4-Letter Words Starting with F

All 217 four-letter words that start with F

FA

• faal7adj. Ugly; foul; evil.
• fabe9adj. Fantastic; great.
• face9n. The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the...
• fack13n. One of the four stomachs of a ruminating animal; rumen; paunch.
• fact9n. Something actual as opposed to invented.
• fada8n. The acute accent as used in Irish orthography to mark a long vowel.
• fade8n. A golf shot that curves intentionally to the player's right (if they...
• fado8n. A Portuguese folk song, usually featuring a single vocalist, Portuguese...
• fady11n. A system of taboos in the traditional culture of Madagascar.
• faff13n. An overcomplicated task, especially one perceived as a waste of time.
• fail7v. To be unsuccessful.
• fain7adj. Often followed by of: glad, well-pleased.
• fair7adj. Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.
• fait7n. Only used in fait accompli.
• fajr14n. The first of the five daily prayers recited by practicing Muslims.
• fake11adj. Not real; false, fraudulent.
• falk11n. The razorbill.
• fall7v. To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
• fals7n. Medieval copper coin first produced by the Umayyad caliphate beginning...
• falt7n. An old English measure of wheat in London containing 9 bushels.
• falx14n. A short Dacian sword resembling a sickle.
• fame9n. One's reputation.
• fane7n. A temple or sacred place.
• fang8n. A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh.
• fank11n. A pen for enclosing sheep, mainly in the Scottish Highlands.
• fano7n. A non-singular complete algebraic variety whose anticanonical bundle is...
• farb9n. A historical reenactor (especially an American Civil War reenactor)...
• fard8n. A commandment from Allah that a Muslim has to fulfill; a religious duty...
• fare7n. Money paid for a transport ticket.
• farm9n. A place where agricultural and similar activities take place...
• faro7n. A game of chance played by betting on the order in which certain cards...
• fart7v. To emit digestive gases from the anus; to flatulate.
• fash10v. To worry; to bother, annoy.
• fast7adj. Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable.
• fate7n. The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines...
• fauj14n. Army.
• faun7n. A woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat...
• faux14adj. Fake or artificial.
• fava10n. A fava bean; a bean (seed or seed pod) of plants of species Vicia faba...
• fave10adj. Favorite (US) or favourite (UK).
• fawn10n. A young deer.
• faze16v. To frighten or cause hesitation; to daunt, put off (usually used in the...

FE

• feal7adj. (of things) Cosy; clean; neat.
• fear7n. A strong, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived...
• feat7n. A relatively rare or difficult accomplishment.
• feck13n. Effect, value; vigor.
• feds8n. The federal level of government, viewed as a collective group of...
• feed8v. To give (someone or something) food to eat.
• feel7v. To become aware of through the skin; to use the sense of touch on.
• feen7v. To want something obsessively; to have a strong desire (for).
• feer7v. To mark (a field) with furrows before ploughing.
• feet7n. Fact; performance; feat.
• fein7n. Alternate spelling of feen. Popularized by Travis Scott.
• feis7n. An Irish festival, usually including folk music, dancing, and sports.
• fele7adv. Greatly, much, very.
• fell7v. To make something fall; especially a tree.
• felt7n. A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled...
• feme9n. A woman.
• fend8v. To take care of oneself; to take responsibility for one's own...
• feng8n. The Latin-script letter ʩ, used to transcribe a voiceless...
• feni7n. An alcoholic drink made in Goa, India, from fermented cashew apples or...
• fent7n. A slit or crack.
• ferd8n. A journey; a voyage.
• fere7n. A companion, comrade or friend.
• ferm9n. Rent for a farm.
• fern7n. Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants...
• fers7n. The medieval chess piece that developed into the modern queen.
• fess7v. To confess; to admit.
• fest7n. A gathering for a specified reason or occasion.
• feta7n. A variety of curd cheese made from sheep’s or goat’s milk and...
• fete7n. A festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given...
• feud8n. A state of long-standing mutual hostility.

FI

• fiar7n. One in whom the property of an estate is vested, subject to the estate...
• fiat7n. An arbitrary or authoritative command or order to do something; an...
• fico9n. A fig; an insignificant trifle.
• fido8n. A coin that is defective, having been incorrectly minted, often prized...
• fief10n. Land held of a superior, particularly on condition of homage, fealty...
• fife10n. A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to...
• fika11n. The Swedish practice of taking a break from daily activities or meeting...
• fike11v. To feign; dissemble; flatter.
• file7n. A collection of papers collated and archived together.
• filk11adj. About or inspired by science fiction, fantasy, horror, science, and/or...
• fill7v. To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is...
• film9n. A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering...
• fils7adj. Used after a proper name that is common to a father and his son to...
• find8v. To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.
• fine7adj. Of superior quality.
• fink11n. A contemptible person.
• fino7n. The driest and palest type of traditional sherry.
• fiqh19n. Jurisprudence in the Islamic law, shari'a.
• fire7n. A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of...
• firm9n. A business partnership; the name under which it trades.
• firn7n. A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze...
• fisc9n. The public treasury of Rome.
• fise7n. An instance of flatulence.
• fish10n. A typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving...
• fisk11v. To rebut an argument line by line, especially on the Internet.
• fist7n. A hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward.
• fita7n. The obsolete Cyrillic letter Ѳ, ѳ formerly used in Russian to write...
• five10n. The digit/figure 5.
• fizz25n. An emission of a rapid stream of bubbles.

FL

• flab9n. Soft, loose flesh on a person's body; fat.
• flag8n. A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual...
• flak11n. Ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells.
• flam9n. A freak or whim; an idle fancy.
• flan7n. A baked tart with a sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry...
• flap9n. Anything broad and flexible that hangs loose, or that is attached by...
• flat7adj. Having no variations in height.
• flav10n. A member of the species Drunella flavilinea, a species of spiny crawler...
• flaw10n. A crack or breach, a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion.
• flax14n. A plant of the genus Linum, especially Linum usitatissimum, which has a...
• flay10v. To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening).
• flea7n. A small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned...
• flee7v. To run away; to escape.
• fleg8n. The Union Flag.
• flet7n. Floor; bottom; lower surface.
• flew10n. The thick, dangling upper lip of certain breeds of dog, or the canine...
• flex14n. Flexibility, pliancy.
• flic9n. A data file containing computer animations.
• flip9n. A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
• flit7n. A fluttering or darting movement.
• flix14n. The soft fur of some animals, especially the beaver.
• floc9n. A floccule; a soft or fluffy particle suspended in a liquid, or the...
• floe7n. A low, flat mass of floating ice.
• flog8v. To whip or scourge as punishment.
• flop9v. To fall heavily due to lack of energy.
• flor7n. A film of yeast that develops on the surface of some wines during...
• flow10n. Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion...
• flub9n. An error; a mistake in the performance of an action.
• flue7n. A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the...
• flux14n. The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a...
• flye10n. An exercise performed by moving extended arms through an arc while the...

FO

• foal7n. A young horse or other equine, especially just after birth or less than...
• foam9n. A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their...
• fogy11n. Extra pay granted to officers for length of service.
• foil7n. A very thin sheet of metal.
• foin7n. The beech marten (Martes foina, syn. Mustela foina).
• fold8v. To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in...
• folk11n. People, persons.
• fond8adj. Having a liking or affection (for).
• fong8n. A kick.
• font7n. A receptacle in a church for holy water, especially one used in baptism.
• food8n. Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms...
• foof10n. An audible puff of wind.
• fool7n. A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the...
• foom9interj. The sound of a muffled explosion.
• foon7n. Synonym of spork.
• foot7n. A biological structure found in many animals that is used for...
• forb9n. Any nonwoody flowering plant that is not a graminoid (a grass, sedge...
• ford8n. A location where a stream is shallow and the bottom has good footing...
• fore7adj. Forward; situated towards the front (of something).
• fork11n. A utensil with spikes used to put solid food into the mouth, or to hold...
• form9n. The shape or visible structure of a thing or person.
• forn7adv. Fore, before; in front of; forward; previously.
• fors7n. Only used in fors and againsts.
• fort7n. A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.
• foss7n. A waterfall.
• foud8n. A bailiff or magistrate.
• foul7adj. Covered with, or containing unclean matter; dirty.
• four7n. The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.
• fowl10n. A bird hunted or kept for food, grouped into landfowl (order...
• foxy17n. The recreational drug 5-methoxy-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT).

FR

• frac9v. To use hydraulic fracturing (fraccing).
• frag8n. A fragmentation grenade.
• frak11v. Fuck.
• frap9v. To draw together tightly; to secure by many turns of a lashing.
• frat7n. Shortened form of fraternity, college organization.
• frau7n. A woman, especially a German woman.
• fray10v. To rub or wear away (something); to cause (something made of strands...
• free7adj. Unconstrained.
• fren7n. A stranger.
• fret7v. To chafe or irritate; to worry.
• frfr10adv. Reduplication of fr (“for real”).
• frig8v. To masturbate.
• frim9adj. Flourishing; thriving.
• frit7n. A pre-fused ceramic mixture used to make glass and glazes.
• frob9n. Any small device or object (usually hand-sized) which can be...
• froe7n. A cleaving tool for splitting cask staves and shingles from a block of...
• frog8n. Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that...
• from9prep. Used to indicate source or provenance.
• frot7v. To rub one's penis against another person's penis for sexual...
• frow10n. A woman; a wife, especially a Dutch or German one.
• frug8n. A dance derived from the twist, popular in the 1960s.
• frum9adj. Pious, observant; committed to obeying all the laws of Judaism.

FS

• fsck13n. A *nix file system check to detect damage to, or corruption of, files...

FU

• fubu9n. Fuck buddy, friend with benefits.
• fudd9n. Synonym of fuddy-duddy.
• fuel7n. Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through...
• fufu10n. A dish of boiled, mashed cassava mixed with plantain, yams, or other...
• fuga8n. A fugue.
• fugg9n. Heavy, unpleasant atmosphere.
• fugu8n. Blowfish: a delicacy popular in Japan served raw as sushi that may, if...
• fuji14n. A plain spun silk fabric.
• fuku11n. A Japanese-style school uniform, especially a sailor fuku.
• fule7n. Fool.
• full7adj. Containing the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space...
• fume9n. A gas or vapour/vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale.
• fund8n. A sum or source of money.
• fung8n. Fungus.
• funk11n. Foul or unpleasant smell, especially body odor.
• funt7n. An old Russian unit of weight, approximately 410 grams.
• fure7v. To lead.
• furl7v. To lower, roll up and secure (something, such as a sail or flag).
• furo7n. A Japanese bath, generally deep and square-sided, and traditionally...
• furu7n. A person who fraudulently poses as a guru.
• fury10n. Extreme anger.
• fusa7n. The four knotted tassels hanging from the roof of the dohyo...
• fuse7n. A wick or cord used to convey flame to gunpowder, a bomb, or similar...
• fuss7n. Excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something.
• fust7n. A strong musty smell; mustiness.
• futz16v. To be frivolous and waste time.
• fuxk18adv. Censored spelling of fuck.
• fuze16n. Synonym of detonator, an auxiliary device used to ignite an explosive...
• fuzz25n. A frizzy mass of hair or fibre.

FV

• fvck16adv. Censored spelling of fuck.

FY

• fyke14n. A type of fish-trap consisting of tubular nets that are supported by...
• fyrd11n. In early Anglo-Saxon times, an army that was mobilized from freemen to...

Questions about these words

How many four-letter words that start with F are there?

Word.ws lists 217 four-letter words that start with F, plus 35 rare ones.

What are common four-letter words that start with F?

from, find, feel, free, full, four, face and five.

Which of the four-letter words that start with F has the highest letter score?

fuzz scores 25 points with the standard letter tile values.

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