Words that end with A

There are 5,372 words that end with A in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is ZYZZYVA at 43 points. P is the most common first letter among them, with 568, and the average word scores 13 points.

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A ends 2% of the 269,870 words in the dictionary, the 11th largest share of the 26 letters. With an A already on the board, any of these words can be played through it by finishing on that tile. The longest run to 15 letters (30 words), HAEMOGLOBINURIA among them. Two-letter words ending in A: AA, BA, DA, EA, FA, HA, JA, KA, LA, MA, NA, PA, TA, YA and ZA.

Words that end with A in numbers

Words
5,372
Highest scoring
ZYZZYVA 43 pts
Average score
13.0 pts
Longest
HAEMOGLOBINURIA 15 letters
Words by first letter
  1. A521
  2. B254
  3. C528
  4. D188
  5. E214
  6. F135
  7. G197
  8. H269
  9. I97
  10. J48
  11. K149
  12. L164
  13. M404
  14. N109
  15. O127
  16. P568
  17. Q38
  18. R170
  19. S531
  20. T312
  21. U46
  22. V119
  23. W49
  24. X26
  25. Y31
  26. Z78

Highest-scoring words that end with a

Words that end with A (5,372)

These 300 of the 5,372 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 full list is in the free JSON API.

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3-letter words 4

2-letter words 1

Frequently asked questions

How many words end with A?

5,372 words in Unscrambly's list end with A. 649 of them have five letters, 940 have seven and 15 have two.

What is the highest scoring word ending in A?

ZYZZYVA scores 43 points before bonus squares. Next come ECTOMYCORRHIZA (35), ENDOMYCORRHIZA (34) and KAZATZKA (34). Across all 5,372, the average is 13 points.

What two-letter words end in A?

AA, BA, DA, EA, FA, HA, JA, KA, LA, MA, NA, PA, TA, YA and ZA: 15 in total. Two-letter words are the easiest way to score on a crowded board.

How many 5 letter words end in A?

649. Five letters is the Wordle length, and every one of them is on the 5 letter words ending in A list, where HUZZA scores highest at 26 points.

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