5 letter words with X in position 4

There are 15 five-letter words in English with X in position 4. 3 of them appear on the curated Wordle answer list, so they are the most likely candidates if you hit this pattern in today's puzzle. X is one of the rarer letters in English, which is why the list is short — and why, when it shows up, it usually cracks the puzzle open.

Common words (3)

Words from the curated Wordle answer list — the most likely candidates for today’s solution.

  • epoxy
  • twixt
  • proxy

Other valid words (12)

Five-letter words from the broader English dictionary the game accepts as guesses, but which rarely show up as answers.

  • alexa
  • ataxy
  • braxy
  • deoxy
  • druxy
  • flaxy
  • flexi
  • flexo
  • orixa
  • prexy
  • vioxx
  • winxp

Most likely letters by position

For each slot, the letters that appear most often in these words. Color intensity reflects frequency.

Pos. 1
f20%
p13%
a13%
d13%
e7%
Pos. 2
r33%
l27%
i13%
p7%
w7%
Pos. 3
o27%
e27%
a20%
i13%
u7%
Pos. 4
x100%
Pos. 5
y53%
a13%
t7%
i7%
o7%

Most frequent letters overall

Useful for picking your next guess — frequent letters give you more information per try.

x
y
e
o
i
r
a
p
l
f

Vowels per word

How many vowels (A, E, I, O, U) these five-letter words contain.

1 vowel
7 (47%)
2 vowels
6 (40%)
3 vowels
2 (13%)

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