5-Letter Words With F as the Third Letter
Looking for five-letter words with F as the third letter? There are 127 of them in the tournament word lists, and every one is on this page. The most common, like OFFER, GIFTS, REFER, sit right at the top.
Unlike alphabetical lists that bury likely answers in the middle, this list is sorted by how often each word appears in everyday English. Scan the first rows for probable answers; dig deeper for rare, high-scoring plays.
Most common
- offer11
- gifts9
- refer8
- fifth14
- fifty14
- diffs12
- awful11
- safer8
- rifle8
- buffy16
- lifts8
- puffy16
- cafes10
- mafia10
- nifty11
- infos8
- sofas8
- wafer11
- infra8
- cuffs13
All 127 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- tufts 8
- defer 9
- infer 8
- safes 8
- lofty 11
- lefty 11
- hefty 14
- lofts 8
- riffs 11
- unfit 8
- buffs 13
- coffs 13
- wifes 11
- puffs 13
- jiffy 21
- rafts 8
- affix 18
- taffy 14
- daffy 15
- huffy 17
- muffs 13
- rifts 8
- mufti 10
- refit 8
- offal 11
- wifey 14
- hafiz 20
- elfin 8
- infix 15
- softs 8
- duffs 12
- gaffe 12
- lifer 8
- mafic 12
- miffy 16
- kafir 12
- tiffs 11
- lefts 8
- toffs 11
- biffy 16
- kefir 12
- softy 11
- sofar 8
- fifer 11
- wafts 11
- tuffs 11
- sifts 8
- gaffs 12
- boffo 13
- ruffs 11
- yaffs 14
- befit 10
- gofer 9
- ruffe 11
- dufus 9
- alfas 8
- tofts 8
- fifes 11
- offed 12
- luffa 11
- wefts 11
- unfed 9
- buffi 13
- huffs 14
- bifid 11
- tufty 11
- buffo 13
- baffs 13
- baffy 16
- befog 11
- biffs 13
- boffs 13
- caffs 13
- daffs 12
- defat 9
- defis 9
- defog 10
- doffs 12
- fifed 12
- guffs 12
- hafis 11
- hafts 11
- hefts 11
- jefes 15
- jiffs 18
- kufis 12
- luffs 11
- miffs 13
- naffs 11
- raffs 11
- refed 9
- refel 8
- refix 15
- refly 11
- refry 11
- rifer 8
- softa 8
- tafia 8
- teffs 11
- toffy 14
- tofus 8
- tufas 8
- unfix 15
- waffs 14
- wifed 12
- wifty 14
- woful 11
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many five-letter words are there with F as the third letter?
There are 127 five-letter words with F as the third letter in the tournament word lists. The most common are OFFER, GIFTS, REFER.
What are common five-letter words with F as the third letter?
OFFER, GIFTS, REFER, FIFTH, FIFTY are the most frequently used. The full list of 127 words on this page is sorted by everyday frequency, so the common ones come first.
Why are the words in this order?
Words are ranked by how often they appear in a trillion-word corpus of written English, most common first. That surfaces likely puzzle answers instead of hiding them mid-alphabet. Use the sort control to switch to alphabetical or points order.