Foods That Start With Every Letter
Here are foods that start with every letter from A to Z: 813 in all, with examples for each letter and a full page for every letter that has enough of them.
More than eight hundred foods are sorted by first letter here. C is the clear leader, followed by S, B and P, so those letters are the easiest in any food game. Common picks include cheese, sandwich, bread and pizza.
At the thin end sits X, holding only xacuti, a Goan curry, and U, with three: udon, upside-down cake and urad dal. Z, Q and Y are also short. For an "a food for every letter" game, learn those rare answers first and the rest of the alphabet becomes simple.
- Foods listed
- 813
- Most common first letter
- C
Foods by letter
| Letter | How many | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| A | 21 | apple, avocado, asparagus, apricot, angel cake |
| B | 86 | bread, butter, beef, bacon, burger |
| C | 139 | chicken, cheese, cake, chocolate, chips |
| D | 24 | date, duck, dressing, dip, dough |
| E | 12 | egg, eel, eggplant, egg roll, egg white |
| F | 33 | fish, fig, flour, fudge, fish stick |
| G | 36 | ginger, garlic, goose, grape, gravy |
| H | 29 | honey, ham, hash, hot dog, herring |
| I | 9 | ice milk, ice cream, icing sugar, iceberg lettuce, ice cream cone |
| J | 12 | jam, jelly, jerky, johnny cake, jacket potato |
| K | 14 | ketchup, kale, kiwi, kebab, king salmon |
| L | 30 | liver, lemon, lamb, lime, lobster |
| M | 44 | milk, meat, mint, mustard, mushroom |
| N | 11 | nan, noodle, nutmeg, nacho, nut bread |
| O | 23 | orange, olive, onion, oyster, octopus |
| P | 75 | pizza, pie, pepper, potato, pork |
| Q | 7 | quail, quick bread, quince, quiche, quesadilla |
| R | 35 | roll, rice, rosemary, raspberry, relish |
| S | 90 | sugar, salt, salad, soup, sandwich |
| T | 29 | turkey, toast, tomato, trout, turnover |
| U | 3 | udon, upside-down cake, urad dal |
| V | 12 | vegetable, vanilla, vinegar, veal, venison |
| W | 26 | wrap, wheat, watermelon, waffle, wafer |
| X | 1 | xacuti |
| Y | 8 | yogurt, yam, yolk, yellow squash, yeast |
| Z | 4 | zucchini, zest, ziti, zucchini bread |
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Questions people ask
Which letter do the most foods start with?
C, with 139 on this site's list.
Source: Princeton WordNet, a public dictionary database, reviewed by our editors to keep only clear, real members of the list. Meanings are short dictionary glosses.