The Top 25 Most Played Words in Scrabble that Start with the Letter X

Surprisingly, there are 152 playable Scrabble words that start with the letter "X", words like XEROX, the chemical element XENON, XENOPHOBIA, and the Greek letter XI.

However, words starting with "X" are rarely played: In the list below, the first three words (shown in red) are played all the time. After the 19th word in the list (XYLENE) there is a dramatic drop off in how often the words are seen. So an intermediate level player should only work on memorizing the first 19 words.

As usual the list applies only to OWL2 and is presented in playrank order, meaning the earlier a word is in the list the more often it gets played and the more useful it is to memorize.

1. xi
2. xu
3. xis

4. xenia
5. xenon
6. xeric
7. xenial
8. xenic
9. xerus
10. xyst
11. xysti
12. xenons
13. xenias
14. xebec
15. xylan
16. xylem
17. xebecs
18. xylans
19. xylene
20. xylol
21. xystoi
22. xyster
23. xylems
24. xylose
25. xysts

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