Words that start with F
There are 10,210 words that start with F in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is FUZZBOXES at 39 points. They run from 2 to 15 letters, 8-letter words are the biggest group with 1,823, and the average one scores 15.2 points.
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F loves to double up, so ff endings and words like fluff and off show up more than you might expect. F starts 3.8% of the 269,870 words in the dictionary, the 11th largest share of the 26 letters. The longest run to 15 letters (90 words), FAMILIARISATION among them. Two-letter words starting with F: FA, FE and FY.
Words that start with F in numbers
- Words
- 10,210
- Highest scoring
- FUZZBOXES 39 pts
- Average score
- 15.2 pts
- Longest
- FAMILIARISATION 15 letters
- 23
- 357
- 4250
- 5578
- 6964
- 71,427
- 81,823
- 91,658
- 101,284
- 11900
- 12600
- 13356
- 14220
- 1590
Highest-scoring words that start with f
| Word | Score | Length |
|---|---|---|
| fuzzboxes | 39 | 9 |
| fuzzbox | 37 | 7 |
| frizzlinesses | 34 | 13 |
| frizzinesses | 33 | 12 |
| fizzinesses | 32 | 11 |
| frizzily | 32 | 8 |
| frizzliness | 32 | 11 |
| fuzzinesses | 32 | 11 |
| fizzenless | 31 | 10 |
| fizzgigs | 31 | 8 |
Words that start with F (10,210)
These 300 of the 10,210 are a spread sample: the 50 highest scoring first, then words taken in turn from every length (2 to 15 letters); within each, words with a dictionary definition come first. The solver above searches all of them for your tiles, and the full list is in the free JSON API.
15-letter words 7
14-letter words 24
13-letter words 24
12-letter words 24
11-letter words 24
10-letter words 24
9-letter words 24
8-letter words 24
7-letter words 24
6-letter words 24
5-letter words 25
4-letter words 25
3-letter words 25
Frequently asked questions
How many words start with F?
10,210 words in Unscrambly's list start with F. 578 of them have five letters, 1,427 have seven and 3 have two.
What is the best F word for Scrabble?
FUZZBOXES scores 39 points before bonus squares. Next come FUZZBOX (37), FRIZZLINESSES (34) and FRIZZINESSES (33). Across all 10,210, the average is 15.2 points.
What two-letter words start with F?
FA, FE and FY: 3 in total. Two-letter words are the easiest way to score on a crowded board.
How many 5 letter words start with F?
578. Five letters is the Wordle length, and every one of them is on the 5 letter words starting with F list, where FEZZY scores highest at 29 points.