Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 9-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like XES often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: antefixes, apteryxes, bandboxes.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| antefixes | 9 | 4 | |
| apteryxes | 9 | 4 | |
| bandboxes | 9 | 3 | |
| beeswaxes | 9 | 3 | |
| boomboxes | 9 | 3 | |
| broadaxes | 9 | 3 | |
| carapaxes | 9 | 4 | |
| cashboxes | 9 | 3 | |
| catalexes | 9 | 4 | |
| coalboxes | 9 | 3 | |
| coannexes | 9 | 3 | |
| complexes | 9 | 3 | |
| confluxes | 9 | 3 | |
| epistaxes | 9 | 4 | |
| equinoxes | 9 | 4 | |
| feedboxes | 9 | 3 | |
| fireboxes | 9 | 4 | |
| flummoxes | 9 | 3 | |
| fowlpoxes | 9 | 3 | |
| gearboxes | 9 | 3 | |
| hellboxes | 9 | 3 | |
| homosexes | 9 | 4 | |
| hypotaxes | 9 | 4 | |
| jukeboxes | 9 | 4 | |
| lockboxes | 9 | 3 | |
| mailboxes | 9 | 3 | |
| minimaxes | 9 | 4 | |
| narthexes | 9 | 3 | |
| outjinxes | 9 | 3 | |
| overmixes | 9 | 4 | |
| overtaxes | 9 | 4 | |
| packwaxes | 9 | 3 | |
| panchaxes | 9 | 3 | |
| paradoxes | 9 | 4 | |
| parataxes | 9 | 4 | |
| pemphixes | 9 | 3 | |
| perplexes | 9 | 3 | |
| phalanxes | 9 | 3 | |
| pharynxes | 9 | 3 | |
| phoenixes | 9 | 3 | |
| pillboxes | 9 | 3 | |
| postboxes | 9 | 3 | |
| postfixes | 9 | 3 | |
| princoxes | 9 | 3 | |
| reaffixes | 9 | 3 | |
| reannexes | 9 | 3 | |
| reindexes | 9 | 3 | |
| saltboxes | 9 | 3 | |
| sandboxes | 9 | 3 | |
| simplexes | 9 | 3 | |
| soapboxes | 9 | 3 | |
| sonovoxes | 9 | 4 | |
| spandexes | 9 | 3 | |
| telotaxes | 9 | 4 | |
| toolboxes | 9 | 3 | |
| tortrixes | 9 | 3 | |
| triplexes | 9 | 3 | |
| tubifexes | 9 | 4 | |
| woadwaxes | 9 | 3 | |
| woodboxes | 9 | 3 | |
| woodwaxes | 9 | 3 | |
| workboxes | 9 | 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.