5-letter words with F as the 1st letter and E as the 4th letter

The pattern is F _ _ E _, so the fourth position is fixed while the middle letters remain open. Of these 111 words, 38 rank among the commonest English words. That leaves plenty of familiar options for solving clues, alongside less common entries that are more useful when you need a high-value play.

At a glance: F-first, E-fourth words

• There are 111 matching five-letter words across the tournament dictionaries.
• The 38 common entries include FIXED, FIRED, FILES, FEVER, and FLEET.
• The final letter is S most often, appearing in 39 matches; D and R follow with 27 and 26.
• The dictionaries include 110 Collins words, 97 NWL2023 words, and 92 ENABLE words.
• FAZED and FUZED lead the scoring examples at 18 points each.

How many 5-letter words have F first and E fourth?

There are 111 words matching F _ _ E _. The ending pattern is unusually concentrated: S, D, and R together account for 92 entries. Try those endings first when your final tile is still unknown; the remaining endings are much less common.

FIXED, FIRED, FILED, and FACES show how widely the middle letters vary. A common trap is to treat the fixed E as evidence that the word ends in E. Only three matches end with E, while S appears in 39.

Dictionary coverage is just as uneven as the endings. Collins accepts 110 of the 111 matches, while NWL2023 includes 97 and ENABLE includes 92.

Which matching words score highest?

FAZED and FUZED each score 18 points in Scrabble, ahead of FUZES, FAZES, FEZES, and FUZEE at 17. FIXED scores 16, making it a more recognizable scoring option. These values are base letter scores, before any board-square bonuses.

The pattern has 15 Wordle answers in the tournament dictionaries and 110 allowed guesses. That gap matters: a word can be accepted as a guess without being an answer. The list also spans different game dictionaries, so check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar entry.