Word.ws English Dictionary

Words That Start with FA

There are 513 words that start with FA on Word.ws, from 2 to 15 letters. The most common length is 7 letters (92 words). The words used most often are family, far, face, fact and father.

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2-letter words that start with FA

  • fa5n. A syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth diatonic (or sixth...

3-letter words that start with FA

  • faa6n. The letter ف in the Arabic script.
  • fab8adj. Fabulous (great or spectacular).
  • fac8n. A faculty within a university.
  • fad7n. A phenomenon that becomes popular for a very short time.
  • fan6n. A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of...
  • fap8n. A session of masturbation.
  • far6adj. Distant; remote in space.
  • fas6n. A border or fringe.
  • fat6adj. Thick; large.
  • faw9n. A gypsy.
  • fax13n. The face.
  • fay9v. To join (pieces of timber) tightly. The long edges of the staves of a...

4-letter words that start with 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...

5-letter words that start with FA

  • fabby15adj. Fabulous, very good, excellent.
  • fable10n. A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or...
  • faced11adj. Having a specified type or number of faces.
  • facer10n. An unexpected and stunning blow or defeat.
  • facet10n. Any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem.
  • faded10adj. That has lost some of its former vividness and colour.
  • fader9n. A device used to raise and lower sound volume.
  • faena8n. A series of passes performed by a matador with a muleta or a sword...
  • faint8adj. Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness.
  • fairs8interj. Fair enough; fair's fair.
  • fairy11n. A mythical being of human form with magical powers, known in many sizes...
  • faith11n. A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person...
  • faker12n. One who fakes something.
  • fakie12n. The riding backwards of the board, in the opposite stance.
  • fakir12n. A religious mendicant who owns no personal property.
  • falls8n. A waterfall.
  • false8adj. Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
  • famed11adj. Having fame; famous or noted.
  • famil10n. A free or low cost trip for travel agents or consultants, provided by a...
  • fancy13n. The imagination.
  • fanny11n. The buttocks; arguably the most nearly polite of several euphemisms.
  • fanon8n. A vestment reserved only for the Pope for use during a pontifical Mass.
  • faqih20n. An expert in Islamic law.
  • farad9n. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical...
  • farce10n. A style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to...
  • farro8n. Emmer wheat (Triticum turgidum).
  • farty11adj. Resembling or characteristic of a fart; flatulent.
  • fasti8n. The calendar, which gave the days for festivals, courts, etc....
  • fatal8adj. Causing death or destruction.
  • fated9adj. Foreordained, predetermined, established in advance by fate.
  • fatty11adj. Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat.
  • fatwa11n. A formal legal decree, opinion, or ruling issued by a mufti or other...
  • fault8n. Culpability; the responsibility for a blameworthy event.
  • fauna8n. Animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular...
  • fauve11n. Synonym of fauvist.
  • favor11n. A kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone).
  • fawad12v. To come.
  • faxed16adj. Having a head of hair; hairy.
  • fayre11n. A fair, a market.
  • fazed18adj. Hesitant, frightened; daunted, disconcerted; perturbed, put off.

All 58 5-letter words that start with FA

6-letter words that start with FA

  • fabled12adj. Known only in fables; fictitious.
  • fabric13n. The physical material of a building.
  • facade12n. The face of a building, especially the front view or elevation.
  • facial11adj. Of or affecting the face.
  • facies11n. General appearance.
  • facile11adj. Effortless, fluent (of work, abilities etc.).
  • facing12adj. Positioned so as to face (in a particular direction).
  • factly14adv. In a manner or tone that accords with a fact-based assertion.
  • factor11n. An agent or representative; a reseller or distributor (sometimes with a...
  • fading11n. The process by which something fades; gradual diminishment.
  • faerie9n. Realm of the fays, fairyland.
  • failed10adj. Unsuccessful.
  • faired10adj. Enclosed within a fairing.
  • fairly12adv. In a fair manner; fair; not biased or skewed or favouring a certain...
  • fajita16n. A Tex-Mex dish of strips of spicy marinated meat and/or vegetables in a...
  • fakery16n. Fraud or forgery, or an individual instance of this.
  • faking14n. The act of something being faked.
  • falcon11n. Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey.
  • fallen9adj. Having dropped by the force of gravity.
  • faller9n. One who falls.
  • fallow12n. Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year.
  • falter9n. An unsteadiness.
  • family14n. A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood...
  • famine11n. Extreme shortage of food in a region.
  • famous11adj. Well known.
  • fanart9n. Artwork created unofficially by fans of a media work and based on that...
  • fanboy14v. To worship, support, drool over the object of affection; to be a fanboy.
  • fandom12n. The fans of a sport, activity, work, person etc., taken as a group.
  • fanfic14n. Fan fiction.
  • fanged11adj. Equipped with fangs.
  • fanned10adj. Having a fan-line appearance.
  • farina9n. A fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the starch or...
  • faring10n. An adventure, trek, journey.
  • farmer11n. A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged...
  • farrer9adj. (comparative form of far) farther, further.
  • farrow12n. A litter of piglets.
  • fascia11n. A wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes...
  • fasten9v. To attach or connect in a secure manner.
  • faster9n. One who fasts, or voluntarily refrains from eating.
  • father12n. A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which...
  • fathom14n. A man's armspan, generally reckoned to be six feet (about 1.8 metres)....
  • fatten9v. To cause (a person or animal) to be fat or fatter.
  • faucet11n. An exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a regulator for...
  • faulty12adj. Having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable.
  • faunal9adj. Pertaining to the fauna of a given region or time.
  • favela12n. A slum or shantytown, especially in Brazil.
  • favour12n. British standard spelling of favor.
  • faxing17n. The sending of a fax message.

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7-letter words that start with FA

  • faceted13adj. Having facets.
  • faction12n. A group of people, especially within a political organization, which...
  • factoid13n. An inaccurate statement or statistic believed to be true because of...
  • factory15n. A building or other place where manufacturing takes place.
  • factual12adj. Pertaining to or consisting of objective claims.
  • faculty15n. The academic staff at schools, colleges, universities or not-for-profit...
  • faience12n. A type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic, used domestically for...
  • failing11n. Weakness; defect.
  • failure10n. State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective...
  • fainter10n. One who faints.
  • faintly13adv. In a faint manner; very quietly or lightly.
  • fairing11n. A type of small gingerbread biscuit; a ginger nut.
  • fairway16n. The area between the tee and the green, where the grass is cut short.
  • falafel13n. A Middle Eastern food in the form of balls made from chickpeas or broad...
  • fallacy15n. Deceptive or false appearance; that which misleads the eye or the mind.
  • fallout10n. The event of small airborne particles falling to the ground in...
  • falsely13adv. In a false manner.
  • falsify16v. To alter so as to make false; especially when done with intent to...
  • falsity13n. Something that is false; an untrue assertion.
  • familia12n. A household or religious community under one head, regarded as a unit.
  • fanatic12adj. Fanatical.
  • fancied13adj. Existing only in the fancy (“imagination”) or by social convention...
  • fancier12n. One who fancies; a person with a special interest, attraction or liking...
  • fanfare13n. A flourish of trumpets or horns as to announce; a short and lively air...
  • fanfest13n. An event held for fans.
  • fangirl11n. A female fan who is obsessive about a particular subject (especially...
  • fanning11n. The act by which something is fanned.
  • fansite10n. A website aimed at fans of something, such as a singer or football team.
  • fantasy13n. That which comes from one's imagination or the act of imagining things.
  • fanzine19n. A magazine, normally produced by amateurs, intended for people who...
  • faraday14n. The quantity of electricity required to deposit or liberate 1 gram...
  • faraway16adj. Distant.
  • farming13n. The business of cultivating land, raising stock, etc.
  • farrier10n. A person who maintains the health and balance of horses' feet through...
  • farting11n. The act of one who farts; a sound like a fart.
  • fascism14n. Any right-wing, authoritarian, nationalist ideology characterized by...
  • fascist12adj. Of or relating to fascism.
  • fashion13n. A current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather...
  • fasting11n. Abstinence or mortification for religious reasons, especially...
  • fatally13adv. In a deadly manner; lethally.
  • fateful13adj. Momentous, significant, setting or sealing one’s fate.
  • fathead14n. A cyprinid fish of the Mississippi valley, Pimephales promelas, the...
  • fatigue11n. A weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion.
  • fatness10n. The state, quality, or condition of being fat.
  • fatties10n. Wider than standard vehicular tyres.
  • fatuous10adj. Obnoxiously stupid; vacantly silly; content in one's foolishness.
  • faulted11adj. Having experienced a page fault.
  • fawning14adj. Seeking favor by way of flattery; flattering, servile.

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8-letter words that start with FA

  • fabulous13adj. Of or relating to fable, myth or legend.
  • facebook19n. A reference book or electronic directory containing the photographs and...
  • faceless13adj. Having no face.
  • facelift16n. Plastic surgery to the face to remove wrinkles, fat or various signs of...
  • facepalm17n. A gesture of bringing one or both palms to the face, with various...
  • facially16adv. Using or involving the face.
  • facility16n. The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a...
  • factbook19n. A book of facts.
  • factored14adj. Expressed in terms of factors (values that are multiplied together to...
  • failover14n. An automatic switch to a secondary system on failure of the primary...
  • fainting12n. An act of collapsing into a state of temporary unconsciousness.
  • fairbank17v. For the bank or dealer to assist (the player) by cheating in his/her...
  • fairness11n. The property of being fair or equitable.
  • faithful17adj. Loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause.
  • falchion16n. A somewhat curved, single-edged medieval sword of European origin, with...
  • falconer13n. A person who breeds or trains hawks or other birds of prey.
  • falconry16n. The sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey, especially falcons...
  • fallback19n. An act of falling back.
  • fallible13adj. Capable of making mistakes or being wrong.
  • falsetto11n. The "false" (singing) voice in any human, usually airy and lacking a...
  • familial13adj. Of or pertaining to a human family.
  • familiar13adj. Known to one, or generally known; commonplace.
  • famished17adj. Extremely hungry.
  • famously16adv. In a celebrated manner.
  • fanciful16adj. Imaginative or fantastic; ignoring reality.
  • fancying17n. Something fancied or imagined.
  • fandango13n. A form of lively flamenco music and dance that has many regional...
  • fantasia11n. A form of instrumental composition with a free structure and...
  • farcical15adj. Resembling a farce; ludicrous; absurd.
  • farewell14n. A wish of happiness or safety at parting, especially a permanent...
  • farmhand17n. Synonym of farmworker.
  • farmland14n. Land that is suitable for farming and agricultural production.
  • farmyard17n. The area of a farm, excluding the fields, usually surrounded by or...
  • farthing15n. Former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny; or a...
  • fastback19n. A motor car having a continuous slope from the roof to the rear.
  • fastball13n. A high-speed pitch of a baseball.
  • fastener11n. Something or someone that fastens.
  • fastness11n. The quality or state of being strongly attached; firmness, secureness...
  • fatalism13n. The doctrine that all events are subject to fate or inevitable...
  • fatality14n. The state proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to...
  • fatherly17adj. Characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to...
  • fatigued13adj. Tired; weary.
  • fatigues12n. Menial duties, especially as punishment.
  • fattened12adj. Having gotten fat.
  • faubourg14n. An outlying part of a city or town, beyond the walls; a suburb...
  • faulting12n. Formation of a geological fault.
  • favoring15n. The act or state by which one favors something; preference.
  • favoured15adj. Treated or regarded with partiality.

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9-letter words that start with FA

  • fabricant16n. One who fabricates; a manufacturer.
  • fabricate16v. To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to construct; to build.
  • facepaint16n. Paint used to decorate people's faces.
  • faceplant16n. The act of landing face first, as a result of an accident or error.
  • faceplate16n. A removable protective shield separating the inner workings of a...
  • facetious14adj. Treating serious issues with (often deliberately) inappropriate humour...
  • facialist14n. A specialist in facial care.
  • facsimile16n. A copy or reproduction.
  • facticity19n. The quality or state of being a fact.
  • factional14adj. Of, pertaining to, or composed of factions.
  • factorial14n. The result of multiplying a given number of consecutive integers from 1...
  • factoring15n. A financial transaction whereby a business sells its accounts...
  • factually17adv. In a factual manner.
  • faintness12n. The property of being or feeling faint.
  • fairtrade13adj. Produced in such a way that everybody involved in the production...
  • fairwater15n. A device that improves the streamlining of a vessel.
  • fairyland16n. The land or abode of fairies.
  • faithless15adj. Lacking faith; lacking belief in something.
  • fallowing16n. A period during which a field is left fallow.
  • falsehood16n. The property of being false.
  • falseness12n. The characteristic of being false.
  • falsework19n. A temporary framework used in the building of bridges and arched...
  • falsified16adj. Demonstrated to be false.
  • faltering13adj. Hesitant, halting.
  • fanatical14adj. Having an extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm for a specific cause.
  • fanciness14n. The property of being fancy.
  • fantasist12n. One who creates fantasies.
  • fantasize21v. To indulge in fantasy; to imagine things only possible in fantasy.
  • fantastic14adj. Wonderful; marvelous; excellent; extraordinarily good or great (used...
  • farmhouse17n. A farmer's residence.
  • farmstead15n. The main building of a farm.
  • farrowing16adj. Producing a litter of piglets.
  • fasciitis14n. Inflammation of the fascia.
  • fascinate14v. To evoke an intense interest or attraction in someone.
  • fascistic16adj. Of or relating to or resembling fascism; fascistoid; fascist.
  • fashioned16adj. Having a specified fashion or style.
  • fastening13n. A hook or similar restraint used to fasten things together; fastener.
  • fastpitch19n. A variety of softball in which the ball may be pitched at faster speed.
  • fatburger15n. A hamburger made with extremely fatty meat.
  • fatefully18adv. In a fateful manner.
  • fathoming18n. An act of fathoming, or the act of fathoming.
  • fatphobia19n. Fear and/or dislike of obese people and/or obesity.
  • fatphobic21adj. Relating to, or exhibiting, fatphobia.
  • fattening13adj. That causes weight gain; often of high calorie food with relatively...
  • fatuously15adv. With smug stupidity or vacuous silliness; idiotically.
  • faultless12adj. Without fault; free from defect or error.
  • favorably20adv. In a favorable manner.
  • favourite15adj. Most-liked. (In other words, [person]'s favorite [noun] = the [noun]...

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10-letter words that start with FA

  • fabricated18adj. Constructed or assembled.
  • fabricator17n. A person who fabricates or manufactures something; a manufacturer.
  • fabulously18adv. In a fashionable or glamorous manner.
  • facilitate15v. To make easy or easier.
  • facilities15n. Synonym of facility in certain contexts.
  • factfinder19n. In a legal proceeding, the person or persons given the task of weighing...
  • factitious15adj. Created by humans; artificial.
  • factuality18n. The state or quality of being factual.
  • fairground15n. An area where a fair (an event for public entertainment) or other...
  • faithfully22adv. In a faithful manner.
  • falciparum19n. The parasitic protozoan Plasmodium falciparum that causes falciparum...
  • fallacious15adj. Characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken.
  • falsifying20n. Falsification.
  • familiarly18adv. In a casual or informal manner, as with a close acquaintance...
  • famotidine16n. An H₂ antagonist C₈H₁₅N₇O₂S₃ (trademark Pepcid) used to inhibit gastric...
  • fanaticism17n. The characteristic or practice of being a fanatic.
  • fancifully21adv. In a fanciful manner.
  • fanmeeting16n. An event, especially in South Korea and Japan, at which fans can meet a...
  • fanservice18n. Elements added to a television program or similar entertainment that...
  • fantastico15adj. Fantastic.
  • farcically20adv. In a farcical manner.
  • farmworker22n. A person who works on a farm, especially a hired hand.
  • farsighted18adj. Unable to focus with one's eyes on near objects; presbyopic.
  • fascicular17adj. Of or pertaining to a fascicle.
  • fasciculus17n. A small bundle of nerve, muscle or tendon fibers.
  • fascinated16adj. Extremely interested.
  • fascinator15n. A fascinating person or thing.
  • fasciotomy20n. The cutting of the fascia to relieve tension or pressure (and treat the...
  • fashioning17n. The act or process of fashioning something; manufacture.
  • fastidious14adj. Excessively particular, demanding, or fussy about details, especially...
  • fastigiate14adj. Erect and parallel.
  • fatalistic15adj. Of or pertaining to fatalism.
  • fatherhood20n. The state of being a father (biological father, stepfather, adoptive...
  • fatherland17n. The country of one's ancestors.
  • fatherless16adj. Without a (living) father.
  • fathomable20adj. Able to be fathomed.
  • fathometer18n. A depth finder that uses sound waves to determine the depth of water.
  • fathomless18adj. Very deep (especially of water deeper than a lead line can measure)...
  • favourable18adj. Apt to win favour; pleasing.
  • favourably21adv. In a favourable manner.

11-letter words that start with FA

  • fabrication18n. The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction...
  • facesitting17n. The sexual practice of sitting on a partner’s face, sometimes to...
  • facetiously19adv. In a facetious or flippant manner; in a manner that treats serious...
  • facilitated17adj. Made easier.
  • facilitator16n. Something that facilitates.
  • factionless16adj. Without factions; not divided into factions; not part of a faction.
  • facultative19adj. Of or relating to faculty, especially to mental faculty.
  • fallibilism18n. The doctrine that knowledge is never certain, but always hypothetical...
  • fallibility19n. The state of being prone to error.
  • falsifiable19adj. Logically capable of being proven false.
  • falteringly18adv. In a faltering manner; hesitantly, making pauses.
  • famciclovir23n. A prodrug form C₁₄H₁₉N₅O₄ of the antiviral agent penciclovir that after...
  • familiarity19n. The state of being extremely friendly; intimacy.
  • familiarize25v. To make or become familiar with something or someone.
  • fanatically19adv. In a fanatical manner; with extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm.
  • fandemonium19n. Furor caused by or involving fans.
  • fantabulous16adj. Wonderful, marvelous, outstanding; both fantastic and fabulous.
  • fantasizing24n. The act of one who fantasizes.
  • fantastical16adj. Of or pertaining to fantasy.
  • fantastique23n. A genre of literature and film that is characterized by the intrusion...
  • farinaceous16adj. Made from, or rich in, starch or flour.
  • farthingale18n. A hooped structure in cloth worn to extend the skirt of women's...
  • fasciculate18adj. Having fascicles.
  • fascinating17adj. Having interesting qualities; captivating; attractive.
  • fascination16n. The state or condition of being fascinated.
  • fashionable19adj. Characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style; in...
  • fashionably22adv. In a fashionable manner.
  • fashionista17n. A person who creates or promotes high fashion, i.e. a fashion designer...
  • faultlessly17adv. In a faultless manner.
  • favouritism19n. The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.

12-letter words that start with FA

  • fabulousness17n. The state of being fabulous or fictitious; fabulosity.
  • facilitation17n. The act of facilitating or making easy.
  • facilitative20adj. Having the effect of making easy; assisting, easing or facilitating.
  • factionalism19n. The splitting of a group into factions.
  • fainthearted19adj. Faint of heart; irresolute; fearful.
  • faithfulness21n. Constancy of support, alliance, and respect.
  • fallaciously20adv. In a fallacious manner, erroneously, illogically.
  • fastidiously19adv. In a fastidious manner.
  • favorability23n. The quality or degree of being viewed favorably.

13-letter words that start with FA

14-letter words that start with FA

15-letter words that start with FA

1,288 rare words that start with FA

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Questions about these words

How many words that start with FA are there?
Word.ws lists 513 words that start with FA, plus 1,288 rare ones.
What are common words that start with FA?
family, far, face, fact, father, fall, fast and fair.
Which of the words that start with FA has the highest letter score?
familiarization scores 29 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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