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

The doubled group is taffy, toffy, toffs, tiffs, tuffs, teffs and tuffe, almost half the list. Theft is the only entry inside the 25,000 most common English words, so unusual forms dominate. A four-point F paired with a four-point Y in taffy and toffy lifts the average score to 10.6.

Where the T-F words cluster

• Fifteen words match, and seven of them spell a double F in positions three and four.
• Taffy and toffy tie for the top score at 14 points each.
• Six matches end in S, three in Y, two in E and two in T.
• Theft and taffy are the two words that also appear on the Wordle answer list.
• Turfy is the one Y ending without a doubled F.
• Collins lists all 15 matches; ENABLE lists 9 and NWL2023 lists 10.

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

Seven of the fifteen spell a double F in slots three and four. Taffy and toffy are the only two that also close with Y, which is exactly why they sit at the top of the score list.

Endings are lopsided: S closes six matches, among them toffs, tiffs, tuffs and teffs, while Y closes three. Only two matches end in T, theft and thoft, and trefa is the single A ending.

Which T-F words reach the top of the score list?

Taffy and toffy share first place at 14 points, well clear of a cluster on 11 that includes theft, toffs, tiffs, tuffs, triff, turfy, teffs and thoft.

Collins carries all fifteen words, but ENABLE holds only 9 and NWL2023 holds 10, so the rarest forms, among them thoft, triff and tuffe, belong to Collins alone. Taffy and theft are the two Wordle answers, and the other thirteen are guesses only. Check your game's word list before you commit to a Collins-only form.