5-Letter Words With A and D
There are 562 five-letter words containing both A and D in our dictionary; 335 of them are common words.
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All 562 words
- handy12 points
- badly11 points
- payed11 points
- asked10 points
- ahead9 points
- avoid9 points
- award9 points
- daily9 points
- death9 points
- delay9 points
- drawn9 points
- draws9 points
- hands9 points
- heads9 points
- heard9 points
- ready9 points
- sadly9 points
- saved9 points
- today9 points
- valid9 points
- acted8 points
- added8 points
- admit8 points
- adopt8 points
- aimed8 points
- based8 points
- board8 points
- brand8 points
- cards8 points
- datum8 points
- dream8 points
- media8 points
- named8 points
- rapid8 points
- dated7 points
- grand7 points
- guard7 points
- aside6 points
- dates6 points
- deals6 points
- dealt6 points
- ideal6 points
- ideas6 points
- lands6 points
- leads6 points
- loads6 points
- radio6 points
- reads6 points
- stand6 points
- squad15 points
- waked13 points
- baked12 points
- hardy12 points
- waved12 points
- decay11 points
- faced11 points
- drank10 points
- naked10 points
- waded10 points
- badge9 points
- diary9 points
- dogma9 points
- draft9 points
- fraud9 points
- hated9 points
- paged9 points
- raved9 points
- shade9 points
- wades9 points
- yards9 points
- abide8 points
- adapt8 points
- amend8 points
- armed8 points
- bands8 points
- beard8 points
- blade8 points
- bread8 points
- broad8 points
- cared8 points
- cased8 points
- damns8 points
- dance8 points
- drama8 points
- pedal8 points
- rabid8 points
- raced8 points
- aided7 points
- dared7 points
- drags7 points
- dread7 points
- grade7 points
- adult6 points
- aloud6 points
- audio6 points
- dares6 points
- delta6 points
- dials6 points
- drain6 points
- radar6 points
- raids6 points
- rated6 points
- roads6 points
- trade6 points
- tread6 points
- fazed18 points
- hazed18 points
- dazed16 points
- gazed16 points
- jawed16 points
- waxed16 points
- dazes15 points
- razed15 points
- bawdy14 points
- jaded14 points
- faked13 points
- jades13 points
- taxed13 points
- vodka13 points
- caked12 points
- dwarf12 points
- hayed12 points
- heady12 points
- paddy12 points
- shady12 points
- ached11 points
- bandy11 points
- bayed11 points
- beady11 points
- candy11 points
- caved11 points
- cawed11 points
- daddy11 points
- famed11 points
- madly11 points
- paved11 points
- pawed11 points
- caped10 points
- damps10 points
- dandy10 points
- faded10 points
- gaudy10 points
- knead10 points
- maced10 points
- madam10 points
- paced10 points
- raked10 points
- waged10 points
- ashed9 points
- caged9 points
- dairy9 points
- daisy9 points
- dally9 points
- dawns9 points
- drawl9 points
- evade9 points
- fades9 points
- fared9 points
- fated9 points
- gamed9 points
- gaped9 points
- haled9 points
- hared9 points
- hoard9 points
- sandy9 points
- sawed9 points
- tardy9 points
- wands9 points
- waned9 points
- wards9 points
- abode8 points
- acids8 points
- acrid8 points
- adept8 points
- adobe8 points
- arced8 points
- balds8 points
- baled8 points
- bards8 points
- bared8 points
- beads8 points
- bland8 points
- braid8 points
- cadet8 points
- caned8 points
- cedar8 points
- dames8 points
- daubs8 points
- drabs8 points
- drape8 points
- laced8 points
- lamed8 points
- maids8 points
- mated8 points
- medal8 points
- modal8 points
- nomad8 points
- paled8 points
- panda8 points
- pared8 points
- plaid8 points
- plead8 points
- raped8 points
- scald8 points
- spade8 points
- tamed8 points
- taped8 points
- adage7 points
- gated7 points
- glade7 points
- glads7 points
- gland7 points
- goads7 points
- laded7 points
- raged7 points
- adore6 points
- adorn6 points
- aides6 points
- ailed6 points
- aired6 points
- ardor6 points
- audit6 points
- darns6 points
- darts6 points
- daunt6 points
- deans6 points
- dears6 points
- eased6 points
- laden6 points
- lades6 points
- ladle6 points
- lards6 points
- lauds6 points
- oared6 points
- radii6 points
- rared6 points
- sades6 points
- salad6 points
- sands6 points
- sedan6 points
- sodas6 points
- staid6 points
- tidal6 points
- toads6 points
- faxed16 points
- quads15 points
- decaf11 points
- drake10 points
- baaed8 points
- bated8 points
- cadre8 points
- decal8 points
- padre8 points
- scads8 points
- grads7 points
- anted6 points
- radon6 points
- jihad16 points
- adzes15 points
- daffy15 points
- japed15 points
- lazed15 points
- hawed12 points
- hydra12 points
- yawed12 points
- aphid11 points
- dacha11 points
- vapid11 points
- dryad10 points
- cadge9 points
- davit9 points
- divan9 points
- divas9 points
- drays9 points
- randy9 points
- shads9 points
- shard9 points
- sward9 points
- toady9 points
- viand9 points
- wader9 points
- wadis9 points
- waled9 points
- adman8 points
- admen8 points
- brads8 points
- codas8 points
- debar8 points
- dicta8 points
- drams8 points
- ducal8 points
- ducat8 points
- edema8 points
- adder7 points
- addle7 points
- gonad7 points
- adieu6 points
- alder6 points
- anode6 points
- dales6 points
- nadir6 points
- naiad6 points
- nodal6 points
- sated6 points
- stead6 points
- tared6 points
- triad6 points
- faddy13 points
- baldy11 points
- chard11 points
- deary9 points
- sadhu9 points
- dagos7 points
- dinar6 points
- drear6 points
- laird6 points
- admix15 points
- alkyd13 points
- bawds11 points
- farad9 points
- hadst9 points
- lardy9 points
- laved9 points
- amide8 points
- clade8 points
- daces8 points
- maned8 points
- monad8 points
- dangs7 points
- degas7 points
- darer6 points
- dater6 points
- donas6 points
- eared6 points
- eland6 points
- hexad16 points
- azide15 points
- diazo15 points
- addax14 points
- cycad13 points
- darky13 points
- kheda13 points
- radix13 points
- draff12 points
- pavid11 points
- dyads10 points
- fadge10 points
- skald10 points
- adown9 points
- awned9 points
- dahls9 points
- dewan9 points
- diwan9 points
- fader9 points
- hades9 points
- hards9 points
- vanda9 points
- weald9 points
- woald9 points
- acned8 points
- acred8 points
- ardeb8 points
- asdic8 points
- barde8 points
- caird8 points
- daman8 points
- damar8 points
- daric8 points
- daube8 points
- derma8 points
- dobla8 points
- dobra8 points
- douma8 points
- gadid8 points
- maund8 points
- mudra8 points
- octad8 points
- paned8 points
- sapid8 points
- algid7 points
- dadas7 points
- dedal7 points
- donga7 points
- duads7 points
- egads7 points
- gauds7 points
- adits6 points
- adust6 points
- aedes6 points
- aider6 points
- aldol6 points
- aroid6 points
- danio6 points
- donna6 points
- doura6 points
- duals6 points
- dulia6 points
- durra6 points
- irade6 points
- lated6 points
- liard6 points
- nards6 points
- oread6 points
- redan6 points
- sards6 points
- mazed17 points
- dewax16 points
- hadji16 points
- jehad16 points
- adoze15 points
- azido15 points
- qaids15 points
- axled13 points
- dawks13 points
- dhaks13 points
- judas13 points
- khadi13 points
- raxed13 points
- waddy13 points
- baddy12 points
- caddy12 points
- cadgy12 points
- daffs12 points
- dashy12 points
- dumka12 points
- fayed12 points
- acidy11 points
- chads11 points
- dauby11 points
- mawed11 points
- mayed11 points
- pandy11 points
- pardy11 points
- darks10 points
- dawed10 points
- glady10 points
- haded10 points
- hodad10 points
- kadis10 points
- laked10 points
- aahed9 points
- adyta9 points
- ahold9 points
- dashi9 points
- daven9 points
- dawen9 points
- dawts9 points
- deash9 points
- deave9 points
- defat9 points
- deray9 points
- devas9 points
- dewar9 points
- dhals9 points
- drave9 points
- eaved9 points
- fados9 points
- fards9 points
- fauld9 points
- hadal9 points
- halid9 points
- honda9 points
- lawed9 points
- layed9 points
- leady9 points
- lyard9 points
- pagod9 points
- rayed9 points
- sadhe9 points
- sayid9 points
- tawed9 points
- vaned9 points
- wared9 points
- woads9 points
- yaird9 points
- yauds9 points
- yauld9 points
- acold8 points
- adeem8 points
- adobo8 points
- adunc8 points
- alcid8 points
- almud8 points
- amido8 points
- amids8 points
- apods8 points
- baned8 points
- bauds8 points
- cades8 points
- cadis8 points
- caids8 points
- canid8 points
- cauld8 points
- clads8 points
- dagga8 points
- darbs8 points
- dolma8 points
- domal8 points
- dopas8 points
- dumas8 points
- dunam8 points
- gaddi8 points
- gaged8 points
- madre8 points
- mauds8 points
- meads8 points
- menad8 points
- nicad8 points
- padis8 points
- padle8 points
- padri8 points
- pardi8 points
- pards8 points
- pated8 points
- podia8 points
- purda8 points
- sabed8 points
- spado8 points
- spaed8 points
- tabid8 points
- audad7 points
- dados7 points
- deads7 points
- gadis7 points
- readd7 points
- adios6 points
- aland6 points
- allod6 points
- datos6 points
- datto6 points
- dauts6 points
- deair6 points
- derat6 points
- ditas6 points
- doats6 points
- dorsa6 points
- dotal6 points
- drail6 points
- drats6 points
- dural6 points
- duras6 points
- iliad6 points
- lader6 points
- lased6 points
- lidar6 points
- nadas6 points
- naled6 points
- nidal6 points
- oidia6 points
- rands6 points
- ranid6 points
- rased6 points
- redia6 points
- sadis6 points
- saids6 points
- saned6 points
- sarod6 points
- stade6 points
- tardo6 points
- tsade6 points
- tsadi6 points
- ulnad6 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 562
- By usage: 244 very common, 91 common, 227 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- fazed 18
- hazed 18
- mazed 17
- dazed 16
- dewax 16
- faxed 16
- gazed 16
- hadji 16
- hexad 16
- jawed 16
Most common
- handy
- badly
- payed
- asked
- ahead
- avoid
- award
- daily
- death
- delay
Definitions
- handy (adjective)
- Easy to reach.
- badly (adverb)
- To a severe or serious degree.
- ahead (adjective)
- Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
- avoid (verb)
- Stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something.
The five-letter words that contain both A and D number 562 in our dictionary. About 335 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 FAZED, at 18 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
Most of the time you are not building a word in empty space but playing through a letter already on the board. That is where a list like this one earns its keep. Find the letter you need to play through, then filter these words with the contains box so only the ones with that letter remain. The best plays are usually the ones where the board letter sits in the middle of your word, because that leaves both ends free for future hooks and keeps the premium squares within reach.
Questions
What is the highest-scoring word among the five-letter words containing both A and D?
FAZED scores 18 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.
Why are some of these words unfamiliar?
227 of the 562 words on this page are tagged rare, meaning they fall outside the usual spell-check vocabulary. They are still real words, and many are legal plays, but you should expect a challenge if someone asks you to define them.