Words That Start With X
These words that start with X come from a standard English dictionary used for word games, ranked by how often each word is used in everyday writing. There are 12 words starting with X on this page. The 12 most common come first, each with a short meaning, followed by shorter, longer and easier picks and a filter for any ending or length.
X is the leanest letter on the site for words, with a dozen in total. Most begin with "xe" or "xy", and in each case the X sounds like a Z, so "xylophone" and "xenon" both start with a buzz.
"Xylophone" is the go-to X word for alphabet books. "Xenon" is a gas, and "xylem" is part of a plant, moving water from roots to leaves. Entries such as "xylitol" and "xylose" come from chemistry. For extra practice, look at words with X inside, like box or fox.
- Words starting with X
- 12
- Most used
- xi
- Longest common one
- xenophobia 10 letters
- Nouns, verbs, adjectives
- 8, 0, 1
Most common words that start with X
Ranked by how often the word appears in English text. "Type" is the word's main part of speech.
| # | Word | Meaning | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | xi | the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one | noun |
| 2 | xu | no short meaning listed | |
| 3 | xenophobia | a fear of foreigners or strangers | noun |
| 4 | xenophobic | suffering from xenophobia; having abnormal fear or hatred of the strange or foreign | adj. |
| 5 | xerox | a copy made by a xerographic printer | noun |
| 6 | xenon | a colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth's atmosphere in trace amounts | noun |
| 7 | xenia | no short meaning listed | |
| 8 | xylophone | a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators | noun |
| 9 | xylem | the woody part of plants: the supporting and water-conducting tissue, consisting primarily of tracheids and... | noun |
| 10 | xylene | a colorless flammable volatile liquid hydrocarbon used as a solvent | noun |
| 11 | xylose | a sugar extracted from wood or straw; used in foods for diabetics | noun |
| 12 | xylitol | no short meaning listed |
Short words that start with X
Two to four letters.
- xi
- xu
5 letter words starting with X
- xerox
- xenon
- xenia
- xylem
Long words that start with X
Ten letters or more.
- xenophobia
- xenophobic
Words that start and end with X
- xerox
More that start with X
- NamesXimena, Xavier
- Girl namesXimena, Xiomara
- Boy namesXavier, Xander
- Last namesXiong, Xu
- 5-letter wordsxerox, xenon
- Adjectivesxenophobic
- Nounsxenophobia, xerox
- Animalsx-ray tetra, xenops
- Flowersxeranthemum
- Countries
- CitiesXian, Xiamen
- Foodsxacuti
- Fruitsximenia
- Thingsx-ray, xylophone
- Colorsxanadu
- Jobsx-ray technician, xylophonist
- Dog namesXiao, Xander
Questions people ask
How many words start with X?
This list has 12 words starting with X, taken from a standard word-game dictionary and limited to words that appear in real English text.
What are the most common words that start with X?
xi, xu, xenophobia, xenophobic, xerox, xenon, xenia, xylophone are the most used in everyday English.
What are some long words that start with X?
xenophobia, xenophobic.
Source: the ENABLE word list (a public-domain dictionary used for word games), ranked by how often each word appears in English text (the open wordfreq project), with short meanings from Princeton WordNet. Offensive words are left out.
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