9-Letter Words Starting With F
Looking for nine-letter words that start with F? There are 1,190 of them in the tournament word lists, and every one is on this page. The most common, like FOLLOWING, FINANCIAL, FURNITURE, 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
- following16
- financial14
- furniture12
- functions14
- framework21
- favorites15
- frequency26
- financing15
- featuring13
- formation14
- fantastic14
- forgotten13
- franchise17
- filtering13
- fisheries15
- forecasts14
- festivals15
- fragrance15
- furnished16
- finishing16
All 1,190 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- freelance 14
- frontpage 15
- forbidden 16
- fireplace 16
- frankfurt 19
- fertility 15
- forwarded 17
- fireworks 19
- fragments 15
- freestyle 15
- favorable 17
- formatted 15
- fashioned 16
- figurines 13
- firewalls 15
- fortunate 12
- factories 14
- fulfilled 16
- facsimile 16
- followers 15
- fountains 12
- foregoing 14
- frontline 12
- fisherman 17
- fantasies 12
- fractions 14
- faculties 14
- federated 14
- federally 16
- footnotes 12
- fasteners 12
- flowering 16
- footprint 14
- fishermen 17
- fostering 13
- fictional 14
- formulate 14
- factoring 15
- fractures 14
- flagstaff 19
- forefront 15
- frontiers 12
- farmhouse 17
- footsteps 14
- filmmaker 20
- fiduciary 18
- faceplate 16
- finalists 12
- finalized 22
- foothills 15
- forensics 14
- flammable 18
- fortified 16
- flashback 23
- frankfort 19
- foresight 16
- fieldwork 20
- freshness 15
- formative 17
- favorably 20
- foreigner 13
- filenames 14
- firestone 12
- fractured 15
- feedbacks 21
- fastening 13
- fifteenth 18
- forfeited 16
- footballs 14
- frivolous 15
- fortnight 16
- forthwith 21
- fraternal 12
- foundries 13
- forgiving 17
- feminists 14
- finalised 13
- formalism 16
- faithless 15
- firsthand 16
- flattened 13
- finishers 15
- formulary 17
- flotation 12
- filaments 14
- fledgling 15
- flavoured 16
- focussing 15
- fluctuate 14
- formatter 14
- filmstrip 16
- firehouse 15
- feathered 16
- fugitives 16
- firepower 17
- flowchart 20
- ferocious 14
- fortitude 13
- fanatical 14
- fermented 15
- firestorm 14
- furiously 15
- falsehood 16
- fungicide 16
- financier 14
- forklifts 19
- formality 17
- foresters 12
- flavorful 18
- fabricate 16
- factorial 14
- fragility 16
- fallacies 14
- followups 17
- fruitless 12
- follicles 14
- frustrate 12
- foolproof 17
- foolishly 18
- flattered 13
- foreshore 15
- furnishes 15
- freshener 15
- flavoring 16
- forwarder 16
- footpaths 17
- freighter 16
- fingertip 15
- feedstock 19
- frightful 19
- factually 17
- frostbite 14
- flamingos 15
- formalize 23
- firstborn 14
- fireflies 15
- falsified 16
- fireproof 17
- fervently 18
- fretboard 15
- folktales 16
- favouring 16
- fecundity 18
- flashcard 18
- forgeries 13
- footloose 12
- foursomes 14
- forgetful 16
- firmament 16
- freestone 12
- formulaic 16
- fenugreek 17
- faltering 13
- fattening 13
- fishhooks 22
- footstool 12
- furthered 16
- flowmeter 17
- fertilize 21
- footboard 15
- farmlands 15
- fruitcake 18
- flatmates 14
- foodstuff 19
- frameless 14
- fetishism 17
- flagstone 13
- feudalism 15
- fathering 16
- flagpoles 15
- fluidized 23
- farmstead 15
- fireballs 14
- foreclose 14
- forestall 12
- fasciitis 14
- faultless 12
- fantasize 21
- forebrain 14
- fascinate 14
- fearfully 18
- fabricant 16
- firefight 19
- firebrand 15
- festering 13
- fluttered 13
- fairyland 16
- frostings 13
- fluorides 13
- flustered 13
- flagellar 13
- frankness 16
- foreheads 16
- forebears 14
- fittingly 16
- folkloric 18
- firelight 16
- forecourt 14
- fermionic 16
- frightens 16
- flickered 19
- futurists 12
- fusiliers 12
- festivity 18
- flywheels 21
- foolhardy 19
- frictions 14
- falsework 19
- farewells 15
- factional 14
- frivolity 18
- frugality 16
- fullerene 12
- freemason 14
- flaunting 13
- finalizes 21
- foliation 12
- facetious 14
- flagellum 15
- facelifts 17
- fundraise 13
- freewheel 18
- freeboard 15
- flyweight 22
- felonious 12
- floristry 15
- forsaking 17
- flybridge 19
- fixations 19
- fuzziness 30
- formalise 14
- feminized 24
- flowerpot 17
- folksongs 17
- fractious 14
- flavonoid 16
- floristic 14
- forsythia 18
- festooned 13
- frittatas 12
- footrests 12
- foundling 14
- firebrick 20
- feminised 15
- funicular 14
- fluorosis 12
- funneling 13
- footstone 12
- flintlock 18
- fricative 17
- familiars 14
- firebirds 15
- firetruck 18
- fellation 12
- foundered 14
- firewater 15
- flashings 16
- freewares 15
- formamide 17
- fermenter 14
- flatlands 13
- flounders 13
- footlight 16
- fatiguing 14
- fomenting 15
- fletching 18
- fulminant 14
- fidgeting 15
- frailties 12
- floodgate 14
- furtively 18
- formalist 14
- fletchers 17
- frequents 21
- forasmuch 19
- fraudster 13
- fishponds 18
- frontages 13
- ferryboat 17
- floorings 13
- foretaste 12
- foretells 12
- freshened 16
- farrowing 16
- firmwares 17
- fetishist 15
- flatbread 15
- faintness 12
- fettucine 14
- frequence 23
- flinching 18
- fantasias 12
- fumigants 15
- footnoted 13
- ferreting 13
- feminisms 16
- finalizer 21
- flashover 18
- fundament 15
- fumigated 16
- forenames 14
- fruitwood 16
- fishtails 15
- fistfight 19
- fibrillar 14
- filleting 13
- footfalls 15
- flagellin 13
- flatirons 12
- fastballs 14
- fortifies 15
- fiberfill 17
- franklins 16
- flummoxed 24
- falsifies 15
- freighted 17
- floatable 14
- flameless 14
- fireguard 14
- fascicles 16
- flourless 12
- flashguns 16
- flatworms 17
- fixatives 22
- fascicule 16
- fluidised 14
- fascistic 16
- fettucini 14
- frigidity 17
- flapjacks 27
- fluorspar 14
- farthings 16
- fluoresce 14
- forelocks 18
- forwardly 19
- foscarnet 14
- firebreak 18
- flagships 18
- frontlist 12
- framboise 16
- federates 13
- flushable 17
- flipflops 19
- falseness 12
- facemasks 20
- filmgoers 15
- flattener 12
- fourscore 14
- forlornly 15
- flatulent 12
- filthiest 15
- ferrocene 14
- forelimbs 16
- flashbulb 19
- fricassee 14
- fallowing 16
- frangible 15
- footholds 16
- falconers 14
- furbished 18
- feldspars 15
- flotillas 12
- forewords 16
- feedstuff 19
- flophouse 17
- flexitime 21
- foxhounds 23
- frittered 13
- filiation 12
- fluorites 12
- funnelled 13
- frameable 16
- francolin 14
- fantasist 12
- foreskins 16
- flatheads 16
- factorize 23
- furloughs 16
- firethorn 15
- fusillade 13
- fallbacks 20
- fellowmen 17
- furbearer 14
- funkiness 16
- foxgloves 23
- filtrates 12
- filopodia 15
- fishwives 21
- fussiness 12
- falsities 12
- fornicate 14
- festively 18
- frolicked 19
- fulminate 14
- flakiness 16
- finalises 12
- furrowing 16
- fermentor 14
- fullbacks 20
- flatterer 12
- floggings 15
- flageolet 13
- forearmed 15
- freezable 23
- fastbacks 20
- fieldfare 16
- flimsiest 14
- feelingly 16
- finessing 13
- firebombs 18
- focusable 16
- flippancy 21
- fuselages 13
- fumaroles 14
- firedrake 17
- fantasise 12
- frontally 15
- fitnesses 12
- fellaheen 15
- fusionist 12
- floodwall 16
- floodways 19
- forewings 16
- freakiest 16
- flashlamp 19
- fellowman 17
- firesides 13
- flashiest 15
- farmhands 18
- flighting 17
- fabaceous 16
- fabulated 15
- fabulates 14
- fabulator 14
- fabulists 14
- facecloth 19
- facedowns 18
- facetting 15
- facticity 19
- factitive 17
- factoidal 15
- factorage 15
- factotums 16
- faddishly 20
- fadeaways 19
- fadedness 14
- faggoting 15
- fagotings 14
- fahlbands 18
- failingly 16
- faineance 14
- faineants 12
- fairgoers 13
- fairishly 18
- fairleads 13
- fairyhood 19
- fairyisms 17
- fairylike 19
- faithfuls 18
- falchions 17
- falciform 19
- falconets 14
- falconine 14
- falconoid 15
- falderals 13
- falderols 13
- faldstool 13
- fallalery 15
- fallaways 18
- fallboard 15
- falseface 17
- falsettos 12
- falsifier 15
- faltboats 14
- falterers 12
- familisms 16
- famishing 18
- fancified 18
- fancifies 17
- fanciless 14
- fanciness 14
- fancywork 24
- fandangos 14
- fanegadas 14
- fanfarons 15
- fanfolded 17
- fanlights 16
- fantailed 13
- fantasied 13
- faradised 14
- faradises 13
- faradisms 15
- faradized 23
- faradizer 22
- faradizes 22
- farandole 13
- fareboxes 21
- farmwives 20
- farmworks 21
- farmyards 18
- farnesols 12
- farnesses 12
- farolitos 12
- farragoes 13
- farseeing 13
- fasciated 15
- fascicled 17
- fasciculi 16
- fashioner 15
- fastigium 15
- fatalisms 14
- fatalists 12
- fatalness 12
- fatefully 18
- fatheaded 17
- fathomers 17
- fathoming 18
- fatidical 15
- fatigable 15
- fatnesses 12
- fatstocks 18
- fatteners 12
- fattiness 12
- fatuities 12
- fatuously 15
- faubourgs 15
- faultiest 12
- faunistic 14
- fauteuils 12
- faveolate 15
- favourers 15
- fawningly 19
- fayalites 15
- feasances 14
- feastless 12
- featliest 12
- febricity 19
- febrifuge 18
- febrility 17
- feculence 16
- fecundate 15
- federator 13
- feedboxes 22
- feedgrain 14
- feedholes 16
- feedyards 17
- feetfirst 15
- feignedly 17
- feistiest 12
- feldscher 18
- feldshers 16
- felicific 19
- fellating 13
- fellatios 12
- fellators 12
- fellatrix 19
- fellowing 16
- felonries 12
- felstones 12
- feminazis 23
- feminines 14
- feminises 14
- feminizes 23
- fenagling 14
- fenceless 14
- fencerows 17
- fencibles 16
- fenestrae 12
- fenestral 12
- fentanyls 15
- fenthions 15
- feodaries 13
- feoffment 20
- ferneries 12
- ferreling 13
- ferrelled 13
- ferreters 12
- ferriages 13
- ferritins 12
- ferrotype 17
- ferruling 13
- fertilely 15
- fervidity 19
- festinate 12
- fetations 12
- feteritas 12
- fetichism 19
- feticidal 15
- feticides 15
- fetidness 13
- fetishize 24
- fetoscope 16
- fetoscopy 19
- fetterers 12
- fettering 13
- fettlings 13
- feudalist 13
- feudality 16
- feudalize 22
- feudaries 13
- feudatory 16
- feverfews 21
- feverroot 15
- feverweed 19
- feverwort 18
- fewnesses 15
- feynesses 15
- fiberized 24
- fiberizes 23
- fiberless 14
- fiberlike 18
- fibrannes 14
- fibrefill 17
- fibrillae 14
- fibrinoid 15
- fibrinous 14
- fibromata 16
- fibrously 17
- fictively 20
- fideistic 15
- fidelismo 15
- fidelista 13
- fidgeters 14
- fieldsman 15
- fieldsmen 15
- fieriness 12
- fiftieths 18
- figeaters 13
- fightable 18
- fightings 17
- figulines 13
- figurable 15
- figurally 16
- figurants 13
- figuredly 17
- filagreed 14
- filagrees 13
- filariids 13
- filatures 12
- filiating 13
- filicides 15
- filigreed 14
- filigrees 13
- filisters 12
- fillagree 13
- filliping 15
- fillister 12
- filmcards 17
- filmgoing 16
- filminess 14
- filmlands 15
- filoplume 16
- filovirus 15
- filterers 12
- filtrable 14
- filtrated 13
- fimbriate 16
- finaglers 13
- finagling 14
- finalisms 14
- finfishes 18
- fingerers 13
- finically 17
- finickier 18
- finicking 19
- finitudes 13
- finnmarks 18
- finocchio 19
- finochios 17
- fioratura 12
- fioritura 12
- fioriture 12
- firearmed 15
- firebacks 20
- firebases 14
- fireboard 15
- fireboats 14
- fireboxes 21
- firebrats 14
- fireclays 17
- firedamps 17
- firefangs 16
- fireflood 16
- firehalls 15
- firelocks 18
- firemanic 16
- firepinks 18
- fireplugs 15
- firerooms 14
- fireships 17
- firetraps 14
- fireweeds 16
- firewoods 16
- fireworms 17
- firstling 13
- firstness 12
- fiscalist 14
- fishbolts 17
- fishbones 17
- fishbowls 20
- fishiness 15
- fishkills 19
- fishlines 15
- fishmeals 17
- fishplate 17
- fishpoles 17
- fishworms 20
- fissility 15
- fissional 12
- fissioned 13
- fissipeds 15
- fissuring 13
- fisticuff 20
- fistnotes 12
- fistulate 12
- fistulous 12
- fixedness 20
- flabbiest 16
- flabellum 16
- flaccidly 20
- flaggiest 14
- flaggings 15
- flagrance 15
- flagrancy 18
- flagstick 19
- flambeaus 16
- flambeaux 23
- flambeing 17
- flamelike 18
- flamencos 16
- flameouts 14
- flamingly 18
- flancards 15
- flaneries 12
- flanneled 13
- flannelet 12
- flannelly 15
- flaperons 14
- flappable 18
- flappiest 16
- flareback 20
- flaringly 16
- flashcube 19
- flashtube 17
- flatboats 14
- flatfoots 15
- flatlined 13
- flatliner 12
- flatlines 12
- flatlings 13
- flatwares 15
- flatworks 19
- flaunters 12
- flauntier 12
- flauntily 15
- flautists 12
- flavanols 15
- flavanone 15
- flavonols 15
- flavorers 15
- flavorist 15
- flavorous 15
- flaxseeds 20
- fleabanes 14
- fleabites 14
- fleaworts 15
- flechette 17
- fleckless 18
- flections 14
- fledgiest 14
- fleeching 18
- fleeciest 14
- fleetness 12
- flehmened 18
- flemished 18
- flemishes 17
- flenching 18
- fleshiest 15
- fleshings 16
- fleshless 15
- fleshlier 15
- fleshment 17
- fleshpots 17
- flexagons 20
- flexional 19
- flextimer 21
- flextimes 21
- flichters 17
- flickable 20
- flightier 16
- flightily 19
- flimflams 19
- flinchers 17
- flinkites 16
- flinthead 16
- flintiest 12
- flintlike 16
- flipbooks 20
- flirtiest 12
- flitching 18
- flittered 13
- floatages 13
- floatiest 12
- floccules 16
- flocculus 16
- flockiest 18
- flockings 19
- flockless 18
- floggable 16
- floodable 15
- floodtide 14
- floorages 13
- floorless 12
- floorshow 18
- flopovers 17
- floppiest 16
- floreated 13
- florences 14
- floriated 13
- floricane 14
- floridity 16
- florigens 13
- flossiest 12
- flouncier 14
- flouncing 15
- flowerage 16
- flowerers 15
- flowerets 15
- flowerful 18
- flowerier 15
- flowerily 18
- flowingly 19
- flowstone 15
- fluctuant 14
- fluencies 14
- fluffiest 18
- fluidally 16
- fluidises 13
- fluidizer 22
- fluidizes 22
- fluidlike 17
- fluidness 13
- fluidrams 15
- flukiness 16
- flummoxes 23
- flunkyism 21
- fluorenes 12
- fluorines 12
- fluoroses 12
- fluorotic 14
- flurrying 16
- flushness 15
- flutelike 16
- flutterer 12
- fluxgates 20
- fluxional 19
- flyleaves 18
- flypapers 19
- flyrodder 17
- flysheets 18
- flyspecks 23
- foaminess 14
- focaccias 18
- focalised 15
- focalises 14
- focalized 24
- focalizes 23
- focusless 14
- foddering 15
- fogeyisms 18
- fogfruits 16
- fogginess 14
- foldaways 19
- foldboats 15
- folderols 13
- foliating 13
- foliolate 12
- folklives 19
- folklores 16
- folkmoots 18
- folkmotes 18
- folksiest 16
- fomenters 14
- fondlings 14
- fondueing 14
- fontanels 12
- foofaraws 18
- fooleries 12
- foolisher 15
- foolscaps 16
- foosballs 14
- footbaths 17
- footcloth 17
- footfault 15
- footgears 13
- footmarks 18
- footpaces 16
- footraces 14
- footropes 14
- footslogs 13
- footstalk 16
- footstall 12
- footstock 18
- footwalls 15
- footworks 19
- fopperies 16
- foppishly 22
- foraminal 14
- forbearer 14
- forbidals 15
- forbidder 16
- forboding 16
- forceable 16
- forceless 14
- forcemeat 16
- foreboded 16
- foreboder 15
- forebodes 15
- forebooms 16
- forecheck 23
- foredated 14
- foredates 13
- foredecks 19
- foredoing 14
- foredooms 15
- forefaces 17
- forefeels 15
- forefends 16
- foregoers 13
- forehands 16
- forehoofs 18
- forejudge 21
- foreknown 19
- foreknows 19
- forelands 13
- foremasts 14
- foremilks 18
- forenamed 15
- forenoons 12
- foreparts 14
- forepeaks 18
- foreplays 17
- foreranks 16
- forereach 17
- foresails 12
- foreseers 12
- foreshank 19
- foresheet 15
- foreshock 21
- foreshown 18
- foreshows 18
- foresides 13
- forespake 18
- forespeak 18
- forespoke 18
- forestage 13
- forestays 15
- forestial 12
- foresting 13
- foreswear 15
- foreswore 15
- foresworn 15
- foreteeth 15
- foretimes 14
- foretoken 16
- foretooth 15
- forewarns 15
- forewoman 17
- forewomen 17
- foreyards 16
- forfeiter 15
- forfended 17
- forficate 17
- forgather 16
- forgeable 15
- forgetive 16
- forgetter 13
- forgivers 16
- forjudged 22
- forjudges 21
- forkballs 18
- forkiness 16
- forlorner 12
- formalins 14
- formicary 19
- formulism 16
- formulist 14
- formulize 23
- formworks 21
- forrarder 13
- forsakers 16
- forswears 15
- fortalice 14
- fortieths 15
- fortifier 15
- fortuning 13
- forzandos 22
- fossettes 12
- fossicked 19
- fossicker 18
- fossilise 12
- fossilize 21
- fossorial 12
- fosterage 13
- fosterers 12
- foulbrood 15
- fourpence 16
- fourpenny 17
- fourteens 12
- foveiform 20
- foveolate 15
- foveolets 15
- fowlpoxes 24
- foxfishes 25
- foxhunted 23
- foxhunter 22
- fractural 14
- fracturer 14
- fraggings 15
- fragilely 16
- fragrancy 18
- frailness 12
- frambesia 16
- franciums 16
- francized 24
- francizes 23
- franglais 13
- frankable 18
- franseria 12
- franticly 17
- fraughted 17
- frauleins 12
- frazzling 31
- freakouts 16
- frecklier 18
- freckling 19
- freebased 15
- freebaser 14
- freebases 14
- freeboots 14
- freeholds 16
- freeloads 13
- freewrite 15
- freewrote 15
- frenchify 23
- frenching 18
- frenetics 14
- frenulums 14
- frenzying 25
- frescoers 14
- frescoing 15
- frescoist 14
- fretfully 18
- frettiest 12
- fretworks 19
- friarbird 15
- fribblers 16
- fribbling 17
- friedcake 19
- friending 14
- frighting 17
- frilliest 12
- frillings 13
- fringiest 13
- frisettes 12
- friskiest 16
- fritterer 12
- frivolers 15
- frivoling 16
- frivolled 16
- frivoller 15
- frizettes 21
- frizziest 30
- frizzlers 30
- frizzlier 30
- frizzling 31
- frockless 18
- froggiest 14
- frogmarch 20
- frolicker 18
- frondeurs 13
- frontenis 12
- frontless 12
- frontlets 12
- frontward 16
- frostfish 18
- frostiest 12
- frostless 12
- frostline 12
- frostnips 14
- frostwork 19
- frothiest 15
- frottages 13
- frotteurs 12
- froufrous 15
- frouncing 15
- frouziest 21
- frowardly 19
- frowsiest 15
- frowstier 15
- frowsting 16
- frowziest 24
- fructoses 14
- fructuous 14
- frugivore 16
- fruitages 13
- fruiterer 12
- fruitiest 12
- fruitions 12
- fruitlets 12
- fruitlike 16
- frumpiest 16
- frustules 12
- fruticose 14
- frybreads 18
- fuchsines 17
- fuelwoods 16
- fugacious 15
- fuguelike 17
- fulfiller 15
- fulgently 16
- fulgurant 13
- fulgurate 13
- fulgurite 13
- fulgurous 13
- fullblood 15
- fulleries 12
- fullering 13
- fullfaces 17
- fulmining 15
- fulnesses 12
- fulsomely 17
- fumarases 14
- fumarates 14
- fumarolic 16
- fumigates 15
- fumigator 15
- fungibles 15
- fungiform 18
- fungistat 13
- funhouses 15
- funiculus 14
- funniness 12
- funplexes 21
- furanoses 12
- furbelows 17
- furbisher 17
- furbishes 17
- furcately 17
- furcating 15
- furcation 14
- furcraeas 14
- furfurals 15
- furfurans 15
- furmeties 14
- furmities 14
- furnacing 15
- furnisher 15
- furriners 12
- furriness 12
- furrowers 15
- furtherer 15
- furuncles 14
- fusileers 12
- fusionism 14
- fustigate 13
- fustiness 12
- fusulinid 13
- futurisms 14
- fuzztones 30
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many nine-letter words are there that start with F?
There are 1,190 nine-letter words that start with F in the tournament word lists. The most common are FOLLOWING, FINANCIAL, FURNITURE.
What are common nine-letter words that start with F?
FOLLOWING, FINANCIAL, FURNITURE, FUNCTIONS, FRAMEWORK are the most frequently used. The full list of 1,190 words on this page is sorted by everyday frequency, so the common ones come first.
Can I play these words in Scrabble?
Yes. The list combines ENABLE and the North American tournament list (TWL), so these words are playable in Scrabble-style games, including Words With Friends.
Starting with F in other lengths
- 3-Letter Words Starting With F
- 4-Letter Words Starting With F
- 5-Letter Words Starting With F
- 6-Letter Words Starting With F
- 7-Letter Words Starting With F
- 8-Letter Words Starting With F
- 10-Letter Words Starting With F
- 11-Letter Words Starting With F
- 12-Letter Words Starting With F
- 13-Letter Words Starting With F
- 14-Letter Words Starting With F
- 15-Letter Words Starting With F
- 16-Letter Words Starting With F
- 17-Letter Words Starting With F
- 18-Letter Words Starting With F