Words that start with A
There are 15,853 words that start with A in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is APOPHTHEGMATIZE at 37 points. They run from 2 to 15 letters, 9-letter words are the biggest group with 2,488, and the average one scores 14.2 points.
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A is a one-point vowel that opens a huge share of English words, so the list is long and covers everything from short board plays to fifteen-letter monsters. A starts 5.9% of the 269,870 words in the dictionary, the 5th largest share of the 26 letters. The longest run to 15 letters (374 words), ACKNOWLEDGEABLE among them. Two-letter words starting with A: AA, AB, AD, AE, AG, AH, AI, AL, AM, AN, AR, AS, AT, AW, AX and AY.
Words that start with A in numbers
- Words
- 15,853
- Highest scoring
- APOPHTHEGMATIZE 37 pts
- Average score
- 14.2 pts
- Longest
- ACKNOWLEDGEABLE 15 letters
- 216
- 393
- 4267
- 5717
- 61,196
- 71,778
- 82,179
- 92,488
- 102,202
- 111,806
- 121,284
- 13863
- 14590
- 15374
Highest-scoring words that start with a
| Word | Score | Length |
|---|---|---|
| apophthegmatize | 37 | 15 |
| azidothymidines | 34 | 15 |
| alexipharmakons | 33 | 15 |
| apothegmatizing | 33 | 15 |
| axiomatizations | 33 | 15 |
| azidothymidine | 33 | 14 |
| adenohypophyses | 32 | 15 |
| adenohypophysis | 32 | 15 |
| alexipharmakon | 32 | 14 |
| anthropopsychic | 32 | 15 |
Words that start with A (15,853)
These 300 of the 15,853 are a spread sample: the 50 highest scoring first, then words taken in turn from every length (2 to 15 letters); 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.
15-letter words 24
14-letter words 22
13-letter words 22
12-letter words 22
11-letter words 22
10-letter words 22
9-letter words 22
8-letter words 22
7-letter words 22
6-letter words 22
5-letter words 22
4-letter words 22
3-letter words 22
Frequently asked questions
How many words start with A?
15,853 words in Unscrambly's list start with A. 717 of them have five letters, 1,778 have seven and 16 have two.
What is the best A word for Scrabble?
APOPHTHEGMATIZE scores 37 points before bonus squares. Next come AZIDOTHYMIDINES (34), ALEXIPHARMAKONS (33) and APOTHEGMATIZING (33). Across all 15,853, the average is 14.2 points.
What two-letter words start with A?
AA, AB, AD, AE, AG, AH, AI, AL, AM, AN, AR, AS, AT, AW, AX and AY: 16 in total. Two-letter words are the easiest way to score on a crowded board.
How many 5 letter words start with A?
717. Five letters is the Wordle length, and every one of them is on the 5 letter words starting with A list, where ABUZZ scores highest at 25 points.