Words containing X

Our dictionary holds 7,078 words containing x, ranging from 2 to 23 letters. The highest-scoring of them is CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSES, worth 47 points in Scrabble.

More of these words begin with E than any other letter — 2,112 of them, about 30% of the list.

385 appear in the 20,000 most common English words (5%), including next, sex, index, text, box; the remaining 6,693 are rarer finds that still count as valid plays.