5-letter words with F as the first letter
There are 578 five-letter words with F as the first letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring are FEZZY, FIZZY and FUZZY, tied at 29 points. A is the most common second letter among them (98), and the average score is 10.4 points.
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Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green F in the first position leaves these 578 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with F in slot 1, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include FUZZY, FIZZY, FEZZY, FRIZZ and FIQHS. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with an F in slot 1 further.
For Wordle, FALSE is a strong guess from this list: of the familiar words with five different letters, it uses the letters found in the most of these 578 words.
5-letter words with F as the first letter in numbers
- Words
- 578
- Highest scoring
- FEZZY 29 pts
- Average score
- 10.4 pts
- With a definition
- 332 (57%)
- A98
- E79
- I89
- J2
- L98
- O80
- R67
- U59
- Y6
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with f as the first letter
5-letter words with F as the first letter (578)
These 300 of the 578 are a spread sample: the 50 highest scoring first, then words taken in turn from every second letter; within each, words with a dictionary definition come first. The solver above searches all of them for your tiles, and the free JSON API has the full word lists.
Frequently asked questions
How many 5 letter words have F as the first letter?
Unscrambly's list has 578 five-letter words with F in the first position, 4.6% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your first tile turned green as F, these 578 words are your candidates. Cross off any word that uses a letter you have already ruled out, and prefer a guess that tests new letters, such as FALSE.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with F as the first letter?
FEZZY, FIZZY and FUZZY tie at 29 points in Scrabble. Next come FRIZZ (26), FIQHS (20) and FURZY (20). The average is 10.4 points.