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5 Letter Words with X as the Third Letter

All 146 valid five-letter words that have X as the third letter – useful when you have a green tile in position 3 in Wordle.

There are 146 five-letter words matching this pattern in the Wordle word list, including 12 possible Wordle answers. Common examples include SIXTH, TOXIC, BOXER, SIXTY, MAXIM.

146 words  ·  12 possible Wordle answers

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"Answers" are the 2,315 words from the official NYT Wordle answer pool – these are the only words that can appear as the day's puzzle. All other valid 5-letter words can be used as guesses but will never be the answer.
TAXER
TAXER
LAXER
LAXER
RAXES
RAXES
SIXER
SIXER
TAXES
TAXES
TAXOR
TAXOR
SIXTE
SIXTE
SEXOR
SEXOR
COXAE
COXAE
LAXES
LAXES
TEXAS
TEXAS
RAXED
RAXED
TAXED
TAXED
AIXES
AIXES
TAXOL
TAXOL
NEXAL
NEXAL
SEXTO
SEXTO
LAXED
LAXED
NIXER
NIXER
LOXES
LOXES
TAXON
TAXON
LUXER
LUXER
TAXIS
TAXIS
PAXES
PAXES
DOXIE
DOXIE
LEXIS
LEXIS
COXES
COXES
PIXEL
PIXEL
Answer
NOXES
NOXES
COXAL
COXAL
WAXER
WAXER
LOXED
LOXED
TUXES
TUXES
MIXER
MIXER
NIXES
NIXES
MAXES
MAXES
NOXAL
NOXAL
BOXER
BOXER
Answer
MIXTE
MIXTE
MOXIE
MOXIE
TOXIN
TOXIN
Answer
CAXON
CAXON
LUXES
LUXES
NEXTS
NEXTS
DOXES
DOXES
SEXER
SEXER
COXED
COXED
POXES
POXES
HOXES
HOXES
PIXES
PIXES
NOXAS
NOXAS
TAXUS
TAXUS
WAXEN
WAXEN
Answer
MAXED
MAXED
FAXES
FAXES
NIXED
NIXED
MIXEN
MIXEN
FIXER
FIXER
Answer
GOXES
GOXES
WAXES
WAXES
HEXAD
HEXAD
LUXED
LUXED
BOXEN
BOXEN
FOXIE
FOXIE
MIXES
MIXES
BOXES
BOXES
POXED
POXED
AUXIN
AUXIN
SIXTH
SIXTH
Answer
HOXED
HOXED
TOXIC
TOXIC
Answer
SIXTY
SIXTY
Answer
REXES
REXES
VAXES
VAXES
DUXES
DUXES
FAXED
FAXED
VOXEL
VOXEL
NEXUS
NEXUS
TEXES
TEXES
WOXEN
WOXEN
WAXED
WAXED
FOXES
FOXES
MAXIS
MAXIS
MOXAS
MOXAS
SAXES
SAXES
MIXED
MIXED
BOXLA
BOXLA
PYXIE
PYXIE
FIXES
FIXES
BOXED
BOXED
LEXES
LEXES
MUXES
MUXES
JAXIE
JAXIE
VEXIL
VEXIL
TEXTA
TEXTA
HEXER
HEXER
VIXEN
VIXEN
Answer
VOXES
VOXES
SEXED
SEXED
DEXIE
DEXIE
FOXED
FOXED
HEXYL
HEXYL
SIXMO
SIXMO
PYXES
PYXES
FIXED
FIXED
SOXES
SOXES
MUXED
MUXED
ZAXES
ZAXES
SIXES
SIXES
NEXUM
NEXUM
DEXYS
DEXYS
SEXTS
SEXTS
DEXES
DEXES
TEXTS
TEXTS
COXIB
COXIB
HEXES
HEXES
NIXIE
NIXIE
PYXED
PYXED
BOXTY
BOXTY
YEXES
YEXES
DIXIE
DIXIE
PIXIE
PIXIE
Answer
NEXIN
NEXIN
HEXED
HEXED
VEXER
VEXER
PYXIS
PYXIS
DOXED
DOXED
WUXIA
WUXIA
MIXIE
MIXIE
MYXOS
MYXOS
LAXLY
LAXLY
WEXES
WEXES
YEXED
YEXED
KEXES
KEXES
MIXUP
MIXUP
VEXES
VEXES
FIXIE
FIXIE
WEXED
WEXED
DIXIT
DIXIT
SEXES
SEXES
BUXOM
BUXOM
Answer
VEXED
VEXED
MAXIM
MAXIM
Answer
ZEXES
ZEXES
FIXIT
FIXIT
MIXIS
MIXIS

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This page lists all 146 five-letter words matching the constraint above from the complete Wordle-valid word list of 14,855 words. Words marked Answer are from the NYT Wordle answer pool of 2,315 words – these are the ones that can actually appear as the day's puzzle.

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