5-Letter Words With B and X
There are 12 five-letter words with B and X in them. The list below ranks them by real-world frequency, so everyday words like BOXES, BOXED, BOXER appear before the obscurities.
Every entry comes from the tournament word lists, the kind of list used in Wordle, Scrabble, and Words With Friends, so each one is a genuine dictionary word.
12 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- boxes 14
- boxed 15
- boxer 14
- beaux 14
- oxbow 17
- buxom 16
- borax 14
- unbox 14
- xebec 16
- bemix 16
- braxy 17
- exurb 14
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many five-letter words are there with B and X in them?
There are 12 five-letter words with B and X in them in the tournament word lists. The most common are BOXES, BOXED, BOXER.
What are common five-letter words with B and X in them?
BOXES, BOXED, BOXER, BEAUX, OXBOW are the most frequently used. The full list of 12 words on this page is sorted by everyday frequency, so the common ones come first.
Are these valid Wordle words?
Nearly all of them. Wordle draws its answers from a curated list of common five-letter words, but it accepts almost any dictionary word as a guess, including the words on this page.