Words Ending in X

Common words that end in X

The 50 most used in spoken English (SUBTLEX-US), with a short meaning.

• six 10/10 the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
• relax 12/13 become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
• box 12/13 a (usually rectangular) container
• fix 13/13 restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
• max 12/13 street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
• fox 13/13 alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail
• mix 12/13 mix together different elements
• tax 10/10 charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government
• complex 20/24 a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts
• ex 9/9 a man who was formerly a certain woman's husband
• phoenix 19/20 the state capital and largest city located in south central Arizona
• rex 10/10 a male sovereign
• wax 13/13 cover with wax
• ox 9/9 an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos
• fax 13/13 duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio
• ax 9/9 an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
• mailbox 18/21 a private box for delivery of mail
• jinx 18/21 a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him
• matrix 15/16 (mathematics) a rectangular array of quantities or expressions set out by rows and columns
• sox 10/10
• tux 10/11 semiformal evening dress for men
• appendix 20/23 supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book
• lex 10/11
• icebox 17/19 white goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures
• hoax 14/13 something intended to deceive
• reflex 16/17 an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
• jukebox 27/31 a cabinet containing an automatic record player
• index 13/14 a numerical scale used to compare variables with one another or with some reference number
• climax 17/20 the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
• cox 12/13 either of two related enzymes that control the production of prostaglandins and are blocked by aspirin
• lax 10/11 lacking in rigor or strictness
• nix 10/11 a quantity of no importance
• dex 11/11
• vortex 16/17 the shape of something rotating rapidly
• pox 12/13 a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete
• smallpox 19/23 a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs…
• latex 12/13 a milky exudate from certain plants that coagulates on exposure to air
• unorthodox 21/22 independent in behavior or thought
• detox 13/13 the hospital ward or clinic in which patients are detoxified
• anthrax 17/17 a highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep)
• hex 13/12 an evil spell
• paradox 17/18 (logic) a statement that contradicts itself
• toolbox 16/18 a box or chest or cabinet for holding hand tools
• sax 10/10 a Belgian maker of musical instruments who invented the saxophone (1814-1894)
• crucifix 22/25 representation of the cross on which Jesus died
• larynx 16/17 a cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea
• cortex 15/16 the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum
• sandbox 17/19 mold consisting of a box with sand shaped to mold metal
• orthodox 19/18 of or pertaining to or characteristic of Judaism
• flux 14/16 the rate of flow of energy or particles across a given surface

All 358 words that end in X

Numbers are Scrabble points, then Words With Friends points.

Longest: ADMINISTRATRIX (14 letters).