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13 Letter Words Starting With F

There are 561 valid 13 letter words that start with F, drawn from NWL2023, CSW24, and Words With Friends. Sorted below by score, with the single highest scorer called out.

Highest Scoring 13-Letter Words

US Scrabble (NWL)

factionalized - 28 points

UK Scrabble (CSW)

factionalized - 28 points

Words With Friends

factionalized - 31 points

13 Letter Words (561)

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Top 20 Highest-Scoring 13 Letter Words Starting With f

Point values shown for US Scrabble, UK Scrabble, and Words With Friends. The average across this full 561 word list is 68.0 combined points.

Rank Word US Scrabble UK Scrabble WWF Points Total
#1 fabricational 20 20 24 64
#2 facetiousness 18 18 21 57
#3 facilitations 18 18 21 57
#4 faciobrachial 25 25 28 78
#5 faciocervical 25 25 30 80
#6 factionalised 19 19 22 60
#7 factionalises 18 18 21 57
#8 factionalisms 20 20 24 64
#9 factionalists 18 18 21 57
🏆 #10 factionalized 28 28 31 87
#11 factionalizes 27 27 30 84
#12 factionistism 20 20 23 63
#13 factorability 23 23 25 71
#14 factorisation 18 18 20 56
#15 factorization 27 27 29 83
#16 factualnesses 18 18 22 58
#17 facultatively 24 24 28 76
#18 faddishnesses 21 21 21 63
#19 fairnitickles 22 22 25 69
#20 fairnytickles 25 25 27 77

Where 13 Letter Words Fit on the Board

At 13 letters, a word almost always uses your entire rack plus tiles already on the board these are realistically bingo-adjacent plays rather than everyday moves, which is why the list leans heavily on compound and suffixed forms (-nesses, -ation, -izing). If you're looking for words you can play more often, shorter lengths starting with F will give you far more flexible options try 13 letter words starting with F for a more practical middle ground.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the highest-scoring 13 letter word starting with f?

factionalized — worth 87 combined points (US Scrabble: 28, UK Scrabble: 28, Words With Friends: 31).

How many 13 letter words start with f?

561 valid words, combining entries from NWL2023, CSW24, and the Words With Friends dictionary.

Are 13 letter words realistic to actually play?

Only occasionally — you'd need most of your rack plus letters already on the board to reach 13 tiles. They're worth knowing for the rare bingo-extension play, but for regular turns, shorter f words will come up far more often.