6-letter words with C as the 1st letter and F as the 4th letter

The fixed pattern is C _ _ F _ _: the first letter is C, and the fourth is F. COFFEE and COFFIN are easy to recognize, while words such as CONFIX and CARFAX stand out for their letter values. Only 7 entries rank among the most common English words, so many matches are specialist vocabulary rather than everyday choices.

What stands out in this C-and-F pattern?

• There are 43 six-letter matches, with C fixed at the start and F in position four.
• COFFEE, COFFIN, and CRAFTS are recognizable examples among the matching words.
• The final letter is S most often: 12 words end in S, compared with 6 ending in Y.
• CHEFFY, CHAFFY, and CHUFFY lead the scoring list at 20 points apiece.
• Only 7 matches are common by the top-25,000 English-word frequency measure.

Which dictionaries include these words?

Dictionary coverage varies across the 43 matches: 31 appear in ENABLE, 41 in Collins, and 34 in NWL2023. Those totals overlap, so adding them together would count some words more than once.

A total of 37 entries have definitions, but that still leaves many less familiar forms. CRAFTY, CURFEW, and CHAFED are recognizable; CARFUL and COMFIT are less likely to come up in everyday conversation. Check your game's word list before relying on an unusual entry.

6-letter words with C first and F fourth: patterns and scores

The ending pattern helps narrow a clue quickly: S accounts for 12 matches, while Y appears at the end of 6 and D at the end of 5. If the final letter is known, start with that group rather than scanning every match.

CHEFFY, CHAFFY, and CHUFFY each score 20 points in the scoring list. CARFAX, CARFOX, and CONFIX score 18, while CLIFFY scores 17. The high scorers lean on valuable letters, but their uncommon vocabulary makes them risky guesses when you need a familiar word.