5-Letter Words With F as the 3rd Letter

271 valid 5-letter words have "F" in the 3rd position. 25 are common words — narrow with this when you've locked a green tile.

25 common words271 valid words

Common Words (25)

Words most likely to be the answer.

unfed
offal
awful
unfit
lofty
rifle
safer
lefty
jiffy
mafia
offer
infer
gaffe
defer
hefty
puffy
refer
befit
fifty
elfin
taffy
wafer
affix
fifth
refit

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (246)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

adfix
adfrf
affer
affra
alfas
alfeo
alfet
alfie
alfin
alfur
apfel
baffs
baffy
bafta
befan
befog
befop
befur
bifer
biffs
biffy
bifid
boffa
boffo
boffs
buffa
buffe
buffi
buffo
buffs
buffy
cafes
caffa
cafiz
cafoy
cefis
coffs
crfmp
cuffs
cuffy
cufic
daffi
daffs
daffy
dafla
dafna
defat
defet
defis
defix
defoe
defog
difda
doffs
dufay
duffs
duffy
dufur
dyfed
effet
effie
effye
eifel
elfic
elfie
enfia
enfin
faffy
fifed
fifer
fifes
fifie
fuffy
fyffe
gaffs
gafsa
gefen
giffy
gifts
gofer
guffs
guffy
hafis
hafiz
hafts
hefts
hofei
hofer
hoffa
hofuf
huffs
huffy
hufuf
icftu
igfet
infin
infit
infix
infos
infra
irfan
isfug
jaffa
jaffe
jefes
jeffy
jiffs
jufti
jufts
kafir
kafiz
kafka
kafre
kafta
kefir
kefti
kofta
kufic
lafox
lafta
lefor
lefts
lifar
lifen
lifer
lifey
lifia
lifts
lofti
lofts
luffa
luffs
mafey
maffa
mafic
mafoo
mcfee
miffs
miffy
msfor
muffs
muffy
mufti
mufty
nafis
nafud
nefas
nefen
neffs
neffy
nific
nifle
niftp
nifty
nufud
offed
offen
offic
onfre
orfeo
osfcw
oxfly
puffs
rafat
rafer
raffe
raffo
raffs
rafik
rafiq
rafts
rafty
rafvr
refan
refed
refel
reffo
refix
refly
refry
rifer
riffi
riffs
rifts
rifty
rsfsr
ruffe
ruffi
ruffo
ruffs
rufus
safar
safen
safes
safir
safko
sifac
sifts
sofar
sofas
sofer
sofia
sofie
sofko
softa
softs
softy
suffr
sufis
syftn
tafia
teffs
tefft
tiffa
tiffi
tiffs
tiffy
toffs
toffy
tofte
tofts
tofus
tufan
tufas
tuffs
tufts
tufty
unfar
unfew
unfix
unfur
upfly
vafio
vefry
vifda
waffs
wafts
wafty
wefts
wefty
wifed
wifes
wifie
woful
yaffs
ziffs

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 271 matches.

Most common letters

f271
i101
e100
a99
s80
r66
t65
u59
o55
y46

Most common letter by position

The most common letter in the 1st position is r, appearing in 31 of 271 words.

Vowel distribution

  • 3 with no vowels
  • 129 with 1 unique vowel
  • 132 with 2 unique vowels
  • 7 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -fs · 28 words
  • -fy · 20 words
  • -er · 15 words
  • -ts · 15 words
  • -ty · 12 words

Strategy

25 answers fit. Pick a guess that tests several of the most common letters shown above.

Related Word Lists