Words that end in X

What is in this list

This list holds 360 words, 0.2% of the 172,634 words this site keeps from the ENABLE word list. They run from 2 to 14 letters, and the most common length is 7 letters with 75 words (20.8% of the list). The shortest are AX, EX and OX; the longest is ADMINISTRATRIX. Of the 12 lists in this group it is the 6th largest: “words that end in ED” leads with 13,318 and “words that end in J” has the fewest, 7.

Points and vowels

Using this site's letter values, the average word here scores 17.9 points (median 18); words of the same lengths across the whole list average 11.9, so this list runs 6.1 points richer. The top scorers are HYPERCOMPLEX (32), HYPOPHARYNX (32), JUKEBOX (31), JAMBEAUX (30). Point for point, ZAX earns the most per letter: 17 points over 3 letters, 5.7 each. X itself is worth 8 points here, which is why so many of these words outscore their length.

Vowels (A, E, I, O, U) make up 37.8% of the letters, against 38% across the whole list. 15 words are more than half vowels. 2 words have none of them at all, leaning on Y instead — for example LYNX and PYX. Compared with the whole dictionary, the letter most over-represented here is F: 2.2% of the letters, against 1.2% overall.

How the words are built

The letter just before the final X is most often E (20.8% of words), followed by O (20.6%). 40 words have a doubled letter (11.1%); the most common doubles are LL (9), FF (6), OO (6). The most common three-letter openings are ANT- (6, as in ANTEFIX), PRE- (5, as in PRECIEUX), CHA- (4, as in CHAMOIX).

Word play in this list

The biggest anagram family here is MIREX and REMIX — 2 words from the same 5 letters. Altogether 2 sets of anagrams sit inside this list, covering 4 words. The longest word with no letter repeated is COADJUTRIX (10 different letters). NONORTHODOX is the longest word here that uses only one kind of vowel, ahead of STRONGBOX.

0% of these words take an S on the end and stay a word; after S, the most useful end letter is Y, which extends 16 words. At the front, F turns 6 words into new ones (AX → FAX); P turns 6 words into new ones (AX → PAX); S turns 4 words into new ones (AX → SAX).

Using this list

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