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Three-letter Words Containing "X" Or "Z"
This is a list that may come in handy when playing word games, or completing a crossword. If challenged to think of three-letter words containing x or z, common words like box, six, zip, andzoo would doubtless come to mind - but you probably wouldn’t be able to come up with forty-six answers.
Here are all forty-six three-letter words containing x or z, in alphabetical order. The list includes such unusual terms as dzo (a crossbreed of a cow and a yak), lux (a unit of illumination), and saz(a kind of lute).
| axe | a chopping tool |
| biz | business |
| box | a container |
| cox | the person who steers a rowing boat |
| coz | archaic a cousin |
| dux | Scottish a top pupil at school |
| dzo | a crossbreed of a cow and a yak |
| fax | an electronic copy of a document |
| fez | a type of hat |
| fix | to attach or repair |
| fox | an animal |
| hex | N. Amer. to cast a spell on someone |
| kex | cow parsley |
| lax | not strict or careful enough |
| lox | N. Amer. smoked salmon |
| lux | a unit of illumination |
| max | maximum |
| Mex | Mexican |
| mix | to blend or combine |
| nix | nothing |
| pax | a call for a truce |
| pix | pictures |
| pox | a disease |
| pyx | a container for Communion bread |
| Rex | the reigning king |
| sax | a saxophone |
| saz | a kind of lute |
| sex | being male or female |
| six | the number |
| tax | money paid to a government |
| tux | a tuxedo |
| Uzi | a type of sub-machine gun |
| vex | to annoy |
| vox | vocals; voice |
| wax | substance used to make candles etc. |
| wiz | = whizz |
| zag | a sharp change of direction |
| zap | to destroy |
| zed | the letter Z |
| zee | N. Amer. the letter Z |
| Zen | a type of Buddhism |
| zig | a sharp change of direction |
| zip | a fastener |
| zit | a spot |
| zol | S. African a hand-rolled cigarette |
| zoo | a place where wild animals are kept |
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