6-letter words containing EX
Embark on an exploration of 6-letter words that contain the letter EX. This segment uncovers the diverse range of words that incorporate EX within this specific length, revealing the versatility and richness of language. Ideal for vocabulary enthusiasts and word-game aficionados.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| excuse | 15 | a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc. | he kept finding excuses to stay |
| expect | 17 | regard something as probable or likely | The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow |
| except | 17 | take exception to | - |
| sexual | 13 | involved in a sexual relationship | the intimate (or sexual) relations between husband and wife |
| expert | 15 | having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude | an expert job |
| expose | 15 | to show, make visible or apparent | - |
| extend | 14 | extend in scope or range or area | The law was extended to all citizens |
| exotic | 15 | being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world | exotic plants in a greenhouse |
| extent | 13 | the distance or area or volume over which something extends | the vast extent of the desert |
| expand | 16 | exaggerate or make bigger | - |
| dexter | 14 | on or starting from the wearer's right | - |
| excess | 15 | excessive indulgence | - |
| export | 15 | commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country | - |
| vortex | 16 | the shape of something rotating rapidly | - |
| reflex | 16 | an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus | - |
| exhale | 16 | give out (breath or an odor) | The chimney exhales a thick smoke |
| exceed | 16 | be greater in scope or size than some standard | Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds |
| excite | 15 | cause to be agitated, excited, or roused | - |
| exodus | 14 | the second book of the Old Testament: tells of the departure of the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt led by Moses; God gave them the Ten Commandments and the rest of Mosaic law on Mount Sinai during the Exodus | - |
| sexist | 13 | a man with a chauvinistic belief in the inferiority of women | - |
| sexier | 13 | - | - |
| exiled | 14 | - | - |
| cortex | 15 | the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum | - |
| exempt | 17 | grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to | She exempted me from the exam |
| expire | 15 | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life | - |
| extort | 13 | get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner | - |
| duplex | 16 | a house with two units sharing a common wall | - |
| sexism | 15 | discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of the opposite sex | - |
| sexton | 13 | an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects | - |
| expiry | 18 | a coming to an end of a contract period | the expiry of his driver's license |
| alexia | 13 | inability to perceive written words | - |
| plexus | 15 | a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels | - |
| vexing | 17 | extremely annoying or displeasing | - |
| exhume | 18 | dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies | - |
| excise | 15 | remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line | - |
| unisex | 13 | not distinguished on the basis of sex | - |
| expend | 16 | use up, consume fully | The legislature expended its time on school questions |
| annexe | 13 | an addition that extends a main building | - |
| unsexy | 16 | not sexually aroused or arousing | - |
| exuded | 15 | - | - |
| convex | 18 | curving or bulging outward | - |
| sexily | 16 | - | - |
| exhort | 16 | force or impel in an indicated direction | - |
| suplex | 15 | - | - |
| flexor | 16 | a skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint | - |
| flexed | 17 | - | - |
| sextet | 13 | six performers or singers who perform together | - |
| exeunt | 13 | - | - |
| sexpot | 15 | a young woman who is thought to have sex appeal | - |
| extant | 13 | still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost | extant manuscripts |
| ibexes | 15 | - | - |
| orexin | 13 | - | - |
| exergy | 17 | - | - |
| exfils | 16 | - | - |
| exomes | 15 | - | - |
| flexis | 16 | - | - |
| plexed | 16 | - | - |
| prexie | 15 | - | - |
| sexted | 14 | - | - |
| plexal | 15 | - | - |
| plexes | 15 | - | - |
| plexor | 15 | (medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes | - |
| pollex | 15 | the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb | - |
| prexes | 15 | - | - |
| rhexes | 16 | - | - |
| rexine | 13 | - | - |
| rhexis | 16 | - | - |
| scolex | 15 | - | - |
| sexers | 13 | - | - |
| sexfid | 17 | - | - |
| sexing | 14 | - | - |
| sextan | 13 | - | - |
| sextos | 13 | - | - |
| silvex | 16 | a herbicide that is effective in controlling woody plants but is toxic to animals | - |
| ulexes | 13 | - | - |
| unvext | 16 | - | - |
| urtext | 13 | - | - |
| vexils | 16 | - | - |
| vexers | 16 | - | - |
| vertex | 16 | the highest point (of something) | - |
| wexing | 17 | - | - |
| yexing | 17 | - | - |
| texted | 14 | - | - |
| texter | 13 | - | - |
| isolex | 13 | - | - |
| lexeme | 15 | a minimal unit (as a word or stem) in the lexicon of a language; `go' and `went' and `gone' and `going' are all members of the English lexeme `go' | - |
| lexica | 15 | - | - |
| nextly | 16 | - | - |
| orexis | 13 | - | - |
| orifex | 16 | - | - |
| hexene | 16 | - | - |
| hexers | 16 | - | - |
| hexing | 17 | - | - |
| hexone | 16 | - | - |
| hexose | 16 | a monosaccharide that contains six carbon atoms per molecule | - |
| hexyls | 19 | - | - |
| hexane | 16 | a colorless flammable liquid alkane derived from petroleum and used as a solvent | - |
| hexads | 17 | - | - |
| hexact | 18 | - | - |
| hexade | 17 | - | - |
| implex | 17 | - | - |
| ilexes | 13 | - | - |
| imbrex | 17 | - | - |
| dentex | 14 | - | - |
| deflex | 17 | - | - |
| dexies | 14 | - | - |
| dextro | 14 | - | - |
| diplex | 16 | - | - |
| exeems | 15 | - | - |
| exiler | 13 | - | - |
| exiles | 13 | - | - |
| exilic | 15 | of or relating to a period of exile (especially the exile of the Jews known as the Babylonian Captivity) | - |
| exines | 13 | - | - |
| exists | 13 | - | - |
| exited | 14 | - | - |
| exodes | 14 | - | - |
| exodic | 16 | - | - |
| exemed | 16 | - | - |
| exemes | 15 | - | - |
| exequy | 25 | - | - |
| exerts | 13 | - | - |
| exodoi | 14 | - | - |
| exodos | 14 | - | - |
| expugn | 16 | - | - |
| exsect | 15 | - | - |
| expels | 15 | - | - |
| exogen | 14 | flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside | - |
| exomis | 15 | - | - |
| exonic | 15 | - | - |
| exonym | 18 | - | - |
| exopod | 16 | - | - |
| expats | 15 | - | - |
| exsert | 13 | thrust or extend out | the bee exserted its sting |
| exedra | 14 | - | - |
| excels | 15 | - | - |
| excide | 16 | - | - |
| excamb | 19 | - | - |
| exarch | 18 | a bishop in eastern Christendom who holds a place below a patriarch but above a metropolitan | - |
| exacta | 15 | a bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order | - |
| exacts | 15 | - | - |
| exacum | 17 | genus of tropical Asiatic and African plants: especially Persian violets | - |
| exalts | 13 | - | - |
| examen | 15 | a detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits) | - |
| exeats | 13 | - | - |
| extras | 13 | - | - |
| exudes | 14 | - | - |
| exults | 13 | - | - |
| exurbs | 15 | - | - |
| exuvia | 16 | - | - |
| extols | 13 | - | - |
| extasy | 16 | - | - |
| extern | 13 | a nonresident doctor or medical student; connected with a hospital but not living there | - |
| extine | 13 | - | - |
| extirp | 15 | - | - |
| extold | 14 | - | - |
| extoll | 13 | - | - |
| flexes | 16 | - | - |
| flexos | 16 | - | - |
| frutex | 16 | - | - |
| forfex | 19 | - | - |
| grexes | 14 | - | - |
| apexes | 15 | - | - |
| auspex | 15 | (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy | - |
| caudex | 16 | persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant | - |
| biflex | 18 | - | - |
| bembex | 19 | - | - |
| adnexa | 14 | accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages to an organ (especially of the embryo) | Fallopian tubes and ovaries are adnexa of the uterus |
| alexic | 15 | of or relating to or symptomatic of alexia | - |
| alexin | 13 | - | - |
