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5-letter words starting with X
There are 13 5-letter words starting with X in the standard word-game list. The most common are xerox, xenia, xenon, xebec, xenic, xeric. Every five-letter word here is a valid Wordle guess, and the commonest ones are the likeliest answers.
Most common, with meanings
| Word | Meaning | Points |
|---|---|---|
| xerox | a duplicator (trade mark Xerox) that copies graphic matter by the action of light on an electrically charged… | 19 |
| xenia | The concept of hospitality to strangers. | 12 |
| xenon | a colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth's atmosphere in trace amounts | 12 |
| xebec | A small two-masted, and later three-masted, Mediterranean transport ship with an overhanging bow and stern. | 16 |
| xenic | Containing an unidentified organism, especially a bacterium. | 14 |
| xeric | being deficient in moisture | 14 |
| xylan | A polysaccharide, consisting of xylose residues, found in the cell walls of some algae and plants. | 15 |
| xylem | the woody part of plants: the supporting and water-conducting tissue, consisting primarily of tracheids and… | 17 |
| xylol | a colorless flammable volatile liquid hydrocarbon used as a solvent | 15 |
| xylyl | Any of several univalent radicals, of formula (CH3)2C6H3- derived from the three isomers of xylene: ortho-,… | 18 |