Are you at a loss when thinking of five-letter words starting with F? You’re not the only one. Many word game fans struggle to develop new terms for popular games like Wordle, Scrabble, or crossword puzzles.
Beginning with F, this full list of 449 five-letter words will improve your word game abilities and grow your vocabulary.
From everyday terms to less common ones, we’ve put together a wide range of words to help you play better.
In this article, you’ll find:
- Common words you may have forgotten
- Odd terms that might catch others off guard
- Brief explanations to help you grasp and recall each word
Let’s explore this collection of F words to help you become a stronger player in your favorite word games!
A Collection of 449 Five-Letter Words that Starts with F
- Fable – A short story that teaches a moral lesson.
- Faced – Confronted or dealt with a situation.
- Facer – A surprising or difficult situation.
- Faces – The front parts of heads or surfaces.
- Facet – One side or aspect of something.
- Facia – A dashboard or nameplate.
- Facts – Pieces of information known to be true.
- Faddy – Inclined to fads or trends.
- Faded – Gradually lost color or brightness.
- Fader – A device for gradually changing sound or light levels.
- Fades – Gradually becomes less visible or important.
- Fadge – To fit or agree together.
- Fados – Portuguese folk songs.
- Faery – Relating to or inhabited by fairies.
- Faffs – Wastes time on ineffectual activity.
- Fagot – A bundle of sticks bound together.
- Faiks – Folds or creases in cloth.
- Fails – Does not succeed in achieving something.
- Fains – Gladly or willingly.
- Faint – Lacking strength or vigor.
- Fairs – Gatherings for entertainment and business.
- Fairy – A small, mythical being with magical powers.
- Faith – Strong belief or trust in something.
- Fake – Not genuine; an imitation or counterfeit.
- Fakes – Creates a counterfeit or imitation.
- Fakir – A Muslim or Hindu religious ascetic.
- Falls – Drops or descends from a higher position.
- Famed – Well-known or celebrated.
- Fames – Reputations or renown.
- Fancy – Elaborate or ornate.
- Fanes – Temples or sacred places.
- Fangs – Long, sharp teeth used for biting and tearing.
- Fanny – A person’s buttocks (British) or genitals (American).
- Fanon – A scarf-like vestment worn by a priest.
- Fants – Yearns or longs for something.
- Farad – A unit of electrical capacitance.
- Farce – A comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay.
- Farci – Stuffed with finely chopped meat or vegetables.
- Farcy – A form of glanders in horses.
- Fards – Paints or makes up the face.
- Fared – Experienced good or bad fortune.
- Fares – Prices charged for transportation.
- Farle – A thin cake, often triangular.
- Farls – Quarters of a thin, round cake.
- Farms – Areas of land used for growing crops or raising animals.
- Faros – Card games similar to baccarat.
- Farro – An ancient type of wheat.
- Farse – To stuff or fill with forcemeat.
- Farts – Expels intestinal gas from the anus.
- Fasci – Bundles or groups, especially of political organizations.
- Fasti – Lists or registers of officials or events.
- Fasts – Abstains from food for some time.
- Fatal – Causing death or destruction.
- Fated – Destined or predetermined.
- Fates – The supposed forces that determine events.
- Fatly – In a fat or plump manner.
- Fatso – A fat person (offensive).
- Fatty – Containing or composed of fat.
- Fatwa – A ruling on Islamic law issued by a recognized authority.
- Faugh – An exclamation of disgust.
- Fauld – The portion of armor below the breastplate.
- Fault – A defect or imperfection.
- Fauna – The animals of a particular region or period.
- Fauns – Mythical beings that are part human and part goat.
- Faurd – A favor or support.
- Favor – To prefer or support.
- Favus – A contagious skin disease.
- Fawns – Young deer in their first year.
- Fawny – Yellowish-brown in color.
- Faxed – Sent a document via telephone line.
- Faxes – Transmits documents via telephone line.
- Fayed – Cleaned out a ditch or drain.
- Fayer – More fair or just.
- Fayne – Gladly or willingly.
- Faze – To disturb or disconcert.
- Fazed – Disturbed or disconcerted.
- Fazes – Disturbs or disconcerts.
- Feals – Faithful or loyal.
- Feare – An old spelling of fear.
- Fears – Feelings of apprehension or dread.
- Feart – Afraid or frightened.
- Feast – A large meal, typically celebratory.
- Feats – Notable acts or achievements.
- Feaze – To unravel or fray.
- Fecal – Relating to excrement.
- Feces – Waste matter discharged from the bowels.
- Fecks – Efficacy or value.
- Fedex – A courier delivery services company.
- Feebs – Weak or feeble people.
- Feeds – Provides food for.
- Feels – Experiences a sensation or emotion.
- Feeze – To drive or frighten away.
- Feign – To pretend or fake.
- Feint – A deceptive or pretended blow or attack.
- Feist – A small, aggressive dog.
- Felid – A member of the cat family.
- Felix – A male given name meaning “happy” or “lucky.”
- Fells – Knocks down or cuts down.
- Felly – The outer rim of a wheel.
- Felon – A person who has committed a felony.
- Felts – Cloth made by matting fibers together.
- Felty – Having a texture like felt.
- Femes – Wives (legal term).
- Femme – A lesbian whose appearance is traditionally feminine.
- Femur – The thighbone.
- Fence – A barrier enclosing an area.
- Fends – Wards off or defends against.
- Fenny – Marshy or boggy.
- Fents – Remnants of cloth.
- Feoff – To grant possession of property to someone.
- Feral – Wild or untamed.
- Feres – Companions or partners.
- Feria – A weekday, especially one not a festival.
- Ferly – Strange or unusual.
- Fermi – A unit of length used in nuclear physics.
- Ferms – Rents or leases.
- Ferns – Flowerless plants with feathery fronds.
- Ferny – Abounding in ferns.
- Ferry – A boat for transporting passengers across water.
- Fesse – A horizontal band across the middle of a heraldic shield.
- Festa – A religious festival.
- Fests – Festivals or celebrations.
- Fetal – Relating to a fetus.
- Fetas – Feta cheeses.
- Fetch – To go for and bring back.
- Feted – Honored or celebrated.
- Fetes – Celebrates or honors.
- Fetid – Having a strong, offensive smell.
- Fetor – A strong, foul odor.
- Fetts – Portions or pieces.
- Fetus – An unborn offspring of a mammal.
- Feuar – A person holding land in feu (Scots law).
- Feuds – Prolonged hostile relationships.
- Feued – Granted land to someone for a fixed rent.
- Fever – An abnormally high body temperature.
- Fewer – A smaller number of.
- Feyer – More fey or strange.
- Feyly – In a fey or strange manner.
- Fezes – Brimless cone-shaped hats of felt or cloth.
- Fezzy – Resembling or wearing a fez.
- Fiars – Scottish term for the prices of grain.
- Fiats – Formal authorizations or sanctions.
- Fiber – A thread-like structure in plants or synthetic materials.
- Fibre – British spelling of fiber.
- Fices – Small, worthless dogs.
- Fiche – A sheet of microfilm.
- Fichu – A woman’s triangular scarf.
- Ficin – An enzyme found in fig juice.
- Ficus – A genus of trees and shrubs, including fig trees.
- Fides – Faith or trust (Latin).
- Fidge – To fidget or move restlessly.
- Fidos – Generic name for dogs.
- Fiefs – Estates of land held in feudal service.
- Field – An area of open land.
- Fiend – An evil spirit or demon.
- Fient – Not a bit (Scottish).
- Fiere – A companion or comrade.
- Fifer – One who plays the fife (a small flute).
- Fifes – Small, high-pitched flutes.
- Fifth – Constituting number five in a sequence.
- Fifty – The number 50.
- Figgy – Containing or tasting of figs.
- Fight – To engage in battle or conflict.
- Filch – To steal, especially in a sneaky way.
- Filed – Submitted or stored in an organized way.
- Filer – One who files documents or tools.
- Files – Organized collections of papers or data.
- Filet – A boneless cut of meat or fish.
- Filks – Folk music with science fiction or fantasy themes.
- Fille – A girl or daughter (French).
- Fillo – Thin pastry dough used in Greek and Middle Eastern cooking.
- Films – Thin layers or motion pictures.
- Filmy – Having a thin, gauzy texture.
- Filos – Alternative spelling of fillo.
- Filth – Foul or putrid matter.
- Filum – A thread-like structure.
- Final – Last in a sequence or process.
- Finca – A rural property, especially in Spanish-speaking countries.
- Finch – A small songbird.
- Finds – Discovers or locates.
- Fined – Punished by a monetary penalty.
- Finer – Of superior quality or more refined.
- Fines – Monetary penalties.
- Finis – The end or conclusion.
- Finks – Informers or detectives.
- Finny – Having or characterized by fins.
- Finos – Fine, delicate sherries.
- Fiord – A long, narrow inlet with steep sides.
- Fique – A fiber obtained from the leaves of certain plants.
- Fired – Discharged from employment or launched projectiles.
- Firer – One who discharges a weapon.
- Fires – Combustion processes or dismissals from jobs.
- Firms – Business enterprises or partnerships.
- Firns – Packed, granular snow.
- Firry – Abounding in fir trees.
- First – Preceding all others in time or order.
- Firth – A narrow inlet of the sea.
- Fiscs – State treasuries.
- Fishy – Of or relating to fish; suspicious.
- Fists – Hands clenched with fingers doubled into the palm.
- Fisty – Pugnacious or argumentative.
- Fitch – A polecat or its fur.
- Fitly – Suitably or appropriately.
- Fiver – A five-pound note or five-dollar bill.
- Fives – A British handball-like game.
- Fixed – Fastened securely in position.
- Fixer – One who repairs or arranges things.
- Fixes – Repairs or puts in order.
- Fizzy – Effervescent or bubbly.
- Fjeld – A high, barren plateau (Scandinavian).
- Fjord – A long, narrow inlet with steep sides (alternative spelling).
- Flabs – Soft, loose body tissue.
- Flack – Publicity agent or antiaircraft fire.
- Flaff – To flutter or flap.
- Flags – Pieces of cloth used as symbols or signals.
- Flail – To swing or wave energetically.
- Flair – A natural talent or aptitude.
- Flake – A small, flat, thin piece.
- Flaks – Alternative spelling of flacks.
- Flaky – Consisting of flakes or easily breaking into flakes.
- Flame – The visible part of fire.
- Flams – Drum rolls with one louder strike.
- Flamy – Flaming or blazing.
- Flane – A flan or custard tart.
- Flank – The side of an animal or military formation.
- Flans – Open pastry tarts with savory or sweet fillings.
- Flaps – Hinged or attached flat surfaces.
- Flare – A sudden burst of light or flame.
- Flash – A brief, sudden burst of light.
- Flask – A container for holding liquids.
- Flats – Level areas of land or shoes without heels.
- Flaws – Imperfections or defects.
- Flawy – Full of flaws or defects.
- Flaxy – Resembling flax; pale yellow.
- Flays – Strips the skin from.
- Fleam – A sharp instrument used for bloodletting.
- Fleas – Small, wingless jumping insects.
- Fleck – A small spot or mark.
- Fleer – To laugh or grimace contemptuously.
- Flees – Runs away from danger.
- Fleet – A group of ships or vehicles.
- Flesh – The soft substance of animal bodies.
- Flews – The thick, hanging lips of some dogs.
- Fleys – Frightens or scares.
- Flick – A light, quick movement.
- Flics – French police officers (slang).
- Flied – Past tense of “to fly” in baseball.
- Flier – One who flies or a handbill.
- Flies – Insects with wings or move through air.
- Fling – To throw with force.
- Flint – A hard, fine-grained quartz.
- Flips – Turns over quickly or suddenly.
- Flirt – To behave amorously without serious intent.
- Flite – To scold or quarrel.
- Flits – Moves quickly and lightly.
- Float – To rest on the surface of a liquid.
- Flock – A group of birds or sheep.
- Floes – Flat masses of floating ice.
- Flogs – Beats severely with a whip or rod.
- Flong – A papier-mâché mold used in printing.
- Flood – An overflow of water onto normally dry land.
- Floor – The lower surface of a room.
- Flops – Falls heavily or fails.
- Flora – The plants of a particular region or period.
- Floss – A soft thread used for cleaning between teeth.
- Flota – A fleet of ships.
- Flour – Finely ground grain used for baking.
- Flout – To openly disregard or disobey.
- Flown – Past participle of “fly.”
- Flows – Moves steadily and continuously.
- Flubs – Makes a mess of; bungles.
- Flued – Having or provided with a flue.
- Flues – Passages for smoke in a chimney.
- Fluey – Having or resembling influenza.
- Fluff – Soft, light material.
- Fluid – A liquid or gas.
- Fluke – An accidental success.
- Fluky – Obtained or achieved by chance.
- Flume – An artificial water channel.
- Flump – To fall or sink heavily.
- Flung – Past tense and past participle of “fling.”
- Flunk – To fail.
- Fluor – A mineral form of calcium fluoride.
- Flush – To cleanse by a rapid flow of liquid.
- Flute – A musical wind instrument.
- Fluty – Resembling the sound of a flute.
- Fluxe – A continuous flow or discharge.
- Flyer – A person or thing that flies.
- Flyte – To scold or argue.
- Foals – Young horses.
- Foams – Masses of small bubbles.
- Foamy – Covered with or full of foam.
- Focal – Relating to a focus or center point.
- Focus – The center of attention or activity.
- Foehn – A warm, dry wind blowing down a mountain slope.
- Fogey – An old-fashioned or conservative person.
- Foggy – Filled with or obscured by fog.
- Fogie – Alternative spelling of fogey.
- Fohns – Alternative spelling of foehn winds.
- Foils – Thin sheets of metal or contrast for something.
- Foins – Thrusts with a pointed weapon.
- Foist – To impose an unwanted or unnecessary item.
- Folds – Bends or creases in paper or fabric.
- Foley – The reproduction of everyday sound effects in films.
- Folia – Leaves of a plant.
- Folic – Relating to folic acid, a B vitamin.
- Folio – A sheet of paper folded once to form two leaves.
- Folks – People in general.
- Folky – Having the characteristics of folk music or culture.
- Folly – Lack of good sense; foolishness.
- Fomes – Tinder used to catch a spark from a flint and steel.
- Fonda – A small restaurant or café (Spanish).
- Fonds – Stocks of marketable securities.
- Fondu – A ballet movement where a dancer lowers the body.
- Fonts – Sets of type or lettering styles.
- Foods – Substances eaten to sustain life.
- Fools – People who act unwisely or imprudently.
- Foots – Settles or adds up to.
- Footy – Australian rules football.
- Foram – A type of marine protozoan.
- Foray – A sudden attack or incursion.
- Force – Strength or power exerted upon an object.
- Fordo – To destroy or do away with.
- Fords – Shallow places where a river can be crossed.
- Fores – The parts of anything in front.
- Forge – To form by heating and hammering.
- Forgo – To do without or abstain from.
- Forks – Utensils with prongs for eating or digging.
- Forky – Having a fork-like shape.
- Form – The visible shape of something.
- Forte – Something at which a person excels.
- Forth – Forward in place or time.
- Forts – Strong or fortified buildings.
- Forty – The number 40.
- Forum – A place for public discussion.
- Fossa – A shallow depression or anatomical pit.
- Fosse – A ditch or moat.
- Fouls – Unfair or offensive acts in sports.
- Found – Past tense of find; established.
- Fount – A source or origin.
- Fours – Sets of four things.
- Fovea – A small depression in the retina of the eye.
- Fowls – Birds, especially domesticated ones.
- Foxed – Discolored or stained, as old paper.
- Foxes – Cunning, dog-like mammals.
- Foyer – An entrance hall or lobby.
- Frack – To extract oil or gas by hydraulic fracturing.
- Fract – To break or fracture.
- Frags – Fragments, especially of a grenade.
- Frail – Physically weak; easily broken.
- Frame – A structure that supports or encloses something.
- Franc – A unit of currency in some countries.
- Frank – Open and honest in expression.
- Fraps – Secures or binds with ropes.
- Frass – Insect excrement.
- Frate – A brother or friar.
- Frats – Fraternities.
- Fraud – Wrongful deception for personal gain.
- Frays – Straighten out at the edge.
- Freak – An unusual or abnormal person or thing.
- Freed – Liberated or released.
- Freer – Having more freedom.
- Frees – Releases from confinement or obligation.
- Fremd – Strange or foreign.
- Frena – Plural of frenum, a fold of tissue.
- Freon – A trademark for various refrigerants.
- Frere – A brother (French).
- Fresh – Newly made or obtained; not stale.
- Frets – Worries or is irritated.
- Friar – A member of certain Christian orders.
- Fried – Cooked in hot oil or fat.
- Frier – One who fries food.
- Fries – Slices of potato fried in oil.
- Frigs – Acts of sexual intercourse.
- Frill – An ornamental gathered or pleated edge.
- Frise – A type of carpet with a looped pile surface.
- Frisk – To search someone by passing hands over their body.
- Frith – A wood or wooded country.
- Frits – Fused or partially fused materials used in glazes.
- Fritt – Fused or partially fused materials in ceramic glazes.
- Fritz – A state of non-functioning.
- Frizz – To form into small, tight curls.
- Frock – A dress or gown.
- Froes – Tools for cleaving wood.
- Frogs – Amphibians with long legs for jumping.
- Frond – A large, divided leaf of a fern or palm.
- Front – The foremost part of something.
- Frore – Frozen or frosty.
- Frosh – A freshman in high school or college.
- Frost – A deposit of small ice crystals.
- Froth – A mass of small bubbles in the liquid.
- Frown – To furrow one’s brow in displeasure.
- Frows – Dutch or German women.
- Froze – Past tense of freeze.
- Frugs – Dances with vigorous movements.
- Fruit – The sweet and fleshy product of a tree or plant.
- Frump – A dull, unattractive person.
- Fryer – A young chicken suitable for frying.
- Fubsy – Plump or chubby.
- Fucks – Engages in sexual intercourse (vulgar).
- Fudge – A soft, sweet candy made with sugar and milk.
- Fudgy – Resembling or having the texture of fudge.
- Fuels – Materials used to produce heat or power.
- Fugal – Relating to or resembling a musical fugue.
- Fuggy – Stuffy or airless.
- Fugie – A coward.
- Fugle – To act as a model or guide.
- Fugue – A musical composition with interweaving melodies.
- Fugus – Moss or lichen growths.
- Fujis – Types of apples.
- Fulls – Complete amounts.
- Fully – To the fullest extent.
- Fumed – Emitted fumes or vapor.
- Fumer – One who emits fumes or smoke.
- Fumes – Vapors, gases, or smoke.
- Fumet – A concentrated stock used in cooking.
- Fundi – An expert or skilled person.
- Funds – Sums of money set aside for a purpose.
- Fundy – A religious fundamentalist.
- Fungi – A group of spore-producing organisms.
- Fungo – A ball tossed up and hit for fielding practice.
- Funks – States of depression or fear.
- Funky – Having a strong, musty smell; stylishly odd.
- Funny – Causing laughter or amusement.
- Furan – A colorless, flammable liquid.
- Furls – Rolls up and secures as a flag.
- Furol – An oily liquid derived from plant materials.
- Furor – A state of excited commotion.
- Furry – Covered with fur.
- Furze – A spiny evergreen shrub with yellow flowers.
- Furzy – Covered with or resembling furze.
- Fused – Joined or blended.
- Fusee – A large-headed match or a conical pulley.
- Fusel – A mixture of alcohols produced during fermentation.
- Fuses – Joins or blends; protective devices for electrical circuits.
- Fusil – A light flintlock musket.
- Fussy – Excessively concerned with details.
- Fusty – Smelling stale and unclean.
- Futon – A Japanese-style mattress.
- Fuzed – Alternative spelling of fused.
- Fuzee – Alternative spelling of fusee.
- Fuzil – Alternative spelling of fusil.
- Fuzzy – Covered with fuzz; indistinct or vague.
- Fyces – Excrement or dung.
- Fyked – Moved restlessly or fidgeted.
- Fykes – Fishing nets with long funnel-shaped entrances.
- Fyles – Files or archives.
- Fyrds – Anglo-Saxon military forces.
- Fytte – A section of a poem or ballad.
Final Words
This list of 449 five-letter words starting with F offers many options for word game fans. From everyday terms like “feast” and “flame” to less common ones like “fuzee” and “fytte,” you now have a wide range of words at your fingertips.
Using these words will help you:
- Boost your scores in games like Wordle and Scrabble
- Solve crossword puzzles more quickly
- Grow your vocabulary for writing and speaking
Remember, the key to getting better at word games is practice. Try to use a new word daily in your games or daily life. Keep this list handy as a quick guide when you need ideas.
Happy word gaming! May these F words bring you many wins and language joys.
