5-letter words with A as the fifth letter
There are 649 five-letter words with A as the fifth letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is HUZZA at 26 points. S is the most common first letter among them (66), and the average score is 9 points.
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Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green A in the fifth position leaves these 649 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with A in slot 5, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include HUZZA, PIZZA, LEZZA, TAZZA and ZANZA. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with an A in slot 5 further.
For Wordle, NORMA is a strong guess from this list: of the familiar words with five different letters, it uses the letters found in the most of these 649 words.
5-letter words with A as the fifth letter in numbers
- Words
- 649
- Highest scoring
- HUZZA 26 pts
- Average score
- 9.0 pts
- With a definition
- 241 (37%)
- A45
- B37
- C43
- D29
- E7
- F22
- G26
- H29
- I6
- J8
- K26
- L31
- M49
- N19
- O10
- P52
- Q5
- R23
- S66
- T48
- U9
- V22
- W14
- X2
- Y10
- Z11
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with a as the fifth letter
5-letter words with A as the fifth letter (649)
These 300 of the 649 are a spread sample: the 50 highest scoring first, then words taken in turn from every first letter; within each, words with a dictionary definition come first. The solver above searches all of them for your tiles, and the free JSON API has the full word lists.
Frequently asked questions
How many 5 letter words have A as the fifth letter?
Unscrambly's list has 649 five-letter words with A in the fifth position, 5.2% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your fifth tile turned green as A, these 649 words are your candidates. Cross off any word that uses a letter you have already ruled out, and prefer a guess that tests new letters, such as NORMA.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with A as the fifth letter?
HUZZA scores 26 points in Scrabble. Next come PIZZA (25), LEZZA (23) and TAZZA (23). The average is 9 points.