12-Letter Words Starting With A
There are 752 twelve-letter words starting with A in our dictionary; 281 of them are common words.
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The 600 most common of 752 words
- accidentally20 points
- appreciating19 points
- applications18 points
- announcement16 points
- alternatives15 points
- arrangements15 points
- acquaintance25 points
- accompanying24 points
- accomplished24 points
- acknowledged24 points
- accomplishes23 points
- acknowledges23 points
- achievements22 points
- alphabetical21 points
- abbreviating20 points
- artificially20 points
- asynchronous20 points
- availability20 points
- abbreviation19 points
- accumulating19 points
- architecture19 points
- appointments18 points
- appreciation18 points
- additionally17 points
- advantageous17 points
- anticipating17 points
- administered16 points
- anticipation16 points
- agricultural15 points
- associations14 points
- acclimatized28 points
- asphyxiating28 points
- acclimatizes27 points
- acquiescence27 points
- asphyxiation27 points
- approximated26 points
- approximates25 points
- ambidextrous24 points
- acquisitions23 points
- affirmatives23 points
- aftereffects23 points
- antagonizing23 points
- anticlimaxes23 points
- approachable23 points
- academically22 points
- accommodated22 points
- adjournments22 points
- afterthought22 points
- amphitheater22 points
- apprehensive22 points
- accommodates21 points
- alphanumeric21 points
- amphetamines21 points
- anthropology21 points
- appreciative21 points
- apprehending21 points
- accompanists20 points
- advancements20 points
- aerodynamics20 points
- affectations20 points
- affectionate20 points
- affirmations20 points
- aggressively20 points
- archipelagos20 points
- authenticity20 points
- anachronisms19 points
- appendicitis19 points
- apprehension19 points
- apprenticing19 points
- appropriated19 points
- autographing19 points
- accumulation18 points
- affiliations18 points
- amalgamating18 points
- appeasements18 points
- appropriates18 points
- accelerating17 points
- accentuating17 points
- adolescences17 points
- aggravations17 points
- amalgamation17 points
- anaesthetics17 points
- articulately17 points
- artistically17 points
- astonishment17 points
- authenticate17 points
- automobiling17 points
- abstractions16 points
- acceleration16 points
- accelerators16 points
- annihilating16 points
- aristocratic16 points
- astronomical16 points
- attributable16 points
- annihilation15 points
- antagonistic15 points
- articulating15 points
- ascertaining15 points
- assimilating15 points
- astrological15 points
- adulterating14 points
- articulation14 points
- assimilation14 points
- adulteration13 points
- assassinated13 points
- assassinates12 points
- anesthetized25 points
- adjudicating24 points
- anesthetizes24 points
- adjudicators23 points
- aphrodisiacs20 points
- attractively20 points
- abridgements18 points
- approbations18 points
- apportioning17 points
- autonomously17 points
- ameliorating15 points
- anesthetists15 points
- arraignments15 points
- abolitionist14 points
- altercations14 points
- amelioration14 points
- attributions14 points
- alternations12 points
- alphabetized29 points
- appetizingly29 points
- adjectivally28 points
- alphabetizes28 points
- anthologized26 points
- aggrandizing25 points
- anthologizes25 points
- appendectomy24 points
- adjudication23 points
- amortization23 points
- aforethought22 points
- ambivalently22 points
- anarchically22 points
- aromatherapy22 points
- astrophysics22 points
- attitudinize22 points
- accumulative21 points
- advisability21 points
- anchorpeople21 points
- antechambers21 points
- antiquarians21 points
- asymmetrical21 points
- abstractedly20 points
- adaptability20 points
- admonishment20 points
- analytically20 points
- archdioceses20 points
- athletically20 points
- avariciously20 points
- academicians19 points
- acoustically19 points
- anatomically19 points
- anchorperson19 points
- anticipatory19 points
- anticyclones19 points
- antipathetic19 points
- apothecaries19 points
- arithmetical19 points
- auspiciously19 points
- appurtenance18 points
- abrasiveness17 points
- accessioning17 points
- afterburners17 points
- agglomerated17 points
- antiaircraft17 points
- antithetical17 points
- appertaining17 points
- astigmatisms17 points
- astoundingly17 points
- attributives17 points
- abominations16 points
- abstractness16 points
- accentuation16 points
- accurateness16 points
- adventitious16 points
- agglomerates16 points
- ambulatories16 points
- antediluvian16 points
- anthologists16 points
- antiparticle16 points
- appellations16 points
- appositeness16 points
- asseverating16 points
- administrate15 points
- agglutinated15 points
- aggregations15 points
- agribusiness15 points
- alliterative15 points
- annihilators15 points
- augmentation15 points
- abortionists14 points
- abstruseness14 points
- aeronautical14 points
- agglutinates14 points
- ancestresses14 points
- antiabortion14 points
- astronautics14 points
- adulteresses13 points
- angularities13 points
- assignations13 points
- alliteration12 points
- attestations12 points
- accessorized26 points
- accessorizes25 points
- apparatchiks25 points
- asymptomatic23 points
- agoraphobics22 points
- atmospherics21 points
- amateurishly20 points
- accumulators18 points
- antirrhinums17 points
- adventurists16 points
- advertorials16 points
- antimacassar16 points
- arbitrageurs15 points
- alphabetizer28 points
- apocryphally27 points
- adjudicative26 points
- adjudicatory26 points
- anathematize26 points
- amphibiously24 points
- apostatizing24 points
- automatizing24 points
- adequateness22 points
- aftermarkets21 points
- anticyclonic21 points
- appreciatory21 points
- arthroscopic21 points
- antioxidants20 points
- antiphonally20 points
- archdiocesan20 points
- abstemiously19 points
- adhesiveness19 points
- aestheticism19 points
- animadverted19 points
- apolitically19 points
- aromatically19 points
- arthroscopes19 points
- autoimmunity19 points
- absentminded18 points
- acceptations18 points
- analogically18 points
- antigenicity18 points
- appreciators18 points
- appropriator18 points
- augmentative18 points
- accordionist17 points
- acculturated17 points
- accursedness17 points
- ambassadress17 points
- ameliorative17 points
- antifascists17 points
- antisocially17 points
- artilleryman17 points
- artillerymen17 points
- avitaminosis17 points
- abolitionism16 points
- acculturates16 points
- anticlerical16 points
- arbitraments16 points
- astringently16 points
- audiological16 points
- audiovisuals16 points
- adorableness15 points
- allusiveness15 points
- amontillados15 points
- asseveration15 points
- auscultating15 points
- aberrational14 points
- absoluteness14 points
- annunciation14 points
- antimalarial14 points
- audiologists14 points
- auscultation14 points
- alliterating13 points
- antineutrino12 points
- antineutrons12 points
- axiomatizing31 points
- achromatized29 points
- achromatizes28 points
- apostrophize28 points
- apotheosized27 points
- afflictively26 points
- alkalinizing26 points
- apotheosizes26 points
- acquittances25 points
- apparatchiki25 points
- achlorhydria24 points
- alchemically24 points
- autotomizing24 points
- absquatulate23 points
- accomplisher23 points
- accouchement23 points
- affricatives23 points
- allegorizing23 points
- amoxicillins23 points
- amphidiploid23 points
- apochromatic23 points
- arborization23 points
- archdeaconry23 points
- athwartships23 points
- atomizations23 points
- absorptivity22 points
- acetaldehyde22 points
- agrochemical22 points
- apothegmatic22 points
- apperceiving22 points
- archipelagic22 points
- asynchronism22 points
- academicisms21 points
- achromatisms21 points
- actinomycete21 points
- actinomycins21 points
- allomorphism21 points
- amphibolites21 points
- amphisbaenas21 points
- analphabetic21 points
- apomorphines21 points
- automorphism21 points
- acciaccatura20 points
- admirability20 points
- alexandrites20 points
- amblygonites20 points
- apperception20 points
- appraisingly20 points
- attorneyship20 points
- autochthones20 points
- autohypnosis20 points
- autoxidation20 points
- abolishments19 points
- accelerative19 points
- accretionary19 points
- aggrievement19 points
- allelomorphs19 points
- allelopathic19 points
- ambiversions19 points
- aminopyrines19 points
- anagrammatic19 points
- anemophilous19 points
- anthelmintic19 points
- antifeminism19 points
- antihumanism19 points
- antipyretics19 points
- antirachitic19 points
- antitakeover19 points
- appellatives19 points
- appendicular19 points
- arsphenamine19 points
- athleticisms19 points
- aboriginally18 points
- absorptances18 points
- acclamations18 points
- accouterment18 points
- accoutrement18 points
- adaptiveness18 points
- adventurisms18 points
- aeroembolism18 points
- agapanthuses18 points
- almightiness18 points
- appoggiatura18 points
- appraisement18 points
- artiodactyls18 points
- astrobiology18 points
- autodidactic18 points
- abecedarians17 points
- accelerandos17 points
- acidimetries17 points
- acromegalies17 points
- aesthetician17 points
- alienability17 points
- anacoluthons17 points
- anastigmatic17 points
- anticatalyst17 points
- antifeminist17 points
- antifriction17 points
- antimagnetic17 points
- antiperiodic17 points
- antistrophes17 points
- archenterons17 points
- arsenopyrite17 points
- arthrospores17 points
- articulatory17 points
- assimilative17 points
- assimilatory17 points
- absolutistic16 points
- acousticians16 points
- actinometers16 points
- adenoviruses16 points
- albuminurias16 points
- anemometries16 points
- aniseikonias16 points
- apiculturist16 points
- apparitional16 points
- appositional16 points
- autocratical16 points
- acetanilides15 points
- adaptational15 points
- administrant15 points
- adscititious15 points
- aestivations15 points
- agglutinogen15 points
- alleviations15 points
- anastomosing15 points
- anecdotalist15 points
- annunciating15 points
- antitussives15 points
- argillaceous15 points
- assuagements15 points
- alimentation14 points
- angiogenesis14 points
- anisotropies14 points
- annunciators14 points
- anticolonial14 points
- antiparallel14 points
- aspirational14 points
- astrometries14 points
- autoerotisms14 points
- aldosterones13 points
- androsterone13 points
- antirational12 points
- autorotation12 points
- antikickback30 points
- amphibrachic28 points
- axisymmetric28 points
- acclimatizer27 points
- achlorhydric26 points
- aestheticize26 points
- amoxycillins26 points
- amphictyonic26 points
- azathioprine26 points
- acquirements25 points
- anthologizer25 points
- archdukedoms25 points
- archetypally25 points
- azoospermias25 points
- azotobacters25 points
- absolutizing24 points
- actinomorphy24 points
- aggrandizers24 points
- analyzations24 points
- anaphylactic24 points
- archetypical24 points
- auxotrophies24 points
- abjectnesses23 points
- amazonstones23 points
- amphisbaenic23 points
- antibacklash23 points
- antimosquito23 points
- apocalyptism23 points
- apperceptive23 points
- aquacultural23 points
- aquacultures23 points
- aquicultures23 points
- archerfishes23 points
- adjustmental22 points
- aerenchymata22 points
- aerosolizing22 points
- agrichemical22 points
- aldolization22 points
- allegorizers22 points
- anodizations22 points
- anorexigenic22 points
- antiblackism22 points
- apophyllites22 points
- appositively22 points
- autohypnotic22 points
- accommodator21 points
- affectedness21 points
- afficionados21 points
- ambivalences21 points
- amylopectins21 points
- anencephalic21 points
- angiographic21 points
- antilynching21 points
- antiozonants21 points
- antiquations21 points
- apocalyptist21 points
- aquarellists21 points
- aquatintists21 points
- aquilinities21 points
- archesporium21 points
- ascomycetous21 points
- acriflavines20 points
- adoptability20 points
- adrenochrome20 points
- affabilities20 points
- aggressivity20 points
- agoraphobias20 points
- airfreighted20 points
- alexandrines20 points
- amperometric20 points
- amygdaloidal20 points
- anthocyanins20 points
- anthophilous20 points
- antidandruff20 points
- antihysteric20 points
- antileukemic20 points
- antipoaching20 points
- aortographic20 points
- aperiodicity20 points
- appropriable20 points
- asynchronies20 points
- autohypnoses20 points
- avascularity20 points
- avuncularity20 points
- abbreviators19 points
- abracadabras19 points
- acclimatised19 points
- accreditable19 points
- acromegalics19 points
- acrostically19 points
- adversatives19 points
- agroforestry19 points
- ailurophobes19 points
- ailurophobia19 points
- ambulatorily19 points
- amitotically19 points
- anagogically19 points
- anglerfishes19 points
- ankylosaurus19 points
- annexational19 points
- antiacademic19 points
- antiboycotts19 points
- antiepilepsy19 points
- antifascisms19 points
- antimonopoly19 points
- antistrophic19 points
- antithrombin19 points
- apostleships19 points
- apostolicity19 points
- apostrophise19 points
- appendicites19 points
- archesporial19 points
- asexualities19 points
- assumability19 points
- astrocytomas19 points
- automaticity19 points
- automobility19 points
- avitaminotic19 points
- absorbancies18 points
- absorbencies18 points
- abstractable18 points
- acatalectics18 points
- accipitrines18 points
- acclimations18 points
- acclimatises18 points
- acrocentrics18 points
- actinometric18 points
- acupunctures18 points
- adaptivities18 points
- admonitorily18 points
- adolescently18 points
- advertencies18 points
- agranulocyte18 points
- agreeability18 points
- airworthiest18 points
- alkalimeters18 points
- alloantibody18 points
- amicableness18 points
- amobarbitals18 points
- annihilatory18 points
- antecedently18 points
- anthological18 points
- antiburglary18 points
- anticathodes18 points
- antidogmatic18 points
- antieconomic18 points
- antifashions18 points
- antigambling18 points
- appressorium18 points
- arborescence18 points
- archegoniate18 points
- archeologies18 points
- archeologist18 points
- assaultively18 points
- asseverative18 points
- autoantibody18 points
- autographies18 points
- aversiveness18 points
- abandonments17 points
- abolitionary17 points
- abortiveness17 points
- accessorised17 points
- acetylations17 points
- activenesses17 points
- additivities17 points
- adoptianisms17 points
- adoptionisms17 points
- adumbrations17 points
- advertisings17 points
- aeromagnetic17 points
- aeromedicine17 points
- agnosticisms17 points
- ailurophiles17 points
- alcyonarians17 points
- allografting17 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 752
- By usage: 106 very common, 175 common, 471 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- axiomatizing 31
- antikickback 30
- achromatized 29
- alphabetized 29
- appetizingly 29
- acclimatized 28
- achromatizes 28
- adjectivally 28
- alphabetizer 28
- alphabetizes 28
Most common
- accidentally
- appreciating
- applications
- announcement
- alternatives
- arrangements
- acquaintance
- accompanying
- accomplished
- acknowledged
Definitions
- accidentally (adverb)
- Without advance planning.
- announcement (noun)
- A formal public statement.
- acquaintance (noun)
- Personal knowledge or information about someone or something.
- accompanying (adjective)
- Occurring with or following as a consequence.
The twelve-letter words that start with A number 752 in our dictionary. About 281 of them are common, which is the group most players will recognise on sight, and the remainder are rarer words that still count in the majority of games. The list is complete, computed from the full word list rather than typed by hand, so you can trust that nothing is missing. The best scorer is AXIOMATIZING, at 31 points.
How to use this page
To use this page, start with the search box. Type the letters on your rack, add a question mark for each blank, and press search. The tool keeps this page's constraint and returns only the words you can spell. Below the box, the full list is arranged with common words first, followed by the quick facts, definitions and related lists.
Tips
A balanced rack has roughly three vowels and four consonants, and a lopsided rack is the most common reason players get stuck. If you are drowning in vowels, look for the words on this page with the most vowels and use them to reset. If you have too many consonants, a word with a single vowel will do the same job. When you cannot find a decent play, it is often better to swap tiles or play a short word that dumps the surplus than to force a poor score and keep the bad rack.
Questions
Which twelve-letter words starting with A are the most common?
ACCIDENTALLY, APPRECIATING and APPLICATIONS 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 twelve-letter words starting with A you can actually spell from that rack, with scores.