(If you just want a list of words with a "X" in the middle, see here.)
Listed below are the 25 most played words in Scrabble that contain an "X" but do not start or end with "X". The words are presented in playrank order, meaning AXE is the most played word of the bunch, OXO is the second most played, and so on down the list. This information only applies to games played using the OWL2 official word list.
The first 14 of these words are commonly played and should be memorized. The remainder are played regularly.
1. axe
2. oxo
3. oxy
4. vext
5. axed
6. taxi
7. axel
8. axis
9. exit
10. nixe
11. ixia
12. taxa
13. maxi
14. exon
15. axes
16. dexy
17. coxa
18. oxid
19. fixt
20. next
21. oxen
22. axon
23. taxis
24. sext
25. mixt
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