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5-Letter Words Starting with FR

There are 43 five-letter words that start with FR on Word.ws, from frack to fryer. The most common are front, fresh, frank, frame and fruit.

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All 43 five-letter words that start with FR

FRA

  • frack14v. To employ hydraulic fracturing (fracking).
  • frail8adj. Easily broken physically; not firm or durable; liable to fail and...
  • frain8v. To ask, inquire.
  • frame10v. To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable...
  • franc10n. Any of several units of currency.
  • frank12adj. Honest, especially in a manner that seems slightly blunt; candid; not...
  • frass8n. The droppings or excrement of insect larvae.
  • frate8n. A friar.
  • fraud9n. The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of...

FRE

  • freak12n. Someone or something that is markedly unusual or unpredictable.
  • freck14n. Synonym of freckle (“a small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on...
  • freer8n. One who frees.
  • freke12n. A brave man, a warrior, a man-at-arms.
  • fremd11adj. Strange, unusual, out of the ordinary; unfamiliar.
  • freon8n. Any of several nonflammable refrigerants based on halogenated...
  • fresh11adj. Newly produced or obtained; recent.
  • fress8v. To eat without restraint; eat heartily.
  • frevo11n. Any of a wide range of music and dance styles originating from Recife...

FRI

  • friar8n. A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians...
  • fried9adj. Cooked by frying.
  • frill8n. A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim.
  • frisk12n. A little playful skip or leap; a brisk and lively movement.
  • frist8n. Time allotted for repayment; a term (in which a debt is to be repaid)...
  • frita8n. A kind of hamburger of Cuban origin, consisting of a seasoned ground...
  • frith11n. A forest or wood; woodland generally.
  • fritz17n. The state of being defective.
  • frizz26v. Of hair, to form into a mass of tight curls.

FRO

  • frock14n. A dress, a piece of clothing, which consists of a skirt and a cover for...
  • frolf11n. Synonym of disc golf.
  • frond9n. The leaf of a fern, especially a compound leaf.
  • frons8n. In vertebrates, especially mammals, the forehead; the part of the...
  • front8n. The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it...
  • frood9adj. Shrewd; sagacious; wary; cautious.
  • froot8n. A boot (storage compartment) located at the front rather than the rear...
  • frosh11n. A frog.
  • frost8n. A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air....
  • froth11n. Foam.
  • frown11n. A wrinkling of the forehead with the eyebrows brought together...

FRU

  • fruit8n. A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically.
  • frump12n. A frumpy person, somebody who is unattractive, drab or dowdy.
  • frunk12n. A trunk (boot, storage compartment) located at the front rather than...
  • frush11v. To straighten up (the feathers on an arrow).

FRY

  • fryer11n. A machine or container for frying food.
16 rare five-letter words that start with FR

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with FR are there?
Word.ws lists 43 five-letter words that start with FR, plus 16 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with FR?
front, fresh, frank, frame, fruit, fraud, freak and fried.
Which of the five-letter words that start with FR has the highest letter score?
frizz scores 26 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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