5-Letter Words With C and X
There are 19 five-letter words with C and X in them. The list below ranks them by real-world frequency, so everyday words like EXACT, EXCEL, TOXIC 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.
19 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- exact 14
- excel 14
- toxic 14
- comix 16
- codex 15
- execs 14
- carex 14
- calyx 17
- culex 14
- xeric 14
- calix 14
- coxes 14
- coxed 15
- cimex 16
- xebec 16
- coxae 14
- coxal 14
- cylix 17
- xenic 14
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many five-letter words are there with C and X in them?
There are 19 five-letter words with C and X in them in the tournament word lists. The most common are EXACT, EXCEL, TOXIC.
What are common five-letter words with C and X in them?
EXACT, EXCEL, TOXIC, COMIX, CODEX are the most frequently used. The full list of 19 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.