5-Letter Words Matching _ A X _ _

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

2 common words40 valid words

Common Words (2)

Words most likely to be the answer.

maxim
waxen

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (38)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

baxie
caxon
faxan
faxed
faxen
faxes
faxon
faxun
laxer
laxly
maxey
maxia
maxie
maxis
maxma
naxos
paxes
paxon
raxed
raxes
saxen
saxes
saxis
saxon
taxed
taxer
taxes
taxin
taxir
taxis
taxon
taxor
taxus
vaxbi
waxed
waxer
waxes
zaxes

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 40 matches.

Most common letters

a40
x40
e20
s14
n12
i10
t9
o7
r7
f6

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 3 with 1 unique vowel
  • 35 with 2 unique vowels
  • 2 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -es · 7 words
  • -on · 5 words
  • -ed · 4 words
  • -en · 3 words
  • -er · 3 words

Strategy

2 answers match _ A X _ _. With 2 green letters locked in, you're almost certainly one guess away.

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