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7-letter words with F as the 1st letter and I as the 5th letter

7-letter words with F first and I fifth total 356; feeling, foreign, and finding are familiar examples that fit the pattern.

356 wordsTop pick FEELINGHighest score FUZZILY 31

51 of 356 are everyday words (14%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

With F in 1st place, I is the most common 5th letter (356 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 51 · most-used first

Showing the top 48 of 51 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 356

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

  • FABLIAU12
  • FABLING13
  • FABRICS14
  • FACTICE14
  • FACTION12
  • FACTIVE15
  • FADAISE11
  • FADDIER12
  • FADDISH15
  • FADDISM14
  • FADDIST12
  • FADEINS11
  • FADGING13
  • FADLIKE15
  • FAERIES10
  • FAFFING17
  • FAGGIER12
  • FAGGING13
  • FAIKING15
  • FAILING11
  • FAINING11
  • FAIRIER10
  • FAIRIES10
  • FAIRILY13
  • FAIRING11
  • FAIRISH13
  • FALLING11
  • FALSIES10
  • FALSIFY16
  • FALSING11
  • FALSISH13
  • FALSISM12
  • FALSITY13
  • FANCIED13
  • FANCIER12
  • FANCIES12
  • FANCIFY18
  • FANCILY15
  • FANDING12
  • FANFICS15
  • FANGING12
  • FANGIRL11
  • FANLIKE14
  • FANNIES10
  • FANNING11
  • FANWISE13
  • FANZINE19
  • FAQUIRS19
  • FARCIED13
  • FARCIES12
  • FARCIFY18
  • FARCING13
  • FARCINS12
  • FARDING12
  • FARMING13
  • FARRIER10
  • FARRING11
  • FARSIDE11
  • FARSING11
  • FARTING11
  • FASCIAE12
  • FASCIAL12
  • FASCIAS12
  • FASCINE12
  • FASCISM14
  • FASCIST12
  • FASHING14
  • FASHION13
  • FASTIES10
  • FASTING11
  • FASTISH13
  • FATBIRD13
  • FATLIKE14
  • FATLING11
  • FATSIAS10
  • FATTIER10
  • FATTIES10
  • FATTILY13
  • FATTING11
  • FATTISH13
  • FATTISM12
  • FATTIST10
  • FATUITY13
  • FAUCIAL12
  • FAUNIST10
  • FAUTING11
  • FAUVISM15
  • FAUVIST13
  • FAVRILE13
  • FAWNIER13
  • FAWNING14
  • FAYNING14
  • FEALING11
  • FEARING11
  • FEASING11
  • FEATING11
  • FEAZING20
  • FEBRILE12
  • FECKING17
  • FEEDING12
  • FEELING11
  • FEERIES10
  • FEERING11
  • FEERINS10
  • FEESING11
  • FEEZING20
  • FELLIES10
  • FELLING11
  • FELSITE10
  • FELTIER10
  • FELTING11
  • FEMMIER14
  • FENCING13
  • FENDIER11
  • FENDING12
  • FENNIER10
  • FENNIES10
  • FENNING11
  • FENNISH13
  • FERLIED11
  • FERLIER10
  • FERLIES10
  • FERMION12
  • FERMIUM14
  • FERNIER10
  • FERNING11
  • FERRIED11
  • FERRIES10
  • FERRITE10
  • FERTILE10
  • FESSING11
  • FESTIER10
  • FESTIVE13
  • FETTING11
  • FEUDING12
  • FEUDIST11
  • FIATING11
  • FIBBING15
  • FIBRILS12
  • FIBRINS12
  • FICTILE12
  • FICTION12
  • FICTIVE15
  • FIDEISM13
  • FIDEIST11
  • FIDGING13
  • FIERIER10
  • FIERILY13
  • FIFTIES13
  • FIGGING13
  • FILLIES10
  • FILLING11
  • FILLIPS12
  • FILMIER12
  • FILMILY15
  • FILMING13
  • FILMISH15
  • FINDING12
  • FINEISH13
  • FINFISH16
  • FINKING15
  • FINLIKE14
  • FINNIER10
  • FINNING11
  • FIORINS10
  • FIRKING15
  • FIRKINS14
  • FIRMING13
  • FIRRIER10
  • FIRRING11
  • FISGIGS12
  • FISHIER13
  • FISHIFY19
  • FISHILY16
  • FISHING14
  • FISKING15
  • FISSILE10
  • FISSION10
  • FISSIVE13
  • FISTIER10
  • FISTING11
  • FITLIER10
  • FITTING11
  • FIZGIGS21
  • FIZZIER28
  • FIZZILY31
  • FIZZING29
  • FLAKIER14
  • FLAKIES14
  • FLAKILY17
  • FLAKING15
  • FLAMIER12
  • FLAMING13
  • FLARIER10
  • FLARING11
  • FLAVINE13
  • FLAVINS13
  • FLAWIER13
  • FLAWING14
  • FLAXIER17
  • FLAYING14
  • FLEEING11
  • FLEMING13
  • FLEMISH15
  • FLEXILE17
  • FLEXING18
  • FLEXION17
  • FLEYING14
  • FLITING11
  • FLIXING18
  • FLORIER10
  • FLORINS10
  • FLORIST10
  • FLOWING14
  • FLUKIER14
  • FLUKILY17
  • FLUKING15
  • FLUMING13
  • FLUTIER10
  • FLUTINA10
  • FLUTING11
  • FLUTIST10
  • FLUVIAL13
  • FLUXING18
  • FLUXION17
  • FLUXIVE20
  • FLYLINE13
  • FLYPING16
  • FLYTIER13
  • FLYTING14
  • FOALING11
  • FOAMIER12
  • FOAMILY15
  • FOAMING13
  • FOBBING15
  • FOGGIER12
  • FOGGILY15
  • FOGGING13
  • FOGYISH17
  • FOGYISM16
  • FOILING11
  • FOILIST10
  • FOINING11
  • FOLDING12
  • FOLKIER14
  • FOLKIES14
  • FOLKISH17
  • FOLLIED11
  • FOLLIES10
  • FONDING12
  • FONNING11
  • FONTINA10
  • FOODIES11
  • FOODISM13
  • FOOLING11
  • FOOLISH13
  • FOOTIER10
  • FOOTIES10
  • FOOTING11
  • FOPLING13
  • FOPPING15
  • FOPPISH17
  • FORBIDS13
  • FORCING13
  • FORDING12
  • FOREIGN11
  • FORGING12
  • FORGIVE14
  • FORKIER14
  • FORKING15
  • FORMICA14
  • FORMING13
  • FORPINE12
  • FORPITS12
  • FORTIES10
  • FORTIFY16
  • FORTING11
  • FOSSICK16
  • FOSSILS10
  • FOULIES10
  • FOULING11
  • FOWLING14
  • FOXFIRE20
  • FOXFISH23
  • FOXLIKE21
  • FOYLING14
  • FOYNING14
  • FRAGILE11
  • FRAMING13
  • FRANION10
  • FRAYING14
  • FRAZILS19
  • FREEING11
  • FREMITS12
  • FRIZING20
  • FROLICS12
  • FROWIER13
  • FRUTIFY16
  • FUBBIER14
  • FUBBING15
  • FUBSIER12
  • FUCKING17
  • FUCOIDS13
  • FUDDIES12
  • FUDGIER12
  • FUDGING13
  • FUELING11
  • FUFFIER16
  • FUFFING17
  • FUGGIER12
  • FUGGILY15
  • FUGGING13
  • FUGLIER11
  • FUGLING12
  • FUGUING12
  • FUGUIST11
  • FULFILL13
  • FULFILS13
  • FULLING11
  • FULLISH13
  • FULMINE12
  • FUNDIES11
  • FUNDING12
  • FUNKIAS14
  • FUNKIER14
  • FUNKILY17
  • FUNKING15
  • FUNNIER10
  • FUNNIES10
  • FUNNILY13
  • FUNNING11
  • FURBISH15
  • FURKIDS15
  • FURLING11
  • FURMITY15
  • FURNISH13
  • FURRIER10
  • FURRIES10
  • FURRILY13
  • FURRING11
  • FURTIVE13
  • FURZIER19
  • FUSAINS10
  • FUSHION13
  • FUSSIER10
  • FUSSILY13
  • FUSSING11
  • FUSTIAN10
  • FUSTICS12
  • FUSTIER10
  • FUSTILY13
  • FUSTING11
  • FUTZING20
  • FUZZIER28
  • FUZZILY31
  • FUZZING29
Letters by positionIn 40% of these words the 6th letter is N.
2nd letter
  1. A26%
  2. U16%
  3. O16%
3rd letter
  1. R15%
  2. N12%
  3. S10%
4th letter
  1. T14%
  2. L12%
  3. R10%
6th letter
  1. N40%
  2. E23%
  3. S11%
7th letter
  1. G35%
  2. S15%
  3. R14%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 11 in Scrabble; FUZZILY tops the list with 31. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 1010 points: 59 words
  2. 11 points: 68 words
  3. 1212 points: 53 words
  4. 13 points: 66 words
  5. 1414 points: 34 words
  6. 15 points: 28 words
  7. 1616 points: 9 words
  8. 17 points: 14 words
  9. 1818 points: 5 words
  10. 19 points: 5 words
  11. 2020 points: 6 words
  12. 21 points: 2 words
  13. 2222 points: 0 words
  14. 23 points: 1 words
  15. 2424 points: 0 words
  16. 25 points: 0 words
  17. 2626 points: 0 words
  18. 27 points: 0 words
  19. 2828 points: 2 words
  20. 29 points: 2 words
  21. 3030 points: 0 words
  22. 31 points: 2 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
FUZZILY3132All three
FIZZILY3131NWL only
FIZZING2931All three
FUZZING2932All three
FUZZIER2829All three
FIZZIER2828All three
FOXFISH2322All three
FIZGIGS2123All three
FOXLIKE2122All three
FOXFIRE2020All three
FUTZING2023All three
FEEZING2022All three

Lock in the first and fifth tiles, then use the remaining letters to narrow your choices. The pattern includes everyday words such as fashion and fishing, but only 51 entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency. Final letters offer another quick filter: G is the clear leader, with 126 matches.

7-letter words with F first and I fifth at a glance

  • There are 356 matches for the fixed F _ _ _ I _ _ pattern.
  • Feeling, foreign, finding, fashion, and fishing are recognizable examples.
  • A total of 126 matches end in G; S and R are the next most common endings.
  • Fuzzily and fizzily tie for the top score, at 31 points each.
  • The list has 51 common entries and 286 entries with definitions.

Which endings narrow the pattern fastest?

Start with the final letter if the board gives you one. G appears at the end of 126 matches, while S appears 55 times and R appears 50 times. That makes a known G especially productive, but it also means a short G-ending shortlist can still contain many possibilities.

Many familiar examples end in G: feeling, falling, funding, fishing, and feeding all fit. Don’t treat the “-ing” sound as proof by itself; check the fifth letter. In each of those words, I sits exactly in position five.

How should you use these words in a word game?

For a crossword or letter-grid puzzle, keep the pattern visible as F _ _ _ I _ _. Try familiar candidates such as foreign, forgive, or fragile before reaching for less common spellings. If the last tile is known, sort by that letter first rather than scanning all 356 possibilities.

For Scrabble, fuzzily and fizzily each score 31 points in the scoring. Fizzing and fuzzing follow at 29, while foxfish scores 23. The double-Z options stand out, but a high tile score does not guarantee a playable word in every game’s dictionary.

Dictionary coverage differs: 349 matches appear in Collins, 275 in NWL2023, and 252 in ENABLE. Those totals overlap, so they are not separate batches to add together. Check your game’s word list when a candidate matters.

Questions people ask

How many common 7-letter words have F first and I fifth?
There are 51 common matches with F first and I fifth. “Common” means the word falls within the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so the full 356-word pattern list also contains many less familiar entries.
Which F-first, I-fifth words score the most in Scrabble?
Fuzzily and fizzily tie for the highest score, with 31 points each. Fizzing and fuzzing score 29, and fuzzier scores 28. These are tile scores; the points you earn on a board depend on its letter and word squares.
Do all 356 words appear in every game dictionary?
No. The pattern has 349 matches in Collins, 275 in NWL2023, and 252 in ENABLE. The lists overlap, but each dictionary includes a different set of words; 286 matches have definitions in this reference.

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