5-Letter Words Ending in F
53 five-letter words end in F; 21 of them are common words, shown in bold. Common words are where Wordle answers come from.
Best Wordle guesses
Ranked by how many green and yellow tiles each word turns up, on average, against the common words Wordle answers come from.
| # | Word | Green | Yellow |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grief | 0.45 | 0.92 |
| 2 | brief | 0.48 | 0.87 |
| 3 | thief | 0.43 | 0.91 |
| 4 | scarf | 0.38 | 0.94 |
| 5 | shelf | 0.38 | 0.90 |
| 6 | chief | 0.45 | 0.79 |
| 7 | calif | 0.35 | 0.88 |
| 8 | dwarf | 0.28 | 0.88 |
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53 words ending in F
- stuffcommon
- chiefcommon
- staffcommon
- proofcommon
- briefcommon
- cliffcommon
- griefcommon
- shelfcommon
- stiffcommon
- thiefcommon
- califcommon
- dwarfcommon
- scarfcommon
- bluffcommon
- wharfcommon
- sniffcommon
- motifcommon
- whiffcommon
- fluffcommon
- snuffcommon
- spoofcommon
- aloof
- gruff
- scoff
- chaff
- griff
- serif
- decaf
- skiff
- sheaf
- scuff
- pilaf
- quiff
- spiff
- quaff
- kloof
- chuff
- swarf
- kalif
- kenaf
- scurf
- whoof
- sluff
- draff
- feoff
- ganef
- ganof
- gliff
- gonef
- gonif
- gonof
- howff
- pouff
All 53 five-letter words
Starting with A 1
aloof
Starting with B 2
bluff brief
Starting with C 5
calif chaff chief chuff cliff
Starting with D 3
decaf draff dwarf
Starting with F 2
feoff fluff
Starting with G 9
ganef ganof gliff gonef gonif gonof grief griff gruff
Starting with H 1
howff
Starting with K 3
kalif kenaf kloof
Starting with M 1
motif
Starting with P 3
pilaf pouff proof
Starting with Q 2
quaff quiff
Starting with S 17
scarf scoff scuff scurf serif sheaf shelf skiff sluff sniff snuff spiff spoof staff stiff stuff swarf
Starting with T 1
thief
Starting with W 3
wharf whiff whoof
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Questions people ask
How many five-letter words end in F?
Our list has 53. 21 of them are common everyday words; the rest are rarer words you are more likely to meet in Scrabble or a crossword than in conversation. The list is a public-domain English word list, sorted by how often each word appears in everyday writing.
What are the most common five-letter words that end in F?
STUFF, CHIEF, STAFF, PROOF, BRIEF — in that order, by how often they appear in everyday English.
What is the best Wordle guess that ends in F?
GRIEF. Against the common five-letter words Wordle draws its answers from, it turns up 0.45 green and 0.92 yellow tiles on average — more than any other word on this list. The method is the same as on our Best Wordle Starting Words page.