5-Letter Words With F as the 4th Letter

278 valid 5-letter words have "F" in the 4th position. 37 are common words — narrow with this when you've locked a green tile.

37 common words278 valid words

Common Words (37)

Words most likely to be the answer.

staff
unify
aloft
fluff
bluff
jiffy
edify
chaff
swift
shaft
cliff
leafy
knife
snuff
shift
comfy
gruff
gaffe
draft
chafe
beefy
whiff
puffy
skiff
scoff
craft
taffy
drift
cleft
stiff
sniff
graft
theft
goofy
stuff
grift
snafu

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (241)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

abaff
abaft
afifi
alefs
aleft
alife
alifs
aoife
arefy
awaft
azofy
baffs
baffy
banff
barff
barfs
barfy
beefs
biffs
biffy
blaff
boffa
boffo
boffs
bsrfs
buffa
buffe
buffi
buffo
buffs
buffy
bumfs
caffa
calfs
ccafs
chaft
chefs
chufa
chuff
clefs
clift
cloff
cluff
coeff
coffs
coifs
confr
coofs
corfu
croft
cuffs
cuffy
cuifs
curfs
daffi
daffs
daffy
deify
delfs
delft
doffs
draff
duffs
duffy
ecafe
faffy
feoff
fiefs
flaff
fuffy
fyffe
gaffs
geoff
getfd
giffy
gliff
gnoff
golfs
goofs
graff
grefe
greff
griff
grofe
groff
gruft
guafo
guffs
guffy
gulfs
gulfy
haafs
haifa
halfa
halfy
hoffa
hoofs
hoofy
howff
howfs
huffs
huffy
hurff
iliff
jaffa
jaffe
jeffy
jiffs
kaifs
keefe
keefs
kerfs
khafs
khufu
kiefs
korff
kraft
leafs
loafs
loofa
loofs
luffa
luffs
lwoff
maffa
marfa
melfa
miffs
miffy
mttff
muffs
muffy
naafi
naifs
neffs
neffy
neifs
nroff
pcnfs
pelfs
petfi
pfaff
phyfe
pluff
poofs
poofy
pouff
poufs
profs
puffs
quaff
quiff
raffe
raffo
raffs
reefs
reefy
reffo
reifs
reify
riffi
riffs
rolfe
roofs
roofy
ruffe
ruffi
ruffo
ruffs
saiff
saify
sanfo
scaff
scifi
scuff
scuft
seifs
selfs
serfs
shaff
sheff
shiff
shuff
shufu
siafu
skaff
skift
sluff
smift
snaff
snift
solfa
spiff
stefa
steff
stife
stoff
suffr
sulfa
sulfo
surfs
surfy
tarfa
teffs
tefft
thoft
tiffa
tiffi
tiffs
tiffy
toefl
toffs
toffy
trefa
trifa
troff
troft
truff
tuffs
turfs
turfy
usafa
waafs
waefu
waffs
waifs
wheft
whift
whuff
wolfe
wolff
wolfs
wolfy
woofs
woofy
wrafs
wulfe
yaffs
youff
zarfs
ziffs

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 278 matches.

Most common letters

f278
s120
a94
u70
e67
o66
i65
r61
t56
l48

Most common letter by position

The most common letter in the 1st position is s, appearing in 44 of 278 words.

Vowel distribution

  • 3 with no vowels
  • 194 with 1 unique vowel
  • 76 with 2 unique vowels
  • 5 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -fs · 79 words
  • -ff · 61 words
  • -fy · 42 words
  • -ft · 29 words
  • -fa · 21 words

Strategy

37 answers and 278 valid guesses place F at position 4. Add another known letter to narrow it down.

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