5-Letter Words Starting With AF
There are 8 five-letter words starting with AF in our dictionary; 5 of them are common words.
Type your own letters to find only the 5-letter words you can make, or leave it empty to open this list in the word finder.
All 8 words
- after8 points
- affix18 points
- afoot8 points
- afire8 points
- afoul8 points
- afore8 points
- afrit8 points
- afars8 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 8
- By usage: 3 very common, 2 common, 3 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- affix 18
- afars 8
- afire 8
- afoot 8
- afore 8
- afoul 8
- afrit 8
- after 8
Most common
- after
- affix
- afoot
- afire
- afoul
- afore
- afrit
- afars
Definitions
- after (adjective)
- Located farther aft.
- affix (noun)
- A linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form.
- afoot (adjective)
- Traveling by foot.
- afire (adjective)
- Lighted up by or as by fire or flame.
Words that start with the letters AF come up constantly in tile games, crosswords and daily letter puzzles, and this page gathers all 8 of the five-letter ones. The most useful are the common words at the top of the list; the rare ones at the bottom are worth knowing when you need to hook onto an awkward board position. AFFIX is the top scorer here, worth 18 points before any board multiplier.
How to use this page
Read the list from the top if you want the everyday words, or jump to the quick facts for the highest scorers. Click any word with a link to see every shorter word hidden inside it. When you have a specific rack, the search box at the top filters the list down to the words you can play right now.
Tips
Hooks are single letters added to the front or back of an existing word to make a new one, and they are the cheapest way to score in a crowded game. Look through the words on this page for ones that become a different valid word with one more letter, or that can be formed by extending a shorter word already on the board. Suffixes such as S, ED, ER and ING, and prefixes such as RE and UN, do most of the work. A hook lets you play a second word in parallel and collect both scores.
Questions
What is the highest-scoring word among the five-letter words starting with AF?
AFFIX scores 18 points with classic tile values, ignoring board multipliers. The full top ten is in the quick facts above; switch the tile set on the search tool if you play with different letter values.
Why are some of these words unfamiliar?
3 of the 8 words on this page are tagged rare, meaning they fall outside the usual spell-check vocabulary. They are still real words, and many are legal plays, but you should expect a challenge if someone asks you to define them.