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5-Letter Words Starting with FA (73 words)
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fable (10 points)
"The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing," for one
Animal Farm, for one
The Tortoise and the Hare for one
F·4+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 10 pts
faced (11 points)
Met the opponent head on (wordplay)
Stood toe-to-toe with
Confronted, as a challenge
F·4+A·1+C·3+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
facer (10 points)
Sudden difficulty Colloq.
Sudden difficulty: Colloq.
Blow to the mug to Brits
F·4+A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
faces (10 points)
Feature presentations (wordplay)
Sees eye to eye (wordplay)
A Rubik's Cube has six of them
F·4+A·1+C·3+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
facet (10 points)
Small surface (of diamond)
Unit of an insect's compound eye
Phase, as of a topic.
F·4+A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1 = 10 pts
facia (10 points)
Name plate over a shop front
Name plate over a shop front.
Name plate over front of a shop.
F·4+A·1+C·3+I·1+A·1 = 10 pts
facts (10 points)
Friday request (wordplay)
Sure things (wordplay)
They're known to be informed (wordplay)
F·4+A·1+C·3+T·1+S·1 = 10 pts
faddy (13 points)
Fussy, eg about food
Like a craze
Addicted to crazes
F·4+A·1+D·2+D·2+Y·4 = 13 pts
faded (10 points)
Washed out (wordplay)
Diminished golf shot, perhaps
Like well-worn jeans
F·4+A·1+D·2+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
fader (9 points)
Dice player who covers a bet
Volume control on a soundboard
Stereo adjustment knob
F·4+A·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
fades (9 points)
Becomes a whiter shade of pale perhaps
Becomes a whiter shade of pale, perhaps
Golf ball grows fainter (wordplay)
F·4+A·1+D·2+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
fadge (10 points)
To {succeed=v}
F·4+A·1+D·2+G·2+E·1 = 10 pts
fados (9 points)
Portuguese folk tunes.
Portuguese folk songs.
Portuguese folk songs
F·4+A·1+D·2+O·1+S·1 = 9 pts
faena (8 points)
Matadors final passes
Matador's final passes
F·4+A·1+E·1+N·1+A·1 = 8 pts
faery (11 points)
Land of enchantment.
Mythical creature, at a Ren Faire
in lands forlorn Keats
F·4+A·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
fagin (9 points)
Gang leader (Oliver Twist)
Dickenss merry old gentleman
Trainer of pickpockets.
F·4+A·1+G·2+I·1+N·1 = 9 pts
fagot (9 points)
Bundle of twigs
F·4+A·1+G·2+O·1+T·1 = 9 pts
fails (8 points)
Is unable (to)
Has to repeat maybe
Has to repeat, maybe
F·4+A·1+I·1+L·1+S·1 = 8 pts
faint (8 points)
React to shocking news, maybe
React to shocking news maybe
React to terrible news, perhaps
F·4+A·1+I·1+N·1+T·1 = 8 pts
fairs (8 points)
Some public gatherings
Often outdoor gatherings
They may offer rides
F·4+A·1+I·1+R·1+S·1 = 8 pts
fairy (11 points)
Tinkerbell for one
Tinker Bell for one
One carrying dust maybe
F·4+A·1+I·1+R·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
faith (11 points)
Christianity, for one
Mass appeal (wordplay)
The evidence of things not seen
F·4+A·1+I·1+T·1+H·4 = 11 pts
faked (13 points)
Like some UFO sightings
What the malingerer did
Coiled, as a rope.
F·4+A·1+K·5+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
faker (12 points)
One feigning illness, say
One offering sham pain (wordplay)
One who feigns
F·4+A·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
fakes (12 points)
Puts on an act
Doesn't do for real
Art buyers worries
F·4+A·1+K·5+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
fakey (15 points)
{phony=adj}
F·4+A·1+K·5+E·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
fakir (12 points)
Miracle worker (wordplay)
Bed of nails user (wordplay)
One walks on hot coals perhaps
F·4+A·1+K·5+I·1+R·1 = 12 pts
falls (8 points)
The 1 2 in West Belfast (wordplay)
Angel in Venezuela (wordplay)
Angel follower (wordplay)
F·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 8 pts
false (8 points)
That's incorrect!
Test answer, perhaps
Chopped up fleas? That's not right!
F·4+A·1+L·1+S·1+E·1 = 8 pts
famed (11 points)
In 'Who's Who,' perhaps
In Whos Who perhaps
Popular E (nonverbal)
F·4+A·1+M·3+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
fames (10 points)
Hall of sports shrines
Oscar Wildes Libertatis Sacra
Brings renown to
F·4+A·1+M·3+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
fancy (13 points)
Love/Hate it isn't (wordplay)
Glitzy Iggy Azalea song (wordplay)
An ornamental whim (wordplay)
F·4+A·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4 = 13 pts
fanes (8 points)
Churches in poetry
Temples of old.
Temples to Tennyson
F·4+A·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
fanga (9 points)
""A Spanish unit of dry measure, also FANEGA""
F·4+A·1+N·1+G·2+A·1 = 9 pts
fangs (9 points)
Teeth of, say, wolf
Dracula's fine points (wordplay)
Sidewinder's weapons
F·4+A·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 9 pts
fanny (11 points)
Famed hymn writer Crosby
Barbara's Oscar-winning role
Kemble or Bryce
F·4+A·1+N·1+N·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
fanon (8 points)
Social philosopher Frantz
Pontiffs formal wear
Priest's vestment.
F·4+A·1+N·1+O·1+N·1 = 8 pts
fanos (8 points)
Ecclesiastical capes
Eucharist cloths
F·4+A·1+N·1+O·1+S·1 = 8 pts
fanum (10 points)
""A cape worn by the pope, also FANO""
F·4+A·1+N·1+U·1+M·3 = 10 pts
faqir (17 points)
Hindu mendicant (var.)
Muslim monk (var.)
Muslim ascetic (var.)
F·4+A·1+Q·10+I·1+R·1 = 17 pts
farad (9 points)
Capacitance of a capacitor (electricity)
Unit of electricity
Electrical capacitance measure
F·4+A·1+R·1+A·1+D·2 = 9 pts
farce (10 points)
TVs Fawlty Towers for one
Michael Frayns Noises Off for one
Light work (wordplay)
F·4+A·1+R·1+C·3+E·1 = 10 pts
farci (10 points)
Stuffed (in cookery)
Forced in the kitchen
Stuffed to BrillatSavarin
F·4+A·1+R·1+C·3+I·1 = 10 pts
farcy (13 points)
Disease of horses
F·4+A·1+R·1+C·3+Y·4 = 13 pts
fards (9 points)
Fard
F·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 9 pts
fared (9 points)
Got on, managed
Came to pass.
Proceeded, made out
F·4+A·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
farer (8 points)
Sea follower (wordplay)
Word used with sea and way.
Word with way
F·4+A·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
fares (8 points)
T total (wordplay)
Going rates (wordplay)
The going rates (wordplay)
F·4+A·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
farle (8 points)
""An oatmeal cake, also FARL, FARTHEL""
F·4+A·1+R·1+L·1+E·1 = 8 pts
farls (8 points)
Farl
F·4+A·1+R·1+L·1+S·1 = 8 pts
farms (10 points)
Raises cattle, say
Works in a growing industry (wordplay)
Growing concerns (wordplay)
F·4+A·1+R·1+M·3+S·1 = 10 pts
faros (8 points)
Philippine lighthouses
F·4+A·1+R·1+O·1+S·1 = 8 pts
fasts (8 points)
Goes on a hunger strike, say
clued elsewhere (nonverbal)
Prepares for some blood work, maybe
F·4+A·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
fatal (8 points)
Disastrous, maybe lethal
Causing death, say accident
Bringing ruin (to)
F·4+A·1+T·1+A·1+L·1 = 8 pts
fated (9 points)
Like a lot (wordplay)
Destined (to be)
Destined to be free, wrote Jean Ingelow
F·4+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
fates (8 points)
Goddess trio (with "the")
Three goddesses of destiny (with "the")
Destiny's godmothers (wordplay)
F·4+A·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
fatly (11 points)
High on the hog
How some lounge
With smugness
F·4+A·1+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
fatty (11 points)
Needing trimming, perhaps
Needing trimming perhaps
Like marbled steak
F·4+A·1+T·1+T·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
faugh (12 points)
Used to express disgust
F·4+A·1+U·1+G·2+H·4 = 12 pts
fauld (9 points)
A piece of armor below the breastplate
F·4+A·1+U·1+L·1+D·2 = 9 pts
fault (8 points)
Poor service (wordplay)
Geologist's big break (wordplay)
Mistake by a serviceman (wordplay)
F·4+A·1+U·1+L·1+T·1 = 8 pts
fauna (8 points)
Flora's companion (wordplay)
Flora eaters, maybe
Flora eaters perhaps
F·4+A·1+U·1+N·1+A·1 = 8 pts
fauns (8 points)
Certain rural deities
Goat-leg deities
Creatures of myth.
F·4+A·1+U·1+N·1+S·1 = 8 pts
fauve (11 points)
Matisse, for one
Matisse for one
Matisse Dufy Derain or Braque
F·4+A·1+U·1+V·4+E·1 = 11 pts
favor (11 points)
Be partial to
It can be cashed in
Show bias toward
F·4+A·1+V·4+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
favus (11 points)
Hexagonal paving tile
F·4+A·1+V·4+U·1+S·1 = 11 pts
fawns (11 points)
Flatters (with "over")
Babes in the woods (wordplay)
Young deer (plural)
F·4+A·1+W·4+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
fawny (14 points)
Yellowish-brown color
F·4+A·1+W·4+N·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
faxed (16 points)
Sent on an impulse (wordplay)
Waiting in an inbox perhaps
Waiting in an in-box, perhaps
F·4+A·1+X·8+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts
faxes (15 points)
Results of phoning it in (wordplay)
Ships papers, perhaps
Ships papers perhaps
F·4+A·1+X·8+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
fayed (12 points)
Dodi who dated Diana
F·4+A·1+Y·4+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
fazed (18 points)
1ac? Head for famous setter!
Had an effect on
Shook the composure of
F·4+A·1+Z·10+E·1+D·2 = 18 pts
fazes (17 points)
Throws for a loop
Knocks for a loop
Daunts Colloq
F·4+A·1+Z·10+E·1+S·1 = 17 pts

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