3-Letter Words With X in Them
Our word finder knows 35 three-letter words with X in them. Common picks such as BOX, TAX, FAX lead the list, which makes it faster to spot the word your puzzle is hiding.
Words are ordered by usage frequency in a trillion-word English corpus, which is the closest thing to "most likely answer first" that a word list can offer.
35 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- box 12
- tax 10
- fax 13
- six 10
- max 12
- mix 12
- fix 13
- fox 13
- cox 12
- sox 10
- wax 13
- pix 12
- rex 10
- hex 13
- sax 10
- axe 10
- lex 10
- lax 10
- lux 10
- vox 13
- pax 12
- dex 11
- nix 10
- tux 10
- oxo 10
- pox 12
- oxy 13
- vex 13
- lox 10
- rax 10
- pyx 15
- xis 10
- zax 19
- kex 14
- gox 11
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many three-letter words are there with X in them?
There are 35 three-letter words with X in them in the tournament word lists. The most common are BOX, TAX, FAX.
What are common three-letter words with X in them?
BOX, TAX, FAX, SIX, MAX are the most frequently used. The full list of 35 words on this page is sorted by everyday frequency, so the common ones come first.
Why are the words in this order?
Words are ranked by how often they appear in a trillion-word corpus of written English, most common first. That surfaces likely puzzle answers instead of hiding them mid-alphabet. Use the sort control to switch to alphabetical or points order.