Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 8-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like XES often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: affluxes, apomixes, banjaxes.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| affluxes | 8 | 3 | |
| apomixes | 8 | 4 | |
| banjaxes | 8 | 3 | |
| bollixes | 8 | 3 | |
| bolloxes | 8 | 3 | |
| bombyxes | 8 | 3 | |
| cathexes | 8 | 3 | |
| caudexes | 8 | 3 | |
| cervixes | 8 | 3 | |
| climaxes | 8 | 3 | |
| coccyxes | 8 | 3 | |
| commixes | 8 | 3 | |
| convexes | 8 | 3 | |
| cortexes | 8 | 3 | |
| cowpoxes | 8 | 3 | |
| duplexes | 8 | 3 | |
| earwaxes | 8 | 3 | |
| effluxes | 8 | 3 | |
| geotaxes | 8 | 3 | |
| hatboxes | 8 | 3 | |
| hotboxes | 8 | 3 | |
| iceboxes | 8 | 4 | |
| influxes | 8 | 3 | |
| larynxes | 8 | 3 | |
| lummoxes | 8 | 3 | |
| mastixes | 8 | 3 | |
| matrixes | 8 | 3 | |
| nontaxes | 8 | 3 | |
| outboxes | 8 | 3 | |
| outfoxes | 8 | 3 | |
| panmixes | 8 | 3 | |
| paxwaxes | 8 | 3 | |
| pegboxes | 8 | 3 | |
| phenixes | 8 | 3 | |
| pickaxes | 8 | 3 | |
| poleaxes | 8 | 3 | |
| prefixes | 8 | 3 | |
| premixes | 8 | 3 | |
| reflexes | 8 | 3 | |
| refluxes | 8 | 3 | |
| silvexes | 8 | 3 | |
| skyboxes | 8 | 3 | |
| smilaxes | 8 | 3 | |
| spadixes | 8 | 3 | |
| sphinxes | 8 | 2 | |
| storaxes | 8 | 3 | |
| styraxes | 8 | 3 | |
| subfixes | 8 | 3 | |
| suffixes | 8 | 3 | |
| surtaxes | 8 | 3 | |
| syntaxes | 8 | 3 | |
| syrinxes | 8 | 3 | |
| teaboxes | 8 | 3 | |
| thoraxes | 8 | 3 | |
| unisexes | 8 | 4 | |
| vernixes | 8 | 3 | |
| vertexes | 8 | 3 | |
| volvoxes | 8 | 3 | |
| vortexes | 8 | 3 |
What’s typical about XES-ending words?
XES often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.