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Five-letter words matching __X_N

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Possible answers

TOXIN VIXEN WAXEN

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This pattern has 10 words in the Wordle guess list; 3 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 3 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: TOXIN (March 16, 2024); VIXEN (June 12, 2025); WAXEN (January 19, 2026).

Top-ranked splitter AAHED
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
1.59 bits

It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.

Hard Mode Use AUXIN instead.

AAHED does not fit this page's clues. AUXIN keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.0 (1 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.

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Pattern guide

What fits __X_N?

All 10 matching words are shown above. 3 are possible answers.

Letters that fit the blanks

  • 1st letter A, B, C, M, N, T, V, W
  • 2nd letter A, E, I, O, U
  • 4th letter E, I, O
Meanings and answer history

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TOXIN

A toxic substance, specifically a poison produced by the biological processes of organisms.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Past Wordle answer: March 16, 2024.

VIXEN

A female fox.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Past Wordle answer: June 12, 2025.

WAXEN

Made of or covered with wax.

“a waxen tablet”

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Past Wordle answer: January 19, 2026.

AUXIN

A class of plant growth substance (often called phytohormones or plant hormones) which play an essential role in coordination of many growth and behavioral processes in the plant life cycle.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

BOXEN

Made of boxwood.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

CAXON

A kind of wig.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

MIXEN

A compost heap or dunghill.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

NEXIN

A protein that constitutes a link between microtubules in cilia and flagella.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

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TAXON

A group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms treated as a unit by taxonomists.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

WOXEN

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

Common questions
How many five-letter words match __X_N?
10 five-letter words match __X_N in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 3 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, TAXON has the highest feedback entropy at 4.49 bits against the possible answers.
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