10-Letter Words Starting With A
There are 1,308 ten-letter words starting with A in our dictionary; 577 of them are common words.
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The 600 most common of 1,308 words
- acceptable18 points
- admittedly17 points
- afterwards17 points
- apparently17 points
- arithmetic17 points
- atmosphere17 points
- accessible16 points
- algorithms16 points
- appearance16 points
- appreciate16 points
- absolutely15 points
- accidental15 points
- activities15 points
- advantages15 points
- advertised15 points
- artificial15 points
- attempting15 points
- attractive15 points
- advertises14 points
- altogether14 points
- assumption14 points
- automobile14 points
- addressing13 points
- associated13 points
- additional12 points
- associates12 points
- adequately23 points
- apologized23 points
- authorized23 points
- apologizes22 points
- authorizes22 points
- accomplish21 points
- adjustment20 points
- approached20 points
- alphabetic19 points
- approaches19 points
- acceptance18 points
- applicable18 points
- abbreviate17 points
- abnormally17 points
- accordance17 points
- accurately17 points
- accustomed17 points
- advocating17 points
- apostrophe17 points
- attachment17 points
- abolishing16 points
- accumulate16 points
- activating16 points
- applicants16 points
- accounting15 points
- aggressive15 points
- allowances15 points
- ambassador15 points
- appointing15 points
- assembling15 points
- abandoning14 points
- accelerate14 points
- accountant14 points
- accusation14 points
- adventures14 points
- anticipate14 points
- adaptation13 points
- administer13 points
- admiration13 points
- afternoons13 points
- agreements13 points
- allocating13 points
- announcing13 points
- assignment13 points
- attendance13 points
- attracting13 points
- attributed13 points
- automating13 points
- allocation12 points
- antisocial12 points
- assessment12 points
- assistance12 points
- astronomer12 points
- atrocities12 points
- attraction12 points
- attributes12 points
- allegation11 points
- alteration10 points
- attentions10 points
- asphyxiate25 points
- acquiesced24 points
- appetizing24 points
- acquiesces23 points
- adjectives23 points
- appetizers23 points
- acquainted22 points
- acquitting22 points
- antifreeze22 points
- apocryphal22 points
- appendixes22 points
- archbishop22 points
- acceptably21 points
- acquittals21 points
- amplifying21 points
- anticlimax21 points
- aquamarine21 points
- awkwardest21 points
- accomplice20 points
- achievable20 points
- adjustable20 points
- affidavits20 points
- antagonize20 points
- antiquated20 points
- archetypal20 points
- adjourning19 points
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- affordable19 points
- amphibians19 points
- amphibious19 points
- antiquates19 points
- artichokes19 points
- aboveboard18 points
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- aftermaths18 points
- apprehends18 points
- authorship18 points
- avalanches18 points
- abhorrence17 points
- acclaiming17 points
- acclimated17 points
- admonished17 points
- affiliated17 points
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- alcoholics17 points
- alcoholism17 points
- ambivalent17 points
- amplifiers17 points
- annexation17 points
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- appendices17 points
- architects17 points
- abdicating16 points
- abominable16 points
- absconding16 points
- abundantly16 points
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- acrobatics16 points
- admonishes16 points
- advantaged16 points
- adverbials16 points
- affiliates16 points
- affinities16 points
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- aggravated16 points
- alarmingly16 points
- ambulances16 points
- amnestying16 points
- anchorages16 points
- appendages16 points
- applauding16 points
- appliances16 points
- applicator16 points
- apprentice16 points
- asphalting16 points
- autographs16 points
- autopsying16 points
- abdication15 points
- abscessing15 points
- abstracted15 points
- abundances15 points
- accordions15 points
- admissible15 points
- admittance15 points
- adventured15 points
- aggravates15 points
- amalgamate15 points
- amateurish15 points
- amendments15 points
- ampersands15 points
- amputating15 points
- analytical15 points
- anarchists15 points
- anesthetic15 points
- anguishing15 points
- annoyances15 points
- answerable15 points
- apologetic15 points
- appareling15 points
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- appraising15 points
- arthritics15 points
- asterisked15 points
- automotive15 points
- avaricious15 points
- absorbents14 points
- absorption14 points
- abstinence14 points
- accentuate14 points
- addictions14 points
- adventurer14 points
- advertiser14 points
- advisories14 points
- aggregated14 points
- alleviated14 points
- ammunition14 points
- amputation14 points
- amusements14 points
- anatomical14 points
- antibiotic14 points
- antiseptic14 points
- apartments14 points
- apparition14 points
- appointees14 points
- appraisals14 points
- armistices14 points
- arrogantly14 points
- assemblers14 points
- assemblies14 points
- astonished14 points
- augmenting14 points
- auspicious14 points
- autocratic14 points
- automatics14 points
- aboriginal13 points
- aborigines13 points
- abstaining13 points
- admissions13 points
- admonition13 points
- adolescent13 points
- adornments13 points
- aggregates13 points
- airmailing13 points
- alignments13 points
- allegiance13 points
- alleviates13 points
- analgesics13 points
- anesthesia13 points
- annihilate13 points
- antagonism13 points
- antibodies13 points
- antitheses13 points
- antithesis13 points
- arbitrated13 points
- armadillos13 points
- astonishes13 points
- auctioning13 points
- auditorium13 points
- aberration12 points
- absolutest12 points
- abstention12 points
- addressees12 points
- aggression12 points
- aggressors12 points
- allotments12 points
- altruistic12 points
- ancestries12 points
- ancientest12 points
- animations12 points
- announcers12 points
- annulments12 points
- arbitrates12 points
- arbitrator12 points
- aristocrat12 points
- arraigning12 points
- articulate12 points
- ascensions12 points
- ascertains12 points
- aspersions12 points
- aspiration12 points
- assimilate12 points
- assortment12 points
- assurances12 points
- astounding12 points
- attainment12 points
- auctioneer12 points
- auditioned12 points
- automation12 points
- autonomous12 points
- adulterate11 points
- adulteries11 points
- agitations11 points
- alienating11 points
- allegories11 points
- alligators11 points
- alternated11 points
- annotating11 points
- antagonist11 points
- assaulting11 points
- astringent11 points
- attendants11 points
- alienation10 points
- alternates10 points
- alternator10 points
- annotation10 points
- assailants10 points
- assertions10 points
- assistants10 points
- astronauts10 points
- adjectival23 points
- aftershock22 points
- adjudicate21 points
- apoplexies21 points
- aftershave19 points
- apocalypse19 points
- abrasively18 points
- accusingly18 points
- apoplectic18 points
- ascendancy18 points
- admiringly17 points
- asthmatics17 points
- autoworker17 points
- abridgment16 points
- aggrieving16 points
- alderwoman16 points
- alderwomen16 points
- applesauce16 points
- abductions15 points
- activation15 points
- aesthetics15 points
- abruptness14 points
- antebellum14 points
- apolitical14 points
- apportions14 points
- ameliorate12 points
- attainable12 points
- adrenaline11 points
- astrologer11 points
- acquirable23 points
- adjacently23 points
- actualized22 points
- aggrandize22 points
- amortizing22 points
- aquaplaned22 points
- actualizes21 points
- affability21 points
- aquaplanes21 points
- arabesques21 points
- acidifying20 points
- admixtures20 points
- apothecary20 points
- archetypes20 points
- atypically20 points
- aviatrixes20 points
- abjuration19 points
- abominably19 points
- absorbency19 points
- accessibly19 points
- achromatic19 points
- affluently19 points
- asymmetric19 points
- asymptotic19 points
- atrophying19 points
- adjuration18 points
- afterbirth18 points
- archdeacon18 points
- archivists18 points
- abstractly17 points
- academical17 points
- accusative17 points
- accusatory17 points
- afforested17 points
- afterglows17 points
- afterwords17 points
- alchemists17 points
- alkalinity17 points
- ambulatory17 points
- amiability17 points
- antitoxins17 points
- aphoristic17 points
- appointive17 points
- appositely17 points
- appositive17 points
- arrowheads17 points
- admonitory16 points
- adumbrated16 points
- advisement16 points
- aficionado16 points
- airbrushed16 points
- airdropped16 points
- allusively16 points
- angleworms16 points
- animatedly16 points
- anthropoid16 points
- archangels16 points
- arthropods16 points
- asceticism16 points
- ascribable16 points
- audibility16 points
- audiophile16 points
- ayatollahs16 points
- abominated15 points
- abstrusely15 points
- acanthuses15 points
- adumbrates15 points
- airbrushes15 points
- alimentary15 points
- amplitudes15 points
- anchorites15 points
- angiosperm15 points
- anthracite15 points
- antiphonal15 points
- apotheoses15 points
- apotheosis15 points
- arborvitae15 points
- artificers15 points
- assemblage15 points
- astigmatic15 points
- aviatrices15 points
- avocations15 points
- abnegating14 points
- abominates14 points
- abrogating14 points
- absolutism14 points
- abstemious14 points
- accessions14 points
- accretions14 points
- acoustical14 points
- actionable14 points
- aerobatics14 points
- airlifting14 points
- amateurism14 points
- anemometer14 points
- angularity14 points
- appellants14 points
- appertains14 points
- apposition14 points
- appraisers14 points
- arboretums14 points
- ascription14 points
- astronomic14 points
- autoimmune14 points
- abnegation13 points
- abrogation13 points
- aftertaste13 points
- agronomist13 points
- allergenic13 points
- antecedent13 points
- antiheroes13 points
- apologists13 points
- artfulness13 points
- ascendants13 points
- aspirating13 points
- asseverate13 points
- assignable13 points
- absolution12 points
- abstainers12 points
- altimeters12 points
- amanuenses12 points
- amanuensis12 points
- anatomists12 points
- ancestress12 points
- anointment12 points
- antedating12 points
- antimatter12 points
- antipastos12 points
- apostasies12 points
- arrogating12 points
- asperities12 points
- assailable12 points
- automatons12 points
- autopilots12 points
- adroitness11 points
- adulterant11 points
- adulterers11 points
- adulteress11 points
- adulterous11 points
- allergists11 points
- attenuated11 points
- aerialists10 points
- astuteness10 points
- attenuates10 points
- anglicized23 points
- affectedly22 points
- anglicizes22 points
- annualized20 points
- articulacy17 points
- anglophone16 points
- automakers16 points
- almshouses15 points
- anglicisms15 points
- antithetic15 points
- antonymous15 points
- alluringly14 points
- altarpiece14 points
- aerodromes13 points
- arbitrager13 points
- aspidistra13 points
- aubergines13 points
- audiotapes13 points
- absolutist12 points
- aeronautic12 points
- alkalizing24 points
- analyzable24 points
- arrhythmic23 points
- affordably22 points
- anatomized22 points
- abjectness21 points
- analogized21 points
- anatomizes21 points
- apostatize21 points
- arrhythmia21 points
- automatize21 points
- analogizes20 points
- asexuality20 points
- acrophobia19 points
- affiancing19 points
- archfiends19 points
- abortively18 points
- acrylamide18 points
- ambuscaded18 points
- architrave18 points
- absorptive17 points
- airfreight17 points
- ambuscades17 points
- anemically17 points
- assumptive17 points
- atomically17 points
- attachable17 points
- absorbance16 points
- afterimage16 points
- amercement16 points
- ampicillin16 points
- animadvert16 points
- anklebones16 points
- absconders15 points
- accoutered15 points
- accoutring15 points
- acerbating15 points
- activators15 points
- activeness15 points
- ambulating15 points
- applauders15 points
- ascendance15 points
- autoclaves15 points
- abscission14 points
- adrenergic14 points
- albuminous14 points
- alongshore14 points
- ambulation14 points
- analysands14 points
- anapestics14 points
- androgenic14 points
- animalcule14 points
- anorectics14 points
- anticancer14 points
- arbitraged14 points
- autodidact14 points
- automatism14 points
- absurdists13 points
- absurdness13 points
- adsorbents13 points
- adsorption13 points
- alimenting13 points
- analogical13 points
- annotative13 points
- antipodals13 points
- antipodean13 points
- antivenins13 points
- arbitrages13 points
- audiometer13 points
- augmenters13 points
- allurement12 points
- anticlines12 points
- antiproton12 points
- antisepsis12 points
- antiserums12 points
- aspirators12 points
- astrolabes12 points
- attractant12 points
- auscultate12 points
- allegorist11 points
- allegretto11 points
- angulation11 points
- arrogation11 points
- augustness11 points
- alliterate10 points
- annotators10 points
- annuitants10 points
- arterioles10 points
- alchemized27 points
- amberjacks27 points
- alchemizes26 points
- amphimixes26 points
- amphimixis26 points
- apoenzymes26 points
- aphorizing25 points
- archaizing25 points
- altazimuth24 points
- amphibrach24 points
- adjunctive23 points
- affixation23 points
- alkalinize23 points
- apophthegm23 points
- aluminized22 points
- animalized22 points
- anthozoans22 points
- aromatized22 points
- absolutize21 points
- adjuratory21 points
- afflictive21 points
- affrighted21 points
- aluminizes21 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 1,308
- By usage: 296 very common, 281 common, 731 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- axiomatize 28
- alchemized 27
- amberjacks 27
- applejacks 27
- alchemizes 26
- amphimixes 26
- amphimixis 26
- antihijack 26
- apoenzymes 26
- activizing 25
Most common
- acceptable
- admittedly
- afterwards
- apparently
- arithmetic
- atmosphere
- accessible
- algorithms
- appearance
- appreciate
Definitions
- acceptable (adjective)
- Worthy of acceptance or satisfactory.
- admittedly (adverb)
- As acknowledged.
- afterwards (adverb)
- Happening at a time subsequent to a reference time.
- apparently (adverb)
- From appearances alone.
Words that start with A come up constantly in tile games, crosswords and daily letter puzzles, and this page gathers all 1,308 of the ten-letter ones. The most useful are the common words at the top of the list; the rare ones at the bottom are worth knowing when you need to hook onto an awkward board position. AXIOMATIZE is the top scorer here, worth 28 points before any board multiplier.
How to use this page
This page works as both a reference and a tool. As a reference, it lists every word that start with A, sorted by familiarity. As a tool, it accepts your own letters in the search box and returns the subset you can play, with scores. The related links at the end cover neighbouring letters and lengths.
Tips
The list puts common words first for a reason: they are the ones an opponent is least likely to challenge and the ones you will remember next time. When two plays score about the same, prefer the common word. Save the rare entries for situations where they are clearly better, such as a triple-word square that only an obscure word can reach. If you are learning vocabulary or solving a puzzle for a newspaper, stick to the very common words marked with a dot; they are the ones the setter almost certainly had in mind.
Questions
Which ten-letter words starting with A are the most common?
ACCEPTABLE, ADMITTEDLY and AFTERWARDS are among the most familiar. The list is sorted with everyday words first, and the very common ones carry a small dot, so you can read the top of the page and skip the obscure entries at the bottom.
Can I search this list with my own letters?
Yes. Type your letters into the search box at the top of the page, using a question mark for a blank, and the tool will show only the ten-letter words starting with A you can actually spell from that rack, with scores.