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Words Ending In XES

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There are 286 words that end in XES in the ENABLE list, which is roughly 0.17% of the words Letterpile uses. Lengths range from 4 letters (AXES, EXES and OXES) to 16 (CHEMOPROPHYLAXES). The highest base score belongs to CHEMOPROPHYLAXES (40 points), using commonly used tile values. 60 have no repeated letter at all. Games use their own dictionaries, so a word here isn't automatically playable everywhere.

At a glance

FactValue
Words in this list286
Share of the ENABLE list shown on this site0.17%
LongestCHEMOPROPHYLAXES (16 letters)
ShortestAXES, EXES and OXES (4 letters)
Highest base score (common values)CHEMOPROPHYLAXES, 40
No repeated letters60

Most common letter before XES

LetterWords
A74
O67
E56
I54
N13

Patterns in this list

  • None of these words is a palindrome (the same backward and forward).
  • 29 leave another word when the final XES is taken off, for example APEXES, BORAXES, BOXES, DEXES and DUPLEXES → APE, BORA, BO, DE and DUPLE.
  • The most common number of vowels (A, E, I, O, U) is 3, found in 115 of these words.
  • The average length is 8.5 letters.
  • Before XES, the letter A appears most often (74 words).

All -XES words

4 letters 3

axes exes oxes

5 letters 28

boxes coxes dexes faxes fixes foxes goxes hexes kexes lexes loxes luxes maxes mixes nixes paxes pixes poxes pyxes raxes rexes saxes sixes taxes tuxes vexes waxes zaxes

6 letters 17

apexes calxes coaxes cruxes flaxes flexes fluxes hoaxes ibexes ilexes jinxes lynxes minxes onyxes oryxes praxes prexes

7 letters 36

addaxes admixes affixes annexes bemixes boraxes calyxes desexes detoxes dewaxes galaxes hapaxes helixes hyraxes immixes indexes infixes latexes maxixes mirexes murexes phloxes radixes redoxes refixes relaxes remixes retaxes rewaxes silexes telexes unboxes unfixes unmixes unsexes xeroxes

8 letters 59

affluxes apomixes banjaxes bollixes bolloxes bombyxes cathexes caudexes cervixes climaxes coccyxes commixes convexes cortexes cowpoxes duplexes earwaxes effluxes geotaxes hatboxes hotboxes iceboxes influxes larynxes lummoxes mastixes matrixes nontaxes outboxes outfoxes panmixes paxwaxes pegboxes phenixes pickaxes poleaxes prefixes premixes reflexes refluxes silvexes skyboxes smilaxes spadixes sphinxes storaxes styraxes subfixes suffixes surtaxes syntaxes syrinxes teaboxes thoraxes unisexes vernixes vertexes volvoxes vortexes

9 letters 62

antefixes apteryxes bandboxes beeswaxes boomboxes broadaxes carapaxes cashboxes catalexes coalboxes coannexes complexes confluxes epistaxes equinoxes feedboxes fireboxes flummoxes fowlpoxes gearboxes hellboxes homosexes hypotaxes jukeboxes lockboxes mailboxes minimaxes narthexes outjinxes overmixes overtaxes packwaxes panchaxes paradoxes parataxes pemphixes perplexes phalanxes pharynxes phoenixes pillboxes postboxes postfixes princoxes reaffixes reannexes reindexes saltboxes sandboxes simplexes soapboxes sonovoxes spandexes telotaxes toolboxes tortrixes triplexes tubifexes woadwaxes woodboxes woodwaxes workboxes

10 letters 43

amphimixes anthelixes appendixes aviatrixes breadboxes chemotaxes cicatrixes crucifixes curtalaxes econoboxes epicalyxes fourplexes heretrixes heritrixes homeoboxes horsepoxes intermixes intersexes matchboxes microluxes milliluxes orthodoxes parallaxes phototaxes quadplexes quincunxes sardonyxes sauceboxes smallpoxes snuffboxes soundboxes spinifexes subindexes superfixes supersexes supertaxes sweatboxes swinepoxes toadflaxes transfixes tropotaxes undertaxes videotexes

11 letters 17

anaphylaxes directrixes disclimaxes executrixes mediatrixes multiplexes neocortexes pepperboxes phyllotaxes prophylaxes prothoraxes shadowboxes strongboxes subclimaxes thermotaxes thigmotaxes tinderboxes

12 letters 12

anticlimaxes chatterboxes chickenpoxes circumflexes googolplexes inheritrixes mesothoraxes metathoraxes morphallaxes oropharynxes superhelixes trophallaxes

13 letters 3

hydrothoraxes hypopharynxes nasopharynxes

14 letters 3

heteroduplexes hypercatalexes pneumothoraxes

15 letters 2

archaeopteryxes cephalothoraxes

16 letters 1

chemoprophylaxes

Using these words

To find words ending in XES from your own letters, use the Word Unscrambler with XES in Ends with, or try a pattern such as ???XES in the Crossword Solver. Words come from the open ENABLE word list. Different games use different dictionaries, so always check the rules of your game.

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