5 Letter Words Containing F

How to find a five-letter word with an F in Wordle

Looking for 5 letter words that contain F to solve a Wordle? The finder above already has F in "Must contain". If you know its spot, use a green box instead.

A real example from our word list: the answer is FATAL, and all you know is that it has an F in it, which leaves 163 common words. Open with FLARE, the guess that splits this set most evenly.

Guess 1: FLARE F is green and L and A are yellow, and the rest are grey. That leaves 4 possible answers: final, fault, fatal and focal.

Guess 2: FAULT F and A are green and L and T are yellow, and the rest are grey. That leaves 1 possible answer.

Guess 3: FATAL All five letters are green. Solved in 3.

Where F appears in the word

In common words with F, the letter sits most often in the first spot (69%) and least often in the second (2%). If you've had F come back yellow, try it in the first or fourth spot next.

13 of them use F twice, like stuff, staff, offer and fifth.

The letters that appear most often alongside F are E (in 41%), R (in 40%) and A (in 34%).

About 5 letter words with F

F is fairly common at the start of 5 letter words, as in first and fresh, and at the end, often doubled, as in stuff, staff and cliff. In the middle it often appears as FT or FF, like fifth and offer. F is worth 4 points in Scrabble.

F ranks 21 out of 26 as a letter for 5 letter words.

Where F fits in a word

F is mostly a first letter: two thirds of common F words start with it, as in first and front. In the middle, F often comes before T, as in after, draft, often and shift. Double F appears in offer and bluff. In Wordle, a yellow F is usually best tried first, then fourth before T. For the F-first list, see 5 letter words starting with F. For F at the end, see 5 letter words ending in F.

Vowels in 5 letter words with F

E is the most common vowel here, appearing in 41% of the common words, followed by A (34%) and I (34%). The least common is U (18%).

44% have just one vowel, like first, front, fight and stuff. At the other end, mafia, fauna and folio have three or more.

Nouns, verbs and adjectives

By main meaning (WordNet), there are 94 nouns, 42 adjectives, 22 verbs and 5 adverbs.

Nouns include front, field and force. Adjectives include first, final and funny. Verbs include found, fight and offer. Adverbs include after, often and fully.

Best Wordle guesses with F

Top guesses, with the average number of the 163 common words each leaves: FLARE (6.2), FLAIR (6.2), FLIRT (6.3), FRAIL (6.6) and FRIES (6.6).

26% repeat a letter, and 29 have a double letter, like stuff, staff, offer and funny.

Highest-scoring 5 letter words with F in Scrabble

Top common words: fuzzy (29), whiff (17) and fixed (16). All valid words: fuzzy (29), fizzy (29) and fezzy (29). 91 words reach 15 points or more.