7-letter words with F as the 3rd letter and A as the 6th letter

Lock in the pattern _ _ F _ _ A _ to narrow a seven-letter clue. This group ranges from familiar words such as refusal and offbeat to much rarer entries. Only one match falls within the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so the less familiar options may need a dictionary check before play.

The pattern at a glance

• 29 entries fit the seven-letter pattern, with F third and A sixth.
• Refusal, offbeat, and offload are recognizable examples.
• Only one entry ranks among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• R begins 7 matches; S ends 9, the most frequent final letter.

Which words fit F in position three and A in position six?

Start with the pattern _ _ F _ _ A _. Refusal follows it as R-E-F-U-S-A-L, while offbeat places its second F directly before B and keeps A in position six. Offload and bifocal also fit, giving you several familiar candidates before you consider obscure entries.

The opening letters are uneven: R starts 7 words, while B starts 4. At the other end, S appears 9 times, ahead of L with 5 and N with 4. When your clue fixes the last letter, testing S first is a sharper move than guessing among all possible endings, with L as the clear second choice.

Which dictionaries include these words?

These 7-letter words with F as the 3rd letter and A as the 6th letter appear in Collins, while NWL2023 includes 21 and ENABLE includes 20. The counts differ by game dictionary, so check your game's word list once before relying on a less familiar answer.

For tile points, affixal and kufiyah lead at 20 each; offpeak follows at 19. Those are strong scoring candidates, but the single common entry is a reminder that the highest-value choices are often not the words you reach for in everyday conversation.