5-Letter Words Matching _ _ X _ S

48 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ X _ S, 0 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

48 valid words

5-Letter Words (48)

Valid 5-letter words that match your filter.

boxes
buxus
coxes
dexes
duxes
faxes
fixes
foxes
goxes
hexes
hexis
ioxus
kexes
lexes
lexis
loxes
luxes
luxus
maxis
mixes
moxas
naxos
nexus
nixes
nyxis
paxes
pbxes
pixes
pixys
poxes
pyxes
pyxis
raxes
rexes
saxes
saxis
sexes
sexts
sixes
taxes
taxis
taxus
texas
texts
tuxes
vexes
waxes
zaxes

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 48 matches.

Most common letters

x48
s48
e36
a14
i14
o9
u8
p7
t7
l5

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 16 with 1 unique vowel
  • 31 with 2 unique vowels
  • 1 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -es · 30 words
  • -is · 7 words
  • -us · 5 words
  • -as · 2 words
  • -ts · 2 words

Strategy

0 answers fit. Look at the most common remaining letters above and choose a guess that probes the unknown positions.

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