8-letter words starting with FI
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter FI. This section showcases how FI at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with FI, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| finished | 15 | brought to ruin | after the revolution the aristocracy was finished |
| fighting | 16 | engaged in or ready for military or naval operations | review the fighting forces |
| figuring | 13 | problem solving that involves numbers or quantities | - |
| firewood | 15 | wood used for fuel | they collected and cut their own firewood |
| findings | 13 | a collection of tools and other articles used by an artisan to make jewelry or clothing or shoes | - |
| fielding | 13 | English novelist and dramatist (1707-1754) | - |
| finances | 13 | assets in the form of money | - |
| fireball | 13 | a highly energetic and indefatigable person | - |
| financed | 14 | - | - |
| fidelity | 15 | the quality of being faithful | - |
| fiercely | 16 | in a physically fierce manner | they fought fiercely |
| fiddling | 14 | (informal) small and of little importance | a fiddling sum of money |
| fingered | 13 | having or resembling a finger or fingers; often used in combination | the fingered roots of giant trees |
| fixation | 18 | (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body | - |
| finalize | 20 | make final; put the last touches on; put into final form | let's finalize the proposal |
| firewall | 14 | a fireproof (or fire-resistant) wall designed to prevent the spread of fire through a building or a vehicle | - |
| finalist | 11 | a contestant who reaches the final stages of a competition | - |
| firework | 18 | (usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc. | - |
| fiercest | 13 | - | - |
| fiendish | 15 | extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell | a fiendish despot |
| fibrosis | 13 | development of excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ | - |
| firmness | 13 | the muscle tone of healthy tissue | his muscular firmness |
| figurine | 12 | a small carved or molded figure | - |
| filigree | 12 | delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire) | - |
| fishbowl | 19 | a transparent bowl in which small fish are kept | - |
| finalise | 11 | make final; put the last touches on; put into final form | - |
| fireside | 12 | home symbolized as a part of the fireplace | fighting in defense of their firesides |
| finality | 14 | the quality of being final or definitely settled | the finality of death |
| fiftieth | 17 | the ordinal number of fifty in counting order | - |
| fishpond | 17 | a freshwater pond with fish | - |
| filament | 13 | a very slender natural or synthetic fiber | - |
| filthier | 14 | - | - |
| firetrap | 13 | a building that would be hard to escape from if it were to catch fire | - |
| firebird | 14 | tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern Texas and Arizona; adult male has bright scarlet and black plumage | - |
| firebomb | 17 | a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel) | - |
| finisher | 14 | (baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game | - |
| fiscally | 16 | in financial matters | fiscally irresponsible |
| fishbone | 16 | a bone of a fish | - |
| fixating | 19 | - | - |
| fishhook | 21 | a sharp barbed hook for catching fish | - |
| fishtail | 14 | slow down by moving the tail sideways | The airplane fishtailed on the runway |
| fishwife | 20 | someone who sells fish | - |
| filmgoer | 14 | - | - |
| finitude | 12 | the quality of being finite | - |
| firedamp | 16 | a mixture of gases (mostly methane) that form in coal mines and become explosive when mixed with air | - |
| fireweed | 15 | an American weedy plant with small white or greenish flowers | - |
| fivefold | 18 | having five units or components | - |
| filtrate | 11 | remove by passing through a filter | - |
| fineries | 11 | - | - |
| finessed | 12 | - | - |
| finnmark | 17 | - | - |
| firebase | 13 | an artillery base to support advancing troops | - |
| fireplug | 14 | an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire | - |
| fitfully | 17 | in a fitful manner | he slept fitfully |
| fiancees | 13 | - | - |
| fiascoes | 13 | - | - |
| fiberise | 13 | - | - |
| fiberize | 22 | - | - |
| fibranne | 13 | - | - |
| fibrates | 13 | - | - |
| fibrilar | 13 | - | - |
| fibrilla | 13 | - | - |
| fibroids | 14 | - | - |
| fibroins | 13 | - | - |
| fibromas | 15 | - | - |
| fibrosed | 14 | - | - |
| fibroses | 13 | - | - |
| fibrotic | 15 | - | - |
| fibsters | 13 | - | - |
| ficklest | 17 | - | - |
| fickling | 18 | - | - |
| fictions | 13 | - | - |
| fiddious | 13 | - | - |
| fiddlers | 13 | - | - |
| fiddleys | 16 | - | - |
| fiddlier | 13 | - | - |
| fideisms | 14 | - | - |
| fideists | 12 | - | - |
| fidgeted | 14 | - | - |
| fidgeter | 13 | - | - |
| fiducial | 14 | relating to or of the nature of a legal trust (i.e. the holding of something in trust for another) | fiducial power |
| fiefdoms | 17 | - | - |
| fielders | 12 | - | - |
| fieriest | 11 | - | - |
| fifteens | 14 | - | - |
| fiftyish | 20 | - | - |
| figeater | 12 | large greenish June beetle of southern United States | - |
| figgiest | 13 | - | - |
| fighters | 15 | - | - |
| figments | 14 | - | - |
| figtrees | 12 | - | - |
| figuline | 12 | - | - |
| figurant | 12 | - | - |
| figurate | 12 | - | - |
| figurers | 12 | - | - |
| figurist | 12 | - | - |
| figworts | 15 | - | - |
| fikeries | 15 | - | - |
| filabegs | 14 | - | - |
| filacers | 13 | - | - |
| filagree | 12 | delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire) | - |
| filander | 12 | - | - |
| filarees | 11 | - | - |
| filariae | 11 | - | - |
| filarial | 11 | related to or infested with or transmitting parasitic worms especially filaria | - |
| filarian | 11 | - | - |
| filarias | 11 | - | - |
| filariid | 12 | of or relating to or belonging to the family Filariidae | - |
| filasses | 11 | - | - |
| filatory | 14 | - | - |
| filature | 11 | a bobbin used in spinning silk into thread | - |
| filazers | 20 | - | - |
| filberds | 14 | - | - |
| filberts | 13 | - | - |
| filchers | 16 | - | - |
| filching | 17 | - | - |
| fileable | 13 | - | - |
| filecard | 14 | - | - |
| filefish | 17 | narrow flattened warm-water fishes with leathery skin and a long file-like dorsal spine | - |
| filemots | 13 | - | - |
| filename | 13 | (computer science) the name given to a computer file in order to distinguish it from other files; may contain an extension that indicates the type of file | - |
| fileting | 12 | - | - |
| filially | 14 | - | - |
| filiated | 12 | - | - |
| filiates | 11 | - | - |
| filibegs | 14 | - | - |
| filicide | 14 | a parent who murders his own son or daughter | - |
| filiform | 16 | thin in diameter; resembling a thread | - |
| filioque | 20 | - | - |
| filister | 11 | - | - |
| fillable | 13 | - | - |
| filleted | 12 | - | - |
| filleter | 11 | - | - |
| fillibeg | 14 | - | - |
| fillings | 12 | - | - |
| filliped | 14 | - | - |
| filmable | 15 | (used of a story or literary work) capable of being adapted to motion picture form | - |
| filmcard | 16 | - | - |
| filmdoms | 16 | - | - |
| filmfest | 16 | - | - |
| filmiest | 13 | - | - |
| filmings | 14 | - | - |
| filmland | 14 | - | - |
| filmless | 13 | - | - |
| filmlike | 17 | - | - |
| filmsets | 13 | - | - |
| filtered | 12 | - | - |
| filterer | 11 | - | - |
| filthily | 17 | in a filthy unclean manner | - |
| fimbriae | 15 | - | - |
| fimbrial | 15 | - | - |
| finagled | 13 | - | - |
| finagler | 12 | a deceiver who uses crafty misleading methods | - |
| finagles | 12 | - | - |
| finalism | 13 | - | - |
| finbacks | 19 | - | - |
| findable | 14 | - | - |
| findrams | 14 | - | - |
| fineable | 13 | liable to a fine | - |
| fineered | 12 | - | - |
| fineless | 11 | - | - |
| fineness | 11 | the quality of being very good indeed | the inn is distinguished by the fineness of its cuisine |
| finespun | 13 | developed in excessively fine detail | finespun distinctions |
| finesser | 11 | - | - |
| finesses | 11 | - | - |
| finfoots | 14 | - | - |
| fingerer | 12 | - | - |
| finialed | 12 | - | - |
| finickin | 17 | - | - |
| finiking | 16 | - | - |
| finishes | 14 | - | - |
| finitely | 14 | with a finite limit | there are finitely many solutions to this problem |
| finitism | 13 | - | - |
| finitist | 11 | - | - |
| finmarks | 17 | - | - |
| finnacks | 17 | - | - |
| finnesko | 15 | - | - |
| finnicky | 20 | - | - |
| finniest | 11 | - | - |
| finnocks | 17 | - | - |
| finochio | 16 | - | - |
| fintechs | 16 | - | - |
| fippence | 17 | - | - |
| fireable | 13 | - | - |
| firearms | 13 | - | - |
| fireback | 19 | - | - |
| fireboat | 13 | a boat equipped to fight fires on ships or along a waterfront | - |
| firebrat | 13 | lives in warm moist areas e.g. around furnaces | - |
| firebugs | 14 | - | - |
| firebush | 16 | - | - |
| fireclay | 16 | a heat-resistant clay | - |
| firedogs | 13 | - | - |
| firefang | 15 | - | - |
| firehall | 14 | - | - |
| firehose | 14 | - | - |
| fireless | 11 | - | - |
| firelock | 17 | a muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock | - |
| firemark | 17 | - | - |
| firepans | 13 | - | - |
| firepink | 17 | - | - |
| firepits | 13 | - | - |
| firepots | 13 | - | - |
| firereel | 11 | - | - |
| fireroom | 13 | (nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired | - |
| fireship | 16 | - | - |
| fireworm | 16 | - | - |
| firmless | 13 | - | - |
| firmware | 16 | (computer science) coded instructions that are stored permanently in read-only memory | - |
| firriest | 11 | - | - |
| firrings | 12 | - | - |
| firwoods | 15 | - | - |
| fishable | 16 | - | - |
| fishball | 16 | - | - |
| fishboat | 16 | - | - |
| fishbolt | 16 | - | - |
| fishcake | 20 | - | - |
| fisheyes | 17 | - | - |
| fishgigs | 16 | - | - |
| fishiest | 14 | - | - |
| fishings | 15 | - | - |
| fishkill | 18 | - | - |
| fishless | 14 | - | - |
| fishlike | 18 | - | - |
| fishline | 14 | - | - |
| fishmeal | 16 | - | - |
| fishnets | 14 | - | - |
| fishpole | 16 | - | - |
| fishskin | 18 | - | - |
| fishways | 20 | - | - |
| fishworm | 19 | terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers | - |
| fisnomie | 13 | - | - |
| fissions | 11 | - | - |
| fissiped | 14 | terrestrial carnivores; having toes separated to the base: dogs; cats; bears; badgers; raccoons | - |
| fissling | 12 | - | - |
| fissural | 11 | - | - |
| fissured | 12 | - | - |
| fissures | 11 | - | - |
| fistfuls | 14 | - | - |
| fistiana | 11 | - | - |
| fistical | 13 | - | - |
| fistiest | 11 | - | - |
| fistings | 12 | - | - |
| fistmele | 13 | about seven inches; the breadth of a fist with the thumb stuck out (used especially in archery to give the correct distance of the string from the bow) | - |
| fistnote | 11 | - | - |
| fistulae | 11 | - | - |
| fistular | 11 | hollow and tube-shaped like a reed | - |
| fistulas | 11 | - | - |
| fitchets | 16 | - | - |
| fitchews | 19 | - | - |
| fitliest | 11 | - | - |
| fitments | 13 | - | - |
| fittable | 13 | - | - |
| fittings | 12 | - | - |
| fivepins | 16 | - | - |
| fixatifs | 21 | - | - |
| fixative | 21 | a compound (such as ethanol or formaldehyde) that fixes tissues and cells for microscopic study | - |
| fixature | 18 | - | - |
| fixities | 18 | - | - |
| fixtures | 18 | - | - |
| fizzgigs | 31 | - | - |
| fizziest | 29 | - | - |
| fizzings | 30 | - | - |
| fizzling | 30 | - | - |
