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6-Letter Words Starting With A

There are 828 six-letter words starting with A in our dictionary; 385 of them are common words.

Type your own letters to find only the 6-letter words you can make, or leave it empty to open this list in the word finder.

The 600 most common of 828 words

Quick facts

  • Total words: 828
  • By usage: 259 very common, 126 common, 443 rare

Highest scoring (classic tiles)

  1. adzuki 20
  2. alkoxy 20
  3. afflux 19
  4. azygos 19
  5. amazed 18
  6. azoths 18
  7. abject 17
  8. ablaze 17
  9. acquit 17
  10. amazes 17

Most common

  1. anyway
  2. adjust
  3. affect
  4. afford
  5. accept
  6. advice
  7. affair
  8. agency
  9. always
  10. attack

Definitions

anyway (adverb)
Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement.
adjust (verb)
Alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard.
affect (noun)
The conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion.
afford (verb)
Be able to spare or give up.

Below you will find all 828 six-letter words starting with A from our dictionary, grouped in one list with the common words first. Each chip shows the word and its classic tile score, and a small dot marks the words that appear in everyday English. ANYWAY, ADJUST and AFFECT are typical of the familiar entries. To check which of these you can spell right now, enter your letters in the box above and press search.

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

Hooks are single letters added to the front or back of an existing word to make a new one, and they are the cheapest way to score in a crowded game. Look through the words on this page for ones that become a different valid word with one more letter, or that can be formed by extending a shorter word already on the board. Suffixes such as S, ED, ER and ING, and prefixes such as RE and UN, do most of the work. A hook lets you play a second word in parallel and collect both scores.

Questions

What is the highest-scoring word among the six-letter words starting with A?

ADZUKI scores 20 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?

443 of the 828 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.

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