5-Letter Words With H and X
There are 10 five-letter words containing both H and X in our dictionary; 5 of them are common words.
Type your own letters to find only the 5-letter words you can make, or leave it empty to open this list in the word finder.
All 10 words
- sixth15 points
- phlox17 points
- hexed16 points
- helix15 points
- hexes15 points
- hexyl18 points
- hyrax18 points
- hexad16 points
- hexer15 points
- hapax17 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 10
- By usage: 1 very common, 4 common, 5 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- hexyl 18
- hyrax 18
- hapax 17
- phlox 17
- hexad 16
- hexed 16
- helix 15
- hexer 15
- hexes 15
- sixth 15
Most common
- sixth
- phlox
- hexed
- helix
- hexes
- hexyl
- hyrax
- hexad
- hexer
- hapax
Definitions
- sixth (adjective)
- Coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position.
- phlox (noun)
- Any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox; chiefly North American; cultivated for their clusters of flowers.
- hexed (adjective)
- (usually used colloquially) causing or accompanied by misfortune.
- helix (noun)
- A curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle.
Looking for five-letter words containing both H and X? You are in the right place. This list has 10 of them, sorted so the familiar words such as SIXTH and PHLOX appear before the obscure ones. Every entry is a real dictionary word, and every score badge is computed from standard tile values. Use the filters in the search box to keep only the words that also fit the other letters on your rack or the pattern in your puzzle.
How to use this page
Begin with the search box if you are mid-game: your letters, plus question marks for blanks, produce the playable words instantly. Begin with the list if you are studying: the common words are at the top, the definitions section explains the most useful ones, and the quick facts show the top scorers.
Tips
If you know some letters of a word and their positions, a pattern search finds it faster than scanning a list. Open the word finder, type the word with question marks for the unknown letters, and every match appears immediately. You can combine a pattern with the starts-with and ends-with filters to narrow the set further. This works for crosswords, for daily five-letter puzzles and for any tile game where a board word gives you two or three fixed letters.
Questions
How many five-letter words containing both H and X are there?
Our dictionary has 10 five-letter words containing both H and X, of which 5 are common English words. The count comes from the public-domain ENABLE list, so it can differ slightly from the dictionary a particular game uses.
What is the highest-scoring word among the five-letter words containing both H and X?
HEXYL scores 18 points with classic tile values, ignoring board multipliers. The full top ten is in the quick facts above; switch the tile set on the search tool if you play with different letter values.