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5-letter words with L as the 2nd letter and F as the 4th letter

5-letter words with L as the 2nd letter and F as the 4th letter number 17, and nine end in doubled F, from CLIFF and BLUFF to FLUFF.

17 wordsTop pick CLIFFHighest score FLUFF 14

3 of 17 are everyday words (18%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

With L in 2nd place, E is the most common 4th letter (79 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 17 · most-used first

  • CLIFF13
  • BLUFF13
  • FLUFF14
  • ALOFT8
  • CLEFT10
  • CLIFT10
  • CLEFS10
  • SLUFF11
  • ALEFT8
  • PLUFF13
  • ALEFS8
  • ALIFS8
  • BLAFF13
  • CLOFF13
  • FLAFF14
  • GLIFF12
  • GLIFT9
All valid words 17

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

  • ALEFS8
  • ALEFT8
  • ALIFS8
  • ALOFT8
  • BLAFF13
  • BLUFF13
  • CLEFS10
  • CLEFT10
  • CLIFF13
  • CLIFT10
  • CLOFF13
  • FLAFF14
  • FLUFF14
  • GLIFF12
  • GLIFT9
  • PLUFF13
  • SLUFF11
Letters by positionIn 53% of these words the 5th letter is F.
1st letter
  1. C29%
  2. A24%
  3. B12%
3rd letter
  1. I29%
  2. E24%
  3. U24%
5th letter
  1. F53%
  2. T29%
  3. S18%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
FLUFF1416All three
FLAFF1415Collins only
CLIFF1315All three
BLUFF1316All three
PLUFF1316Collins only
BLAFF1315Collins · NWL
CLOFF1315Collins only
GLIFF1214All three
SLUFF1113All three
CLEFT1012All three
CLIFT1012All three
CLEFS1012All three

The middle F sits close to a cluster of L words, so the pattern rewards double letters. CLIFF, BLUFF, FLUFF, FLAFF and PLUFF all stack two F tiles, which lifts the average score to 11. Only three of the seventeen count as common English, but every one is legal in Collins.

The L-second, F-fourth set at a glance

  • Seventeen 5-letter words carry L second and F fourth.
  • Nine of them end in F and stack a doubled letter.
  • FLUFF and FLAFF both score 14, the top totals.
  • CLIFF, BLUFF and FLUFF are the only common words.
  • Five are Wordle answers: CLEFT, CLIFF, ALOFT, BLUFF and FLUFF.

Three doubled-F families split the list

The F endings fall into three vowel groups. The IFF pair, CLIFF and GLIFF, sits beside the UFF group of BLUFF, FLUFF, SLUFF and PLUFF, and the AFF group of BLAFF, FLAFF and CLOFF. That leaves eight words with a T, S or other ending, such as ALOFT, CLEFT, CLEFS and ALEFS.

High averages and five Collins-only spellings

Five of the seventeen sit in Collins but not in NWL2023, so a North American board drops nearly a third of the list: BLAFF, CLOFF, FLAFF, GLIFF and GLIFT. ENABLE is tighter again, holding just eleven of the seventeen.

The scoring is unusually tight at the top. FLUFF and FLAFF reach 14, while CLIFF, BLUFF, PLUFF, BLAFF and CLOFF all land on 13, every one riding a doubled F or a hard consonant.

Nine of the ten leaders close on a double F, and that is why the group average climbs all the way to 11.

Playing a doubled F on the board

Tip

A doubled F beats a single premium tile in most games, so BLUFF and FLUFF are strong plays. Test the AFF spellings early, because they are the ones a shorter word list tends to reject.

Questions people ask

How many 5-letter words have L second and F fourth?
Seventeen in total. Nine of them end in F, and the group splits into the AFF, IFF and UFF families, from BLAFF and CLIFF to BLUFF and FLUFF.
Which L-second, F-fourth words are Wordle answers?
Five: CLEFT, CLIFF, ALOFT, BLUFF and FLUFF. All seventeen match Wordle's accepted guesses, so any candidate the pattern allows can go straight on the board.
What is the highest-scoring 5-letter word with L second and F fourth?
FLUFF and FLAFF tie on 14 points, each stacking two F tiles. CLIFF, BLUFF, PLUFF, BLAFF and CLOFF follow on 13, so the double F drives most of the top scores.

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