Words starting with F, then T, then R, ending in Y
34 words fit this spine. They're all listed below. They start with F, end with Y, and contain T then R in that order in between — not necessarily side by side.
Near misses
- fable doesn't fit: it starts with F but ends with E, not Y.
- fabulously doesn't fit: it has the right ends but no T in the middle.
- fertility doesn't fit: it has every letter of FTRY but they don't appear in order inside it.
7-letter words
factory
8-letter words
faggotry, fatherly, feathery, feretory, flattery, fluttery, forestry, fumatory, fumitory, futurity
9-letter words
feudatory, floristry
10-letter words
festoonery, fraternity, fritillary, futurology
11-letter words
falteringly, filamentary, fluorimetry, fluorometry, flusteredly, fragmentary, fraternally, functionary
12-letter words
facilitatory, flatteringly, forthrightly
13-letter words
filterability, fragmentarily, frustratingly
14-letter words
faintheartedly, futuristically
16-letter words
ferroelectricity
Where this pattern came from
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How the rule works