Words That Start With EF

53 words Words by letter Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are 53 words that start with ef, from everyday words to rare ones that are still valid in word games. Common words come first with a short meaning, then the words are grouped by length, which helps with Wordle and crossword clues.

Words starting with ef: 53
Most used: effect
Shortest: eff
5 letter words: 0

Common words that start with ef

#	Word	Meaning	Letters
1	effect	a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon	6
2	effort	earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something	6
3	effective	producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect; -LewisMumford	9
4	effects	property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business	7
5	efforts	earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something	7
6	effectively	in an effective manner	11
7	efficient	being effective without wasting time or effort or expense	9
8	efficiency	the ratio of the output to the input of any system	10
9	effectiveness	power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect	13
10	efficiently	with efficiency; in an efficient manner	11
11	efficacy	capacity or power to produce a desired effect	8
12	effected	produce	8
13	effortlessly	without effort or apparent effort	12
14	efficiencies	the ratio of the output to the input of any system	12
15	effortless	requiring or apparently requiring no effort	10
16	effecting	produce	9
17	effigy	a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)	6
18	effeminate	having unsuitable feminine qualities	10
19	effluent	water mixed with waste matter	8
20	effector	one who brings about a result or event; one who accomplishes a purpose	8
21	efficacious	marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect; -Aldous Huxley	11
22	eft	a newt in its terrestrial stage of development	3
23	effervescent	used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide	12
24	effigies	a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)	8
25	effusive	uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm	8
26	effusion	an unrestrained expression of emotion	8
27	effectual	producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect; -LewisMumford	9
28	efflux	the process of flowing out	6
29	effacing	remove completely from recognition or memory	8
30	effendi	a former Turkish term of respect; especially for government officials	7
31	efferent	a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands	8
32	effectors	one who brings about a result or event; one who accomplishes a purpose	9
33	effervescence	the process of bubbling as gas escapes	13
34	effete	marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay	6
35	effluents	water mixed with waste matter	9
36	effectually	in an effectual manner	11
37	effusions	an unrestrained expression of emotion	9
38	effrontery	audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to	10
39	effaced	remove completely from recognition or memory	7
40	effectuate	produce	10
41	efflorescence	the period of greatest prosperity or productivity	13
42	effusively	in an effusive manner	10
43	effortful	requiring great physical effort	9
44	effacement	shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor	10
45	effectivity	power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect	11
46	effortlessness	the quality of requiring little effort	14
47	effulgent	radiating or as if radiating light	9
48	efface	remove completely from recognition or memory	6
49	effectuated	produce	11
50	efficacies	capacity or power to produce a desired effect	10

3 letter words that start with ef

6 letter words that start with ef

effect
effort
effigy
efflux
effete
efface

7 letter words that start with ef

effects
efforts
effendi
effaced

8 letter words that start with ef

efficacy
effected
effluent
effector
effigies
effusive
effusion
effacing
efferent

9 letter words that start with ef

effective
efficient
effecting
effectual
effectors
effluents
effusions
effortful
effulgent
effluvium

10 letter words that start with ef

efficiency
effortless
effeminate
effrontery
effectuate
effusively
effacement
efficacies

11 letter words that start with ef

effectively
efficiently
efficacious
effectually
effectivity
effectuated

12 letter words that start with ef

effortlessly
efficiencies
effervescent

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How many words start with ef?

This list has 53 words starting with ef, all from a standard word-game dictionary and all seen in real English text.

What are common words that start with ef?

effect, effort, effective, effects, efforts, effectively, efficient, efficiency.

Source: the ENABLE word list (a public-domain dictionary used for word games), ranked by how often each word appears in English text (the open wordfreq project), with short meanings from Princeton WordNet. Offensive words are left out.