Cv joint noise on 99 Honda civic?

So I noticed a faint noise at low speeds. My car has over 220k miles. I have replaced the struts in the past year or so. When I jacked the car up and turned the steering wheel back and forth I could hear a noise from what I think is the cv joint. When I pull on the bar extending from that joint it is slightly loose and I think this is the noise I'm hearing. The play is coming from the wheel joint and not where it meets the transmission. I can hear it on both the driver and passenger joints. Is this normal? If I have reached the end of its life do you just replace the outer axle?

Defected outer CV joints with make "Clicking" noise on full turns or while making a turn. Defected inner CV joints mostly will cause vibration or "Rumble" noise while driving.

Other than that, the noise could be from worn out suspension parts or the Rack and Pinion. Have it check out. HTH