5-letter words with A as the third letter
There are 1,219 five-letter words with A as the third letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is PZAZZ at 34 points. S is the most common first letter among them (246), 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 third position leaves these 1,219 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with A in slot 3, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include PZAZZ, KHAZI, QUAKY, QUACK and QUAFF. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with an A in slot 3 further.
For Wordle, STARE 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 1,219 words.
5-letter words with A as the third letter in numbers
- Words
- 1,219
- Highest scoring
- PZAZZ 34 pts
- Average score
- 9.0 pts
- With a definition
- 694 (57%)
- A81
- B102
- C113
- D57
- E21
- F58
- G76
- H25
- I16
- J6
- K40
- L48
- M22
- N14
- O21
- P70
- Q22
- R34
- S246
- T75
- U19
- V7
- W30
- X2
- Y12
- Z2
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with a as the third letter
5-letter words with A as the third letter (1,219)
These 300 of the 1,219 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 third letter?
Unscrambly's list has 1,219 five-letter words with A in the third position, 9.7% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your third tile turned green as A, these 1,219 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 STARE.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with A as the third letter?
PZAZZ scores 34 points in Scrabble. Next come KHAZI (21), QUAKY (21) and QUACK (20). The average is 9 points.