Wordle game help: 5-letter words with ‘A,’ ‘E,’ and ‘F’

On some days, it feels like the path to the Wordle answer is simple. But on others, even after finding a few letters, you might be feeling stuck with no idea what will get you closer to the mystery word of the day.

If today is one of those days for you, even with three yellow blocks for “A,” “E,” and “F,” check out the list and guide below for some inspiration on where you can go from here.

Five-letter words starting with “A,” “E,” and “F” to try on Wordle

• AFEAR
• AFIRE
• AFORE
• AFTER
• ALEFS
• ALEFT
• AREFY
• CAFES
• CHAFE
• DECAF
• DEFAT
• FABLE
• FACED
• FACER
• FACES
• FACET
• FADED
• FADER
• FADES
• FADGE
• FAENA
• FAERY
• FAINE
• FAKED
• FAKER
• FAKES
• FAKEY
• FAKIE
• FALSE
• FAMED
• FAMES
• FANES
• FARCE
• FARED
• FARER
• FARES
• FARLE
• FARSE
• FATED
• FATES
• FAUVE
• FAVEL
• FAVER
• FAVES
• FAXED
• FAXES
• FAYED
• FAYER
• FAYNE
• FAYRE
• FAZED
• FAZES
• FEALS
• FEARE
• FEARS
• FEART
• FEASE
• FEAST
• FEATS
• FEAZE
• FECAL
• FELLA
• FEMAL
• FERAL
• FERIA
• FESTA
• FETAL
• FETAS
• FETTA
• FETWA
• FEUAR
• FLAKE
• FLAME
• FLANE
• FLARE
• FLEAM
• FLEAS
• FOVEA
• FRAME
• FRAPE
• FRATE
• FREAK
• FRENA
• GAFFE
• GANEF
• KENAF
• LEAFS
• LEAFY
• NEAFE
• SAFED
• SAFER
• SAFES
• SHEAF
• TREFA
• WAFER

In this case, the placement of each of these three letters makes a difference in the number of options you actually have to work with. You should start by cross-checking the list above with the clues you already have, crossing out words where the “A,” the “E,” and the “F” appear at the same places you guessed them before—considering they all came out yellow for you. If at least one of them came out green, you have even more words with incorrect placements to cross out from the list.

The next step is looking at all the letters that came out gray in your earlier guesses and crossing out all the words that contain each of them as well. That will help guarantee you don’t waste much time and precious guesses with letters you know can’t be part of the answer. And for the next ones, try and prioritize common letters, especially consonants, like “L,” “R,” “S,” or “T,” depending on what appears the most among the options you have left on the list. That should lead you to the answer in no time.

If you’re still unsure and don’t want to wait until Wordle resets at midnight local time, you can always look up the answer to today’s puzzle (which we update around 12am CT).