5-Letter Words With F as the Third Letter
There are 203 five-letter words with F as the third letter, including 29 common puzzle answers. These are the words matching the pattern __F__ (an underscore is any letter). A handy list for Wordle and other five-letter word games.
Popular 5-Letter Puzzle Words With F as the Third Letter
Common puzzle answers are everyday words of the kind word puzzles choose as solutions, most common first. Plurals and rare words are valid guesses but rarely answers, so they're listed separately below.
- OFFER To present something for someone to accept or reject
- FIFTH Position five in a countable series of things
- AWFUL Very bad or unpleasant
- REFER To mention or direct attention to something or someone
- FIFTY The number equal to five times ten
- RIFLE A shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore
- SAFER Free from danger or the risk of harm
- MAFIA A criminal organization involved in illegal activities like racketeering
- UNFIT Not in good physical or mental condition
- HEFTY Of considerable weight and size
- LOFTY Of imposing height, especially standing out above others
- LEFTY A person who uses the left hand more skillfully than the right
More Common Puzzle Answers
- DEFER
- NIFTY
- INFER
- WAFER
- PUFFY
- TAFFY
- REFIT
- DAFFY
- GAFFE
- JIFFY
- AFFIX
- OFFAL
- ELFIN
- KEFIR
- BEFIT
- GOFER
- UNFED
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Useful Pattern Information
- Most common first letter: R (14%), B (10%), T (7%)
- Most common last letter: S (41%), Y (17%), R (7%)
- Most common additional vowel: I, in 37% of these words
- Letters that most often appear alongside: S, I, E, A, T
- Most have 2 vowels (50%)
- 62% contain a repeated letter
- 29 of the 203 are common puzzle answers (14%)
Other Valid Words
174 additional dictionary words have F as the third letter — valid guesses, though rarely answers. Most common first.
- GIFTS
- LIFTS
- BUFFY
- CAFES
- RUFUS
- CUFFS
- RIFFS
- TUFTS
- BAFTA
- PUFFS
- BUFFS
- JAFFA
- LIFES
- INFRA
- RAFTS
- SOFAS
- MUFTI
- SAFES
- RIFTS
- HAFIZ
- LOFTS
- INFOS
- WIFEY
- WIFES
- LIFER
- LEFTS
- CAFFE
- COFFS
- RAFIQ
- KAFIR
Show all 174 words All 174 words
- JEFFS
- HUFFY
- SOFTY
- BIFFY
- MAFIC
- MUFFS
- HUFFS
- OFFED
- SEFER
- DEFFO
- EFFED
- WAFTS
- RAFIK
- FIFER
- SAFED
- HAFTA
- TOFFS
- SOFAR
- TIFFS
- MUFFY
- SIFTS
- TUFFS
- SOFTS
- INFIX
- RAFFY
- DIFFS
- RUFFS
- GAFFS
- BUFFA
- KOFTA
- DUFFS
- FIFES
- MIFFY
- WEFTS
- DUFUS
- TUFTY
- BOFFO
- BIFID
- OFFIE
- RUFFY
- DAFFS
- BIFFO
- GOFFS
- LUFFA
- BUFFO
- TOFTS
- DOFFS
- ALFAS
- BIFFS
- PUFFA
- HEFTE
- WIFED
- EXFIL
- EFFER
- REFIX
- RUFFE
- PFFTT
- UNFIX
- JEFES
- ELFED
- DEFOG
- HAFTS
- FIFED
- FIFIS
- REFED
- HIFIS
- DEFIS
- REFIS
- RIFER
- REFLY
- BUFOS
- TOFUS
- TIFOS
- BUFFE
- BAFTS
- MAFTS
- AFFLY
- REFAN
- WIFTS
- BAFFY
- TIFTS
- RIFTE
- WIFIE
- HEFTS
- RIFFY
- DEFAT
- MIFTY
- NIFES
- JAFAS
- BUFTY
- TUFAS
- LEFTE
- BOFFS
- RIFTY
- REFRY
- MIFFS
- WIFTY
- BAFFS
- CAFFS
- WEFTE
- FUFFY
- LIFEY
- FAFFY
- NIFLE
- TOFFY
- TEFFS
- RAFTY
- MEFFS
- TUFFE
- HAFFS
- WAFFS
- BEFOG
- REFEL
- REFFO
- VIFFS
- RAFFS
- FUFFS
- FAFFS
- ORFES
- CUFFO
- RAFEE
- BUFFI
- NEFIE
- NIFFY
- WOFUL
- LUFFS
- GUFFS
- TAFIA
- JIFFS
- NIFFS
- SOFTA
- KUFIS
- OAFOS
- NAFFS
- ZIFFS
- NUFFS
- ORFUL
- KOFFS
- ENFIX
- YAFFS
- WUFFS
- YUFTS
- UPFUL
- VIFDA
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