Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 5-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like EX often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: annex, carex, cimex.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| annex | 5 | 2 | |
| carex | 5 | 2 | |
| cimex | 5 | 2 | |
| codex | 5 | 2 | |
| culex | 5 | 2 | |
| desex | 5 | 2 | |
| index | 5 | 2 | |
| latex | 5 | 2 | |
| mirex | 5 | 2 | |
| murex | 5 | 2 | |
| remex | 5 | 2 | |
| silex | 5 | 2 | |
| telex | 5 | 2 | |
| unsex | 5 | 2 |
What’s typical about EX-ending words?
EX often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.