70 five letter words end in X. A small group, and a surprisingly decent one for Wordle.
70 words end in X. Most are verbs turned into nouns, or the reverse, ANNEX, DETOX, INDEX, RELAX.
EX- alone covers close to a third of the whole list. X isn't as rare a closer as most players assume.
No plural trap either, an X ending can't form a simple English plural.
Out of 2,315 real Wordle answers, 8 end in X, 0.3%.
Of the 70 words ending in X, 8 are real answers, a 11.4% hit rate. Better than several far more common letters.
AFFIX. ANNEX. BORAX. DETOX. HELIX. INBOX. INDEX. RELAX.
All common, all real Wordle answers. X is rarer than most letters but far from useless.
KYLIX and XEROX tie at the top with 19 points each. AFFIX follows at 18.
XEROX in particular is a genuinely fun one, a trademarked brand name that became a valid dictionary word through everyday use.
EX- leads clearly at 24 words. IX- follows at 19, then AX- with 13, OX- with 8.
EX- alone covers roughly a third of the entire X-ending group.
X has a genuinely fine hit rate for how rare people assume it is.
All 70 words sit below. Real Wordle answers are marked.
Use the word finder above if you know another letter too.
All 70 words sit below. Real Wordle answers are marked. Use the word finder above if you know another letter too.
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Data computed from a 12,974-word open-source dictionary and the 2,315-word Wordle answer list. Last updated August 26, 2026.