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5-Letter Words Ending in F

There are 31 common five-letter words ending in F in Hintwordo's list, and 22 more that are valid but rarely used. The most familiar are STUFF, CHIEF, STAFF, PROOF, BRIEF, GRIEF. Words are ranked by how often they appear in real-world writing, so the ones at the top are the likeliest answers in a daily five-letter puzzle.

Apart from the letter in the name, the most common letters in this list are S (in 42% of words), I (42%) and A (29%) — good letters to test next.

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Common words (31)

Type a pattern with ? for unknown letters (s?a?e), or letters the word must contain (ae).

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Letter patterns in these words

Most common other letters

  • s42%
  • i42%
  • a29%
  • e26%
  • r26%
  • u23%

Most common letter by position

Position 1Position 2Position 3Position 4Position 5
s42%h23%i32%f48%f100%

A strong first guess from this list: serif

Puzzle tips

  • Many words ending in F share their last two or three letters. If several fit, pick a guess that tests their different first letters at once.
  • Remember that plurals and simple past tenses are rarely used as answers in daily puzzles; they're listed under less common words.
  • The solver can suggest a next guess that splits the remaining words as evenly as possible.
Less common valid words (22)

calif · griff · spiff · quaff · kloof · chuff · swarf · kalif · kenaf · scurf · whoof · sluff · ganof · pouff · ganef · feoff · howff · gliff · gonif · gonof · draff · gonef