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5-Letter Words Starting With A and Ending in A

There are 29 five-letter words starting with A and ending in A in our dictionary; 6 of them are common words.

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All 29 words

  • alpha10 points
  • arena5 points
  • aroma7 points
  • aorta5 points
  • aloha8 points
  • atria5 points
  • abaca9 points
  • agama8 points
  • aecia7 points
  • anima7 points
  • apnea7 points
  • areca7 points
  • agora6 points
  • alula5 points
  • ajiva15 points
  • ajuga13 points
  • abaka11 points
  • aboma9 points
  • adyta9 points
  • akela9 points
  • ameba9 points
  • aliya8 points
  • amiga8 points
  • asyla8 points
  • aceta7 points
  • amnia7 points
  • agria6 points
  • antra5 points
  • asana5 points

Quick facts

  • Total words: 29
  • By usage: 4 very common, 2 common, 23 rare

Highest scoring (classic tiles)

  1. ajiva 15
  2. ajuga 13
  3. abaka 11
  4. alpha 10
  5. abaca 9
  6. aboma 9
  7. adyta 9
  8. akela 9
  9. ameba 9
  10. agama 8

Most common

  1. alpha
  2. arena
  3. aroma
  4. aorta
  5. aloha
  6. atria
  7. abaca
  8. agama
  9. aecia
  10. anima

Definitions

alpha (adjective)
First in order of importance.
arena (noun)
A particular environment or walk of life.
aroma (noun)
Any property detected by the olfactory system.
aorta (noun)
The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries.

The five-letter words that start with A and end in A number 29 in our dictionary. About 6 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 AJIVA, at 15 points.

How to use this page

Type your letters into the box at the top, including a question mark for any blank, and press search to filter this list to the words you can spell. Or read the list as it is: common words come first, scores are shown on each chip, and any word with a link has its own page of sub-words and anagrams.

Tips

A word list is also a study tool. Reading through the five-letter words starting with A and ending in A once or twice is enough to make the unusual ones familiar, and familiarity is what lets you spot a play under time pressure. Try covering the list and writing down as many as you can, then compare. Use the definitions on this page to attach meaning to the words you did not know, since a word with a meaning sticks far better than a string of letters. Return to the list after a few days and repeat.

Questions

How many five-letter words starting with A and ending in A are there?

Our dictionary has 29 five-letter words starting with A and ending in A, of which 6 are common English words. The count comes from the public-domain ENABLE list, so it can differ slightly from the dictionary a particular game uses.

What is the highest-scoring word among the five-letter words starting with A and ending in A?

AJIVA scores 15 points with classic tile values, ignoring board multipliers. The full top ten is in the quick facts above; switch the tile set on the search tool if you play with different letter values.

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