5 Letter Words That Start With EX

All 28 five-letter words beginning with EX, scored for Scrabble and Words With Friends.

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Letter run takes _ as a one-letter gap, so E_O finds lemon. Dictionary keeps only the words your game accepts.

All words · 28
exact14
exalt12
exams14
excel14
exeat12
execs14
exeem14
exeme14
exert12
exfil15
exies12
exile12
exine12
exing13
exist12
exits12
exode13
exome14
exons12
expat14
expel14
expos14
extol12
extra12
exude13
exuls12
exult12
exurb14

5 letter words beginning EX

There are 28 5 letter words beginning with EX in our dictionary — about 9% of the 303 5 letter words that start with E.

Not every game takes every word. Of these 28:21 are valid in Scrabble US, 26 are valid in Scrabble UK and 26 are valid in Words With Friends. Use the Dictionary filter under More filters to keep only the ones your game accepts.

Highest scoring

The best Scrabble play on this list is exfil at 15 points. The top of the table:

  • exfil · 15 pts
  • exact · 14 pts
  • expos · 14 pts
  • expel · 14 pts
  • expat · 14 pts
  • exome · 14 pts

How the rest of the word behaves

7 of them end with T, 7 of them end with S and 6 of them end with E.13of them repeat a letter, which matters when you are working out whether a yellow tile can appear twice.

Using this list

Type the letters you already know into the solver at the top of the page. Put confirmed letters in Right spot in the slot they occupy, letters you know are present but misplaced in Wrong spot, and dead letters in Not in the word. The list narrows as you go, and the answer is never revealed for you.