduction occur simultaneously.
bronx
nounA borough of New York City, New York, United States.

Nouns, verbs and adjectives

Of the 111 words in this list, 90 can be used as a noun, including index, felix, essex, annex, sioux. Plenty of words do more than one job: state is a noun, a verb and an adjective depending on how you use it, which is why these numbers add up to more than the list itself.

90 nouns29 verbs5 adjectives

Using this for Wordle

Puzzle answers lean heavily on everyday words rather than obscure ones, and this list is sorted by exactly that: how often each word actually turns up in written English. So start at the top. On this list that means index, relax, felix, essex, annex, sioux.

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How this list is built

The words come from the Datamuse language API, then get cleaned up, because the raw output is not much use on its own. Each word is checked against an English dictionary, with a frequency floor for anything not in it, so ordinary inflections survive while noise does not. Roman numerals, fragments and vowel-less abbreviations are stripped out.

What is left is ranked by how often each word actually appears in written English. That ordering is the point: it puts the words you might actually want at the top. The full method is on how we build these.

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Common questions

How many 5 letter words ending in x are there?

This list holds 111, filtered to real dictionary words and ranked by how common they are. English has more if you count obscure and archaic ones, but they are little use to anybody.

Can a 5 letter word ending in X be a noun?

Yes. 90 of the 111 words on this list can be used as a noun. The breakdown above shows how many work as verbs, adjectives and adverbs too.

How are the words ordered?

By how often each word appears in written English, most common first, so the useful ones are at the top rather than buried under rarities. See how we build these.

Can I search inside the list?

Yes. The filter box narrows the list as you type, and where a list mixes lengths there are buttons to show only words of a given length.

Word data via Datamuse, checked against an English dictionary and ranked by frequency. Definitions from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 3.0. See how we build these, or report a missing word.