5-letter words with A as the second letter
There are 2,185 five-letter words with A as the second letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is JAZZY at 33 points. M is the most common first letter among them (186), and the average score is 9.4 points.
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Every word your letters make appears below, longest first, each with its Scrabble score.
Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green A in the second position leaves these 2,185 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with A in slot 2, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include JAZZY, LAZZI, LAZZO, TAZZA and TAZZE. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with an A in slot 2 further.
For Wordle, RATES 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 2,185 words.
5-letter words with A as the second letter in numbers
- Words
- 2,185
- Highest scoring
- JAZZY 33 pts
- Average score
- 9.4 pts
- With a definition
- 1,201 (55%)
- A4
- B161
- C166
- D91
- E23
- F98
- G116
- H136
- I2
- J53
- K82
- L129
- M186
- N81
- O12
- P161
- Q3
- R139
- S162
- T158
- V51
- W109
- Y44
- Z18
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with a as the second letter
5-letter words with A as the second letter (2,185)
These 300 of the 2,185 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 second letter?
Unscrambly's list has 2,185 five-letter words with A in the second position, 17% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your second tile turned green as A, these 2,185 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 RATES.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with A as the second letter?
JAZZY scores 33 points in Scrabble. Next come LAZZI (23), LAZZO (23) and TAZZA (23). The average is 9.4 points.