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5-letter words with A as the first letter

There are 717 five-letter words with A as the first letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is ABUZZ at 25 points. L is the most common second letter among them (89), and the average score is 8.1 points.

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Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green A in the first position leaves these 717 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with A in slot 1, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include ABUZZ, AZYGY, AVYZE, AZYME and AZYMS. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with an A in slot 1 further.

For Wordle, ARISE 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 717 words.

5-letter words with A as the first letter in numbers

Words
717
Highest scoring
ABUZZ 25 pts
Average score
8.1 pts
With a definition
377 (53%)
Words by second letter
  1. A4
  2. B57
  3. C33
  4. D38
  5. E7
  6. F13
  7. G45
  8. H10
  9. I25
  10. J3
  11. K6
  12. L89
  13. M55
  14. N52
  15. O1
  16. P40
  17. Q2
  18. R81
  19. S31
  20. T23
  21. U25
  22. V18
  23. W20
  24. X15
  25. Y7
  26. Z17

Highest-scoring 5-letter words with a as the first letter

WordScoreLength
abuzz255
azygy215
avyze205
azyme195
azyms195
affix185
azuki185
avize175
azoth175
azury175

5-letter words with A as the first letter (717)

These 300 of the 717 are a spread sample: the 50 highest scoring first, then words taken in turn from every second 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.

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Frequently asked questions

How many 5 letter words have A as the first letter?

Unscrambly's list has 717 five-letter words with A in the first position, 5.7% of all five-letter words.

How do I use this list for Wordle?

If your first tile turned green as A, these 717 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 ARISE.

What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with A as the first letter?

ABUZZ scores 25 points in Scrabble. Next come AZYGY (21), AVYZE (20) and AZYME (19). The average is 8.1 points.

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