Five-letter words with X in the middle (__X__)

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What the remaining words have in common

146 matching words2 not previously used10 past answers

Position 1M 12%T 10%S 10%N 8%
Position 2E 25%O 24%A 21%I 21%
Position 4E 59%I 18%T 7%A 5%
Position 5S 40%D 17%E 10%R 10%

12 possible answers fit.

Among those candidates, TOXIN produces the smallest worst-case feedback group.

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, F, M, P, S, T, V, W·2nd letter: A, I, O, U·4th letter: E, I, O, T·5th letter: C, E, H, L, M, N, R, Y

used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer

BOXER used BUXOM possible FIXER used MAXIM used PIXEL used PIXIE used SIXTH used SIXTY possible TOXIC used TOXIN used VIXEN used WAXEN used BOXED guess BOXES guess DIXIE guess FIXED guess FIXES guess FOXES guess MIXED guess MIXER guess MIXES guess NEXUS guess SEXES guess TAXED guess TAXES guess TAXIS guess TEXAS guess TEXTS guess WAXED guess AIXES guess AUXIN guess BOXEN guess BOXLA guess BOXTY guess CAXON guess COXAE guess COXAL guess COXED guess COXES guess COXIB guess DEXES guess DEXIE guess DEXYS guess DIXIT guess DOXED guess DOXES guess DOXIE guess DUXES guess FAXED guess FAXES guess FIXIE guess FIXIT guess FOXED guess FOXIE guess GOXES guess HEXAD guess HEXED guess HEXER guess HEXES guess HEXYL guess HOXED guess HOXES guess JAXIE guess KEXES guess LAXED guess LAXER guess LAXES guess LAXLY guess LEXES guess LEXIS guess LOXED guess LOXES guess LUXED guess LUXER guess LUXES guess MAXED guess MAXES guess MAXIS guess MIXEN guess MIXIE guess MIXIS guess MIXTE guess MIXUP guess MOXAS guess MOXIE guess MUXED guess MUXES guess MYXOS guess NEXAL guess NEXIN guess NEXTS guess NEXUM guess NIXED guess NIXER guess NIXES guess NIXIE guess NOXAL guess NOXAS guess NOXES guess PAXES guess PIXES guess POXED guess POXES guess PYXED guess PYXES guess PYXIE guess PYXIS guess RAXED guess RAXES guess REXES guess SAXES guess SEXED guess SEXER guess SEXOR guess SEXTO guess SEXTS guess SIXER guess SIXES guess SIXMO guess SIXTE guess SOXES guess TAXER guess TAXOL guess TAXON guess TAXOR guess TAXUS guess TEXES guess TEXTA guess TUXES guess VAXES guess VEXED guess VEXER guess VEXES guess VEXIL guess VOXEL guess VOXES guess WAXER guess WAXES guess WEXED guess WEXES guess WOXEN guess WUXIA guess YEXED guess YEXES guess ZAXES guess ZEXES guess

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Pattern guide

What fits __X__?

All 146 matching words are shown above. 12 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

74% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

XE 86/146 words (59%) ES 43/146 words (29%) EX 36/146 words (25%) OX 35/146 words (24%) IX 30/146 words (21%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 9% · two: 81% · three or more: 10%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match __X__?
146 five-letter words match __X__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 12 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, TAXER has the highest feedback entropy at 4.96 bits against the possible answers.