access, excess, axes

Access or access ( ack sess ) means capacity or permission to enter or approach--
You need a password to access this site.
Access to the building was blocked by construction work.

Excess or excess ( eck sess ) means an additional amount, more than what is useful, expected, allowed, or needed, literally or figuratively--
We have some excess lumber; does anyone want it?
His doctor warned him not to drink to excess.
The airlines are no longer accepting excess baggage.
She has a lot of excess emotional baggage.

Axes or axes ( ack sez ) is the plural ( more than one )  of "ax", the tool used for cutting down trees or splitting logs--
He sharpened the axes before they cut the logs into firewood.
Be careful, there are some old axes hanging on the barn wall.

Axis or axis ( ack siss ) means the center line around which a planet or sphere turns, or a line dividing something in two, symetrically--
The earth's axis is at a slight angle from the vertical.
Germany and Italy were called the "axis powers" during WW II because together they bisect the map of Europe. 

Axes ( ack seeze )  may also be the plural ( more than one ) of "axis", meaning the center line around which a globe or planet rotates--
She refuses to believe that planets rotate on their axes.
The two axes meet in the center of the diagram.

Exes or exes ( eck sez ) may be the plural ( more than one ) of "ex", meaning former spouse--
They went out for a drink and talked about their exes
Exes may also be the plural of "x" or "ex", meaning the letter x, or a mark made in the shape of the letter x--
She made a row of exes and ohs at the bottom of the page.
"Exes" may be written "x's" ( exk sez )--
She made a row of x's at the bottom of the page.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"Our online group wants access to our exes so we can talk about the excess of emotion they might work off by using axes to chop wood. "
"Excess drinking seems to be the axis of the his problems, which all revolve around it."
"We marked the excess units with red x's"