5-Letter Words With L and X
There are 45 five-letter words with L and X in them. The list below ranks them by real-world frequency, so everyday words like EXCEL, LATEX, RELAX 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.
Most common
- excel14
- latex12
- relax12
- pixel14
- helix15
- exile12
- axial12
- lexis12
- telex12
- axles12
- expel14
- kylix19
- silex12
- calyx17
- phlox17
- exalt12
- galax13
- taxol12
- lurex12
- xylem17
All 45 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- exult 12
- extol 12
- culex 14
- calix 14
- hexyl 18
- xylan 15
- axels 12
- axils 12
- laxer 12
- axile 12
- axled 13
- coxal 14
- cylix 17
- flaxy 18
- ixtle 12
- laxes 12
- laxly 15
- lexes 12
- loxed 13
- loxes 12
- luxes 12
- oxlip 14
- vexil 15
- xylol 15
- xylyl 18
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many five-letter words are there with L and X in them?
There are 45 five-letter words with L and X in them in the tournament word lists. The most common are EXCEL, LATEX, RELAX.
What are common five-letter words with L and X in them?
EXCEL, LATEX, RELAX, PIXEL, HELIX are the most frequently used. The full list of 45 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.