Pattern size
10 verified matches
Only the ending is shared. The earlier 4 slots still vary, and BORAX covers B, O, R, and A before the final X without wasting that comparison on the known tile.
10 real matches in Wurdella
5-Letter Words Ending In X
Fix X in the final square and 10 Wurdella words remain, from AFFIX to VARIX. The ending no longer needs attention; the earlier 4 places are where these candidates separate from one another.
Repeated letters
3 answers repeat a letter
AFFIX, ANNEX, and HAPAX each use a duplicate. For a cleaner letter test, compare them with BORAX, CULEX, and KYLIX.
Reading order
The list runs from AFFIX to VARIX
AFFIX, ANNEX, BORAX, CULEX, and HAPAX open the list; VARIX is the final entry alphabetically.
All 10 matches from AFFIX to VARIX
10 choices are few enough to verify one by one. Compare AFFIX, KYLIX and VARIX with the same care, then cross out anything that contradicts the board.
- AFFIX
- ANNEX
- BORAX
- CULEX
- HAPAX
- KYLIX
- MUREX
- PHLOX
- SILEX
- VARIX
What separates these 10 candidates
A, E, and I appear across the open parts of the list more often than the other movable letters. BORAX exposes 4 distinct letters outside the fixed clue: B, O, R, and A.
Leaders in open positions
- first: A in 2 words
- second: A in 2 words
- third: L in 4 words
- fourth: E in 4 words
Movable letters seen most often
- A appears outside the fixed clue in 5 candidates
- E appears outside the fixed clue in 4 candidates
- I appears outside the fixed clue in 4 candidates
- L appears outside the fixed clue in 4 candidates
- R appears outside the fixed clue in 3 candidates
Vowel count across the matches
8 of the 10 matches use 2 vowels. BORAX is one concrete example of that shape.
1 vowel: 22 vowels: 8
X closes every answer
Read BORAX from right to left
Hold X at the end and work backward through the evidence. Before that known tile, BORAX tests B, O, R, and A without a duplicate. Check those letters against the earliest open squares first, because that is where similar endings usually part company.
The final X earns BORAX a place on this page. The earlier letters still need to satisfy your greens, yellows and exclusions before the word deserves a turn.
Browse solving strategies →Meanings found in this 10-word result set
Every match on this page has a glossary note. The entries for AFFIX, ANNEX, and BORAX show the exact sense Wurdella uses, which is worth checking before an unfamiliar spelling costs a turn.
- AFFIX
- To attach or fasten something to something else.
- ANNEX
- An added section of a building, or something attached to a larger thing.
- BORAX
- A white mineral salt of boric acid used in cleaning and manufacturing.
- CULEX
- A genus of mosquitoes that includes many widespread species, some of which can transmit disease.
- HAPAX
- A word or expression that occurs only once within a particular text, author, or body of work.
- KYLIX
- A shallow ancient Greek drinking cup with two horizontal handles.
- MUREX
- A predatory sea snail historically used to produce purple dye.
- PHLOX
- A flowering plant known for clusters of brightly colored blossoms.
- SILEX
- Flint or silica, especially in older scientific and technical usage.
- VARIX
- An abnormally enlarged, swollen, or twisted vein or other vessel.
Hold the final X and adjust the earlier evidence
From 5-Letter Words Ending In X, the nearest alternative is 5-Letter Words Ending In E, currently with 250 matches. Use the links below only when new board feedback changes the constraint you actually know.
Work backward through BORAX
Start with the last square: if X is not fixed there, leave this list. If it is, compare B, O, R, and A in BORAX with the earlier tiles and remove the word at the first contradiction.