5-Letter Words With F as the 5th Letter

145 valid 5-letter words have "F" in the 5th position. 26 are common words — narrow with this when you've locked a green tile.

26 common words145 valid words

Common Words (26)

Words most likely to be the answer.

dwarf
staff
fluff
bluff
chief
wharf
chaff
cliff
grief
snuff
shelf
motif
gruff
thief
brief
scarf
whiff
spoof
skiff
scoff
aloof
proof
stiff
sniff
serif
stuff

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (119)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

abaff
adfrf
adolf
alief
altaf
aslef
bamaf
banff
barff
blaff
calef
calif
chuff
cloff
cloof
cluff
codcf
coeff
daraf
decaf
draff
feoff
flaff
ganef
ganof
geoff
gliff
gnoff
gonef
gonif
gonof
graaf
graff
greff
griff
groff
groof
grouf
guelf
halaf
hanif
hofuf
howff
hrolf
hufuf
hurff
iliff
indef
josef
jozef
kalif
katuf
kenaf
kloof
korff
lampf
latif
lpcdf
lwoff
manuf
metif
miscf
modif
mttff
nroff
pfaff
pilaf
pluff
plupf
pouff
quaff
quiff
raouf
rnzaf
rumpf
saiff
saraf
sarif
scaff
scalf
scruf
scuff
scurf
shaef
shaff
sheaf
sheff
shiff
shilf
shraf
shuff
shurf
sirtf
skaff
skeif
skelf
sluff
smasf
snaff
spiff
steff
stoff
stoof
swarf
taraf
tharf
troff
truff
tscpf
usaaf
waaaf
wakif
whoof
whuff
wolff
wolof
woolf
wraaf
youff

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 145 matches.

Most common letters

f145
a58
s45
o40
r39
l37
i34
u31
e28
h26

Most common letter by position

The most common letter in the 1st position is s, appearing in 40 of 145 words.

Vowel distribution

  • 3 with no vowels
  • 95 with 1 unique vowel
  • 45 with 2 unique vowels
  • 2 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ff · 61 words
  • -af · 16 words
  • -ef · 13 words
  • -if · 12 words
  • -of · 11 words

Strategy

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

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