5-letter words starting with F
There are 428 five-letter words starting with F in our word list. 108 of them are common everyday words, such as FIRST, FOUND, FIELD and FIGHT.
- Words
- 428
- Common words
- 108
- Top score
- FUZZY
- 29 points
F often doubles at the end of short words (CLIFF, STAFF, STUFF) and ends the suffix -FUL. The same sound is also spelled PH and GH.
Five-letter words are the format of the most popular daily word guessing games. A strong first guess uses five different common letters.
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5-letter words (428)
- first
- found
- field
- fight
- final
- focus
- force
- front
- funny
- faces
- facts
- faith
- falls
- false
- fault
- favor
- feels
- fifth
- films
- finds
- fired
- fixed
- floor
- folks
- forms
- frame
- frank
- fresh
- fruit
- fully
- funds
- faced
- fails
- fairy
- fancy
- farms
- fatal
- fears
- fence
- ferry
- fever
- fewer
- fiber
- fifty
- filed
- files
- fires
- firms
- flags
- flame
- flash
- fleet
- flesh
- flies
- flood
- flour
- flows
- fluid
- foods
- forth
- forty
- forum
- fraud
- freak
- fried
- faded
- faint
- famed
- fares
- fatty
- fauna
- feast
- feeds
- fetch
- fetus
- fibre
- fiery
- fills
- finch
- fined
- fines
- fixes
- flair
- flank
- flare
- flats
- flaws
- flick
- flint
- flirt
- float
- flock
- flora
- flown
- flush
- flute
- flyer
- focal
- fools
- forge
- freed
- fries
- frogs
- frost
- fuels
- funky
- furry
- fuzzy
- fable
- facet
- fades
- fairs
- faked
- fakes
- fangs
- fanny
- farce
- fared
- farts
- fated
- fates
- feats
- fecal
- feces
- fella
- felon
- femme
- femur
- feral
- ferns
- fetal
- fiend
- filly
- filth
- finer
- firth
- fishy
- fists
- fitch
- fives
- fixer
- flake
- flaps
- flask
- fleas
- fling
- flips
- flops
- floss
- fluff
- fluke
- flung
- foggy
- folds
- folio
- folly
- fonts
- footy
- foray
- forks
- forte
- forts
- fouls
- fours
- foxes
- foyer
- frail
- franc
- frees
- friar
- fritz
- frown
- froze
- fudge
- fumes
- fungi
- fused
- fuses
- fussy
- fader
- faker
- fasts
- fatwa
- faves
- feign
- feint
- fells
- fermi
- feuds
- filet
- fiver
- fizzy
- fjord
- flack
- flail
- flaky
- fleck
- flees
- flier
- flume
- foals
- foams
- foils
- fords
- forgo
- fossa
- freer
- frets
- frisk
- frith
- frock
- froth
- fryer
- fugue
- furor
- futon
- faery
- fagin
- fakir
- fanon
- fatso
- fawns
- faxed
- faxes
- fayed
- fazed
- feist
- felts
- fends
- feria
- feted
- fetes
- fetid
- ficus
- fiefs
- filer
- fille
- filmy
- finis
- finks
- flied
- flits
- floes
- flout
- flunk
- fluor
- flyby
- foamy
- foist
- fonds
- foots
- forme
- fosse
- fount
- fovea
- fowls
- frere
- frill
- frizz
- frond
- frosh
- fumed
- furze
- facer
- facia
- fagot
- fames
- farad
- fauns
- fauve
- fazes
- felly
- fenny
- ferny
- fiats
- fiche
- fifer
- fifes
- filch
- finny
- fiord
- firer
- fixit
- flans
- flays
- fleer
- flite
- flogs
- flubs
- flues
- fluky
- flyte
- fogey
- folia
- folky
- forbs
- fores
- foxed
- frags
- fraps
- frass
- frats
- frays
- frier
- frise
- frits
- frons
- frump
- fucus
- fugal
- fulls
- fundi
- funks
- furan
- fusil
- fusty
- fuzes
- faddy
- faena
- fakey
- fanes
- faqir
- farcy
- farer
- faros
- faugh
- felid
- feres
- fesse
- feyer
- filar
- fillo
- filos
- filum
- finos
- fitly
- fjeld
- flams
- flics
- flocs
- flota
- flump
- foehn
- fondu
- foram
- forby
- fordo
- forky
- fremd
- frena
- fungo
- fusee
- fusel
- fuzed
- fadge
- fados
- fanga
- fanos
- fanum
- farci
- fards
- farle
- farls
- fatly
- fauld
- favas
- favus
- fawny
- fease
- feaze
- fecks
- feeze
- femes
- feods
- feoff
- ferly
- fetas
- fetor
- feuar
- feued
- feyly
- fezes
- fiars
- fices
- fichu
- ficin
- fidge
- fidos
- fifed
- fique
- firns
- firry
- fiscs
- flabs
- flamy
- flawy
- flaxy
- fleam
- flews
- fleys
- flong
- flued
- fluty
- fluyt
- fogie
- fohns
- foins
- frigs
- fritt
- froes
- frore
- frows
- frugs
- fubsy
- fuggy
- fugio
- fugle
- fugus
- fujis
- fumer
- fumet
- furls
- furzy
- fuzee
- fuzil
- fyces
- fykes
- fytte
Darker borders mark common everyday words. Rarer words follow in each group.
Good first guesses
These common words use five different letters that appear often in five-letter words, so they rule out the most letters in one guess:
- false
- fresh
- frame
- flesh
- first
Questions
How many five-letter words starting with F are there?
Our word list has 428 five-letter words starting with F. 108 of them are common everyday words.
What are some common five-letter words starting with F?
The most common are FIRST, FOUND, FIELD, FIGHT, FINAL and FOCUS.
Which five-letter word starting with F scores the most points?
Using standard letter tile values, FUZZY scores 29 points, the most of any five-letter word starting with F in our list.
What is a good first guess in a five-letter word game?
Words with five different, frequent letters give you the most information. Good choices from this list are FALSE, FRESH, FRAME and FLESH.
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