7-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and F as the 6th letter
7-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and F as the 6th letter: 35 tournament-dictionary matches, led by TACKIFY and WAVEOFF at 19 points.
3 of 35 are everyday words (9%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.
With A in 2nd place, E is the most common 6th letter (1,259 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.
- Length
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- 13
- 14
- 15
Best words to play first
- SATISFY13
- TARIFFS13
- TAKEOFF17
- LAYOFFS16
- BAILIFF15
- MAGNIFY16
- PAYOFFS18
- FACEOFF18
- MASTIFF15
- FALSIFY16
- HANDOFF17
- HAYLOFT16
- FALLOFF16
- MASSIFS12
- SALSIFY13
- CASTOFF15
- CALCIFY17
- EARMUFF15
- CAITIFF15
- TARTUFO10
- SACRIFY15
- TARTUFI10
- BANOFFI15
- CAPRIFY17
- CARNIFY15
- DAMNIFY16
- DANDIFY15
- FANCIFY18
- FARCIFY18
- HAIRIFS13
- MATTIFY15
- RAKEOFF17
- TACKIFY19
- TARTUFE10
- WAVEOFF19
All valid words 35
- BAILIFF15
- BANOFFI15
- CAITIFF15
- CALCIFY17
- CAPRIFY17
- CARNIFY15
- CASTOFF15
- DAMNIFY16
- DANDIFY15
- EARMUFF15
- FACEOFF18
- FALLOFF16
- FALSIFY16
- FANCIFY18
- FARCIFY18
- HAIRIFS13
- HANDOFF17
- HAYLOFT16
- LAYOFFS16
- MAGNIFY16
- MASSIFS12
- MASTIFF15
- MATTIFY15
- PAYOFFS18
- RAKEOFF17
- SACRIFY15
- SALSIFY13
- SATISFY13
- TACKIFY19
- TAKEOFF17
- TARIFFS13
- TARTUFE10
- TARTUFI10
- TARTUFO10
- WAVEOFF19
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| TACKIFY | 19 | 19 | All three |
| WAVEOFF | 19 | 20 | All three |
| PAYOFFS | 18 | 18 | All three |
| FACEOFF | 18 | 19 | NWL only |
| FANCIFY | 18 | 19 | All three |
| FARCIFY | 18 | 18 | Collins only |
| TAKEOFF | 17 | 17 | All three |
| HANDOFF | 17 | 17 | All three |
| CALCIFY | 17 | 19 | All three |
| RAKEOFF | 17 | 17 | All three |
| CAPRIFY | 17 | 18 | Collins only |
| LAYOFFS | 16 | 16 | All three |
The pattern is _A___F_, so the two fixed letters leave five positions to scan. Only three matches rank among the 25,000 most frequent English words; SATISFY, TAKEOFF, and LAYOFFS are familiar exceptions. Most matches are less everyday, but the endings create a useful shortcut: 14 finish in Y and 11 in F.
7-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and F as the 6th letter
- 35 tournament-listed words match the A-second, F-sixth pattern.
- Collins accepts 32 matches, compared with 29 in NWL2023 and 26 in ENABLE.
- Just 3 matches qualify as common by word-frequency ranking.
- TACKIFY and WAVEOFF lead the recorded tile scores at 19 points.
- Y is the most frequent ending, with 14 words; F follows with 11.
Which matching words are easiest to recognize?
SATISFY, TAKEOFF, LAYOFFS, and HANDOFF stand out from less familiar entries. SATISFY and MAGNIFY end in Y, while TAKEOFF, FACEOFF, and HANDOFF show the F-ending cluster. A familiar word can narrow the pattern faster than testing every blank.
Starting-letter counts offer another filter. T leads with six matches; C and F each contribute five, while M contributes four. If your first tile is fixed, check the T group first, then C or F.
Those clues quickly trim the 35 candidates.
The final letter is often more informative than the first: Y and F together account for 25 matches. Five end in S, while just two end in I and one each ends in E, O, or T.
Which matching words score highest?
TACKIFY and WAVEOFF top the recorded tile scores at 19 points; PAYOFFS and FACEOFF follow at 18. TAKEOFF, HANDOFF, and CALCIFY each reach 17. These are tile totals, not guaranteed board scores: premium squares and rack placement change the result.
Changing the second-position A to E also produces 35 matches; changing the sixth-position F to E produces 1,259. That contrast makes the sixth-position F the tighter filter. Across dictionaries, the 35 matches are not universal: Collins includes 32, NWL2023 has 29, and ENABLE has 26.
A total of 31 have definitions, so check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar entry such as TACKIFY.
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