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Words That Start with FE

There are 333 words that start with FE on Word.ws, from 3 to 14 letters. The most common length is 6 letters (49 words). The words used most often are feel, few, federal, feeling and felt.

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3-letter words that start with FE

  • fed7n. A police officer.
  • fee6n. An amount charged in return for permission to do something.
  • feg7n. A piece, a clove (of segmented produce, especially oranges and garlic).
  • feh9interj. An expression of disgust or contempt.
  • fem8n. Synonym of femme.
  • fen6n. A type of wetland fed by ground water and runoff, containing peat below...
  • fet6v. To fetch.
  • feu6n. Land held in feudal tenure.
  • few9det. An indefinite, but usually small, number of.
  • fey9adj. Possessing second sight, clairvoyance, or clairaudience.
  • fez15n. A felt hat in the shape of a truncated cone, having a flat top with a...

4-letter words that start with 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.

5-letter words that start with FE

  • feast8n. A holiday, festival, especially a religious one.
  • fecal10adj. Of or relating to feces.
  • feces10n. Digested waste material (typically solid or semi-solid) discharged from...
  • feels8n. Feelings; emotions; especially, tender sentiment.
  • feely11adj. Soft; smooth; velvety.
  • feign9v. To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.
  • feint8n. A movement made to confuse an opponent; a dummy.
  • feist8n. A small, snappy, belligerent mixed-breed dog; a feist dog.
  • felid9n. Any member of the cat family (Felidae).
  • fella8n. Used as a general intensifier; a pfella.
  • felly11n. The rim of a wooden wheel, supported by the spokes.
  • felon8adj. Of a person or animal, their actions, thoughts, etc.: brutal, cruel...
  • felty11adj. Of, pertaining to, or similar to felt.
  • femme12n. A woman; a wife; (now chiefly Canada, US) a young woman or girl.
  • femmy15adj. Resembling or characteristic of a femme (a feminine gay man or lesbian).
  • femur10n. A thighbone.
  • fenby13n. A feminine non-binary person.
  • fence10n. A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a...
  • fenny11adj. Characteristic of or resembling a fen (“characteristically alkaline...
  • fenty11n. Fentanyl.
  • feral8adj. Wild; untamed.
  • feria8n. A weekday on a Church calendar on which no feast is observed.
  • fermi10n. An obsolete name of the unit of length equal to one femtometre (10⁻¹⁵...
  • ferny11adj. Of or pertaining to ferns.
  • ferry11v. To carry; transport; convey.
  • festa8n. A public holiday or feast day in Italy, Portugal, etc.
  • festy11adj. Disgusting.
  • fetal8adj. Pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus.
  • fetch13v. To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get.
  • feted9adj. Honoured; celebrated.
  • fetid9adj. Foul-smelling, stinking.
  • fetti8n. Money.
  • fetty11n. Fentanyl.
  • fetus8n. An unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal.
  • fever11n. A higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a...
  • fewer11det. Less; a smaller amount of something non-integral commonly expressed as...

6-letter words that start with FE

  • fealty12n. Fidelity to one's lord or master; the feudal obligation by which the...
  • feared10adj. Pertaining to someone or thing that causes great fear in others.
  • fecker15n. Fucker (term of abuse).
  • fecund12adj. Highly fertile; able to produce offspring.
  • fedora10n. A felt hat with a fairly low, creased crown with a brim that can be...
  • feeble11adj. Deficient in physical strength.
  • feebly14adv. In a feeble manner.
  • feeder10n. One who feeds, or gives food to another.
  • feeing10n. The hiring of servants for a fee.
  • feeler9n. Someone or something that feels.
  • feijoa16n. A South American evergreen shrub, Acca sellowiana (syn. Feijoa...
  • feints9n. The strong spirit produced at the beginning of distillation (strong...
  • feisty12adj. Tenacious, energetic, spunky.
  • feline9adj. Of or pertaining to cats.
  • fellah12n. A peasant, farmer or agricultural laborer in the Middle East and North...
  • feller9n. A person who fells trees; a lumberjack.
  • fellow12n. A companion; a comrade.
  • felony12n. A serious criminal offense, which, under United States federal law, is...
  • felsic11adj. Enriched in minerals predominantly composed of the lighter elements...
  • felted10adj. Covered with (a specified kind of) felt.
  • felter9n. A person who works with or makes felt; a feltmaker.
  • female11adj. Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the...
  • fembot13n. A robot in female or feminine form.
  • femboy16n. A (typically young) male or non-binary individual who adopts a feminine...
  • femdom14n. Female domination; a sexual practice in which women dominate men or...
  • femina11n. A wing feather from a female ostrich.
  • fenced12adj. Surrounded by a fence; enclosed.
  • fencer11n. A participant in the sport of fencing.
  • fender10n. Panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front...
  • fennec11n. A small fox of the species Vulpes zerda, found in the Sahara (excluding...
  • fennel9n. A plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet...
  • ferial9adj. Pertaining to an ordinary weekday, rather than a festival or fast.
  • ferlin9n. Any of a family of proteins that play a part in vesicle fusion and...
  • fernet9n. A particular type of Italian amaro.
  • ferret9n. An often domesticated mammal (Mustela putorius furo) rather like a...
  • ferric11adj. Pertaining to, derived from, or containing iron.
  • ferrum11n. Any of various remedies made from iron-containing compounds.
  • ferula9n. A ferule.
  • ferule9n. A ruler-shaped instrument, generally used to slap naughty children on...
  • fervid13adj. Intensely hot; radiating with energy.
  • fervor12n. An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor.
  • fescue11n. A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to...
  • festal9adj. Festive, relating to a festival or feast.
  • fester9n. A sore or an ulcer of the skin.
  • fetish12n. Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or...
  • fetter9n. A chain or similar object used to bind a person or animal, often by its...
  • fettle9n. A state of physical condition; kilter or trim.
  • feudal10adj. Of, or relating to feudalism.

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7-letter words that start with FE

  • fearful13adj. Frightening; causing fear.
  • fearing11adj. Exhibiting fear.
  • feaster10n. One who feasts, who attends a feast.
  • feather13n. A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds...
  • feature10n. A component that draws attention or interest.
  • febrile12adj. Feverish, or having a high temperature.
  • federal11adj. Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant...
  • feedbag14n. A horse's nosebag.
  • feeding12n. The act or process of giving food.
  • feedlot11n. Land on which livestock are fattened for market.
  • feeling11adj. Emotionally sensitive.
  • feigned12adj. Being a pretense, simulation, or counterfeit, or something false or...
  • felicia12n. Any of the genus Felicia of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
  • fellate10v. To stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth.
  • felling11n. The act by which something is felled.
  • felting11n. The production of felt from wool.
  • felucca14n. A traditional wooden shallow-draught sailing boat used in the...
  • femoral12adj. Of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh.
  • fencing13n. The art or sport of duelling with swords, especially with the 17th- to...
  • fenland11n. A kind of low-lying ground, often wet or marshy.
  • fenster10n. A geologic structure formed by erosion or normal faulting on a thrust...
  • feoffee16n. A vassal holding a fief.
  • fermata12n. The holding of a note or rest for longer than its usual duration.
  • ferment12v. To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by aging or...
  • fermion12n. Any elementary or composite particle that has half-integer spin and...
  • fermium14n. A transuranic chemical element (symbol Fm) with an atomic number of 100.
  • fernery13n. A specialized garden for the cultivation and display of ferns.
  • ferrate10n. The anion FeO₄²⁻ in which iron is in a +6 formal oxidation state.
  • ferrier10n. A ferryman.
  • ferrite10n. The interstitial solid solution of carbon in body-centered cubic iron.
  • ferrous10adj. Of or containing iron.
  • ferrule10n. A band or cap (usually metal) placed around a shaft to reinforce it or...
  • fertile10adj. Of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops; productive.
  • ferulic12adj. Of or pertaining to ferulic acid or its derivatives.
  • fervent13adj. Very hot; burning, scorching; also, glowing with heat.
  • fervour13n. Commonwealth and Ireland standard spelling of fervor.
  • festive13adj. Having the atmosphere, decoration, or attitude of a festival, holiday...
  • festoon10n. An ornament such as a garland or chain which hangs loosely from two...
  • festuca12n. Fescue grass.
  • fetcher15n. A person or thing that fetches something.
  • fetlock16n. A joint of the horse's leg below the knee or hock and above the hoof.
  • feuding12n. Participation in feuds.
  • fevered14adj. Affected by a fever; feverish.

8-letter words that start with FE

  • fearless11adj. Without fear.
  • fearsome13adj. Frightening, especially in appearance.
  • feasible13adj. Able to be done in practice.
  • feasibly16adv. In a feasible manner.
  • feasting12n. A feast, or an occasion on which people or animals feast.
  • feathery17adj. Resembling feathers.
  • featural11adj. Of or pertaining to features.
  • featured12adj. Displayed with special treatment.
  • feckless17adj. Lacking purpose.
  • feculent13adj. Dirty with faeces or other impurities.
  • federale12n. A federal law enforcement officer, usually belonging to the United...
  • federate12adj. Federated, united in an alliance or federation.
  • feedback20n. Critical assessment of a process or activity or of their results.
  • feedline12n. Physical cabling that carries the radio signal to and from the aerial.
  • feigning13n. Act of one who feigns; fakery; deceit.
  • feijoada19n. A stew of beans with beef and pork, considered the national dish of...
  • felching17n. The act or an instance of sucking semen out of a sexual partner's...
  • feldspar14n. Any of a large group of rock-forming aluminosilicate minerals...
  • felicity16n. The condition of being happy.
  • fellatio11n. Performance of oral sex upon the penis.
  • femicide16n. The killing of a woman or girl, originally (figurative) with reference...
  • feminine13adj. Of or pertaining to the female gender.
  • feminism15n. A social theory or political movement which argues that legal and...
  • feminist13adj. Relating to or in accordance with feminism.
  • feminity16n. Synonym of femininity.
  • feminize22v. To make (more) feminine.
  • femslash16n. Slash fiction that focuses on romantic and/or sexual relationships...
  • fencible15adj. Capable of being defended.
  • fenestra11n. An opening in a body, sometimes with a membrane.
  • fentanyl14n. A synthetic opioid narcotic analgesic, C₂₂H₂₈N₂O, with pharmacological...
  • ferocity16n. The condition of being ferocious.
  • ferritic13adj. Of or relating to a ferrite.
  • ferritin11n. Any of a family of iron-carrying globular protein complexes consisting...
  • ferrying15n. The act by which something is ferried.
  • ferryman16n. A man who operates a ferry.
  • fervency19n. The state of being fervent.
  • festival14adj. Pertaining to a feast or feast day; festive. (Now only as the noun used...
  • fetching17adj. Attractive; pleasant to regard.
  • feticide14n. The killing of a fetus or embryo; an induced abortion.
  • fettered12adj. Bound by chains or shackles.
  • fettling12n. Repairing; mending; sorting.
  • feverfew20n. A European aromatic perennial herb, Tanacetum parthenium (or...
  • feverish17adj. Having a fever, an elevated body temperature.

9-letter words that start with FE

  • fearfully18adv. In a fearful manner; characterized by fear.
  • feathered16adj. Covered with feathers.
  • featuring13n. A cameo on another performer's track.
  • febrifuge18n. Synonym of antipyretic (“a fever-reducing medication”).
  • fecundity18n. Ability to produce offspring.
  • federally16adv. In a federal manner.
  • federated14adj. United, as a federation, under a central government.
  • feedstock19n. Any bulk raw material constituting the principal input for an...
  • feedwater16n. Water added to a boiler to replace that lost during operation.
  • feelingly16adv. In a feeling manner.
  • feldwebel18n. A German sergeant.
  • felonious12adj. Of, relating to, being, or having the quality of felony.
  • feminized24adj. Made feminine; made to have more feminine behaviour, traits or...
  • femtocell16n. A wireless communication system, smaller than a picocell, typically...
  • fenceline14n. The path a fence takes through a landscape; a long, usually straight...
  • fencepost16n. A post which helps hold up a fence.
  • fenghuang17n. A phoenix found in Asian mythologies, which reigns over all other...
  • fenugreek17n. Any of the species leguminous plant, Trigonella foenum-graecum, eaten...
  • fermented15adj. Produced by fermentation.
  • fermenter14n. Any organism, such as a yeast, that causes fermentation.
  • fermentor14n. The vessel in which fermentation takes place.
  • fermionic16adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fermions.
  • ferocious14adj. Marked by extreme and violent energy.
  • ferreting13n. Hunting with ferrets.
  • ferrocene14n. Any of a class of metallocenes containing an iron atom between two...
  • ferryboat17n. A boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water...
  • fertility15n. The condition, or the degree, of being fertile.
  • fertilize21v. To make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it.
  • fervently18adv. In a fervent manner.
  • festering13n. The condition of something that festers.
  • festively18adv. In a festive manner.
  • festivity18n. A festival or similar celebration.
  • festooned13adj. Decorated with a string of lights, flowers, or paper hung in a curve...
  • fetishism17n. The belief that natural objects have supernatural powers, or that...
  • fetishist15n. One who has a sexual fetish.
  • fetishize24v. To make the subject of (often sexual) obsession.
  • feudalism15n. A social system based on personal ownership of resources and personal...
  • feudalist13n. An advocate or practitioner of feudalism.
  • feudatory16adj. Relating to feudalism, feudal.

10-letter words that start with FE

  • fearlessly16adv. In a fearless manner; without fear.
  • fearmonger16n. Someone who spreads fear.
  • fearsomely18adv. In a fearsome manner, or to a fearsome extent.
  • featherbed19n. A mattress stuffed with feathers.
  • feathering17n. Plumage.
  • featurette13n. A relatively short feature film.
  • federalism16n. A system of national government in which power is divided between a...
  • federalist14n. Advocate of federalism.
  • federalize23v. To unite into a federation.
  • federation14n. An act of joining together into a single political entity.
  • federative17adj. Uniting in a league; forming a confederacy, a federation; federal.
  • feebleness15n. The quality or state of being feeble; debility; infirmity.
  • feistiness13n. The state or quality of being feisty.
  • felicitate15v. To congratulate.
  • felicitous15adj. Appropriate, apt, fitting.
  • fellowship21n. A company of people that share the same interest or aim.
  • felodipine16n. A calcium antagonist used to control hypertension.
  • femaleness15n. The characteristic, state or condition of being female.
  • femininely18adv. In a feminine manner.
  • femininity18n. The sum of all attributes that are feminine or convey womanhood.
  • feministic17adj. Of or relating to or in accordance with feminism.
  • feminizing25adj. Tending to make more feminine.
  • fenestella13n. A niche on the south side of an altar, containing the piscina and...
  • ferredoxin21n. Any of a class of iron and sulfur-containing proteins, found in green...
  • ferroalloy16n. Any alloy of iron and another metal, especially one of silicon...
  • ferrofluid17n. A fluid, typically containing dispersed, nanoscale magnetic particles...
  • fertilizer22n. A natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for...
  • festooning14n. Material with which something is festooned.
  • fetchingly22adv. In a fetching manner.
  • fettuccine17n. Long, flat ribbons of pasta, cut from a rolled-out sheet; identical in...
  • fettuccini17n. A long, broad, thick noodle; a type of pasta having this shape.
  • feuilleton13n. A section of a European newspaper typically dedicated to arts, culture...
  • feverishly22adv. With excitement and determination.

11-letter words that start with FE

  • fearfulness17n. The quality of being fearful.
  • feasibility19n. The state of being feasible or possible.
  • featherless17adj. Having no feathers.
  • featureless14adj. Without distinguishing features.
  • feedforward22n. An anticipatory response to expected changes in the environment of a...
  • feedthrough22n. A conductor that connects circuits or components on either side of a...
  • feldspathic22adj. Containing feldspar.
  • feloniously17adv. In a felonious manner; in a manner that constitutes a felony.
  • femtosecond19n. An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻¹⁵ seconds. Symbol: fs.
  • fenestrated15adj. Having windows.
  • fenofibrate19n. A lipid-regulating drug C₂₀H₂₁ClO₄ that is administered orally to...
  • fermentable18adj. Able to ferment or be fermented.
  • ferociously19adv. In a ferocious manner, particularly violent and aggressive.
  • ferrochrome21n. Synonym of ferrochromium.
  • ferromagnet17n. A ferromagnetic material.
  • ferruginous15adj. Synonym of ferrous, of or related to iron.
  • fertigation15n. The application of fertilizers or other water-soluble products through...
  • festschrift22n. A collection of articles, essays, etc., published together as a...
  • fetishistic19adj. Of or pertaining to fetishism or fetishists.
  • fetishizing27n. The act or process by which something is fetishized.
  • fetoprotein16n. Any of several antigens produced in a developing embryo, of which the...
  • feudalistic17adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of feudalism, feudal.

12-letter words that start with FE

  • fearlessness15n. The quality of being fearless.
  • fecklessness21n. The state of being feckless.
  • felicitation17n. The act of felicitating; a wishing of joy or happiness; congratulation.
  • felicitously20adv. In a felicitous manner.
  • feminization26n. The act of feminizing, or the state of being feminized.
  • fenestration15n. The arrangement of windows and similar openings in a building.
  • fenfluramine20n. An appetite suppressant used to treat obesity.
  • fermentation17n. Any of many anaerobic biochemical reactions in which an enzyme (or...
  • fermentative20adj. Of, pertaining to, causing or undergoing fermentation.
  • ferricyanide21n. Any of various salts containing the trivalent anion Fe(CN)₆³⁻; used in...
  • ferrocyanide21n. The complex ion Fe(CN)₆⁴⁻; any salt containing this ion; they are used...
  • ferrosilicon17n. An alloy of iron and silicon used in steelmaking.
  • fexofenadine26n. A second-generation antihistamine drug used in the treatment of hay...

13-letter words that start with FE

  • fearmongering20n. The act of spreading needless fear; exaggerating purported threats in...
  • featherweight26n. A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a...
  • felicitations18interj. Congratulations! Well done!
  • ferociousness18n. The quality of being ferocious.
  • ferrimagnetic21adj. Exhibiting ferrimagnetism.
  • ferroconcrete20n. A building material made from Portland cement concrete with a matrix of...
  • ferroelectric20adj. Of, or relating to the permanent electrical polarization of a...
  • ferromagnetic21adj. Exhibiting ferromagnetism.
  • fertilization25n. The act or process of rendering fertile.
  • fetishization28n. The act or process of fetishizing.

14-letter words that start with FE

  • featherbedding25n. The employment of more workers than is necessary, typically because of...
  • federalization27n. The unification of states to form a federal union.
  • ferromagnetism22n. The phenomenon whereby certain substances can become permanent magnets...
  • ferromanganese20n. An alloy, of iron and manganese, used in the manufacture of steel.
1,196 rare words that start with FE

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Questions about these words

How many words that start with FE are there?
Word.ws lists 333 words that start with FE, plus 1,196 rare ones.
What are common words that start with FE?
feel, few, federal, feeling, felt, female, feet and fear.
Which of the words that start with FE has the highest letter score?
fetishization scores 28 points with the standard letter tile values.

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