Five-letter words with C, L and X
Our Wordle guess list has 7 five-letter words containing C, L and X, wherever those letters fall. Use the list when you have yellow tiles but not their positions.
7 matching words
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Where these letters usually land
You know these letters are in the word (yellow tiles) but not where. Across the 7 matching words, here's where each one tends to sit, which can help place your next guess.
- C most often the 1st letter (71% of these words), also 3rd (14%), 5th (14%).
- L most often the 3rd letter (71% of these words), also 5th (29%).
- X most often the 5th letter (57% of these words), also 1st (14%), 2nd (14%), 3rd (14%).
Word notes
Definitions are sourced or editorially reviewed and do not determine word-list status. Corrections.
EXCEL
To surpass someone or something; to be better or do better than someone or something.
“I excelled everyone else with my exam results.”
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Past Wordle answer: December 22, 2022.
CALIX
Archaic spelling of calyx.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
CALYX
The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
COXAL
sciatic (relating to the hip)
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
CULEX
Any of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex, some of which carry disease.
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CYLIX
Alternative form of kylix.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
XYLIC
Pertaining to xylene.
“Xylic material and organic sediment were deposited in the supratidal marshes.”
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
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