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5-Letter Words Starting with FL

There are 53 five-letter words that start with FL on Word.ws, from flack to flyer. The most common are floor, flash, flood, fleet and fluid.

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All 53 five-letter words that start with FL

FLA

  • flack14v. To hang loosely; flag.
  • flail8n. A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle (handstock) with...
  • flair8n. A natural or innate talent or aptitude.
  • flake12n. A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything.
  • flaky15adj. Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off...
  • flame10n. The visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting...
  • flank12v. To attack the flank(s) of.
  • flaps10n. A disease in the mouths of horses involving inflammation in the cheeks...
  • flare8n. A sudden bright light.
  • flash11v. To cause to shine briefly or intermittently.
  • flask12n. A narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass, used for various purposes; as...
  • flava11n. Flavor.

FLE

  • fleck14n. A flake.
  • fleed9n. The internal fat of a pig before it is melted into lard.
  • fleer8n. One who flees.
  • fleet8n. A group of vessels or vehicles, generally operating in a unified way or...
  • flesh11n. The soft tissue of the body, especially muscle and fat.
  • fleur8n. Fleur-de-lis.
  • flexo15n. Flexography.
  • flexy18adj. Implying or indicating an ability, capacity, or tendency to flex...

FLI

  • flick14n. A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
  • flies8n. The open area above a stage where scenery and equipment may be hung.
  • fling9n. An act of throwing, often violently.
  • flint8n. A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates...
  • flirt8n. A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion.
  • flite8n. A quarrel, dispute, wrangling.

FLO

  • float8v. To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object).
  • flock14n. A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used...
  • flood9n. An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake...
  • floof11v. To make something fluffy; to fluff (up).
  • floop10v. To flop and droop, as a sign of aging or poor physical condition.
  • floor8n. The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting...
  • flops10n. Flop per second; floating-point operation per second.
  • flora8n. Plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country...
  • flory11adj. Decorated with fleurs-de-lis projecting from it.
  • floss8n. A thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth.
  • flota8n. A fleet, especially a fleet of Spanish ships which formerly sailed...
  • flour8n. Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat...
  • flout8v. To express contempt for (laws, rules, etc.) by word or action.
  • flown11adj. Suspended in the flies.
  • flowy14adj. Flowing; able to flow.

FLU

  • flues8n. Bits of down.
  • fluff14n. Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.
  • fluid9n. Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the...
  • fluke12n. A lucky or improbable occurrence that could probably never be repeated.
  • flume10n. A ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through.
  • flump12interj. A sound of something moving or falling heavily, or with a dull sound.
  • flunk12v. Of a student, to fail a class; to not pass.
  • fluor8n. The mineral fluorite.
  • flush11n. A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees...
  • flute8n. A woodwind instrument consisting of a tube with a row of holes that...

FLY

  • flyby16n. A flight past a celestial object in order to make observations.
  • flyer11n. That which flies, as a bird or insect.
32 rare five-letter words that start with FL

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with FL are there?
Word.ws lists 53 five-letter words that start with FL, plus 32 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with FL?
floor, flash, flood, fleet, fluid, flesh, flies and flame.
Which of the five-letter words that start with FL has the highest letter score?
flexy scores 18 points with the standard letter tile values.

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Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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