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7-Letter Words Starting With A

There are 1,243 seven-letter words starting with A in our dictionary; 531 of them are common words.

Type your own letters to find only the 7-letter words you can make, or leave it empty to open this list in the word finder.

The 600 most common of 1,243 words

Quick facts

  • Total words: 1,243
  • By usage: 312 very common, 219 common, 712 rare

Highest scoring (classic tiles)

  1. asphyxy 25
  2. azotize 25
  3. adzukis 21
  4. affixed 21
  5. azimuth 21
  6. affixal 20
  7. affixer 20
  8. affixes 20
  9. alchymy 20
  10. apprize 20

Most common

  1. acquire
  2. awkward
  3. anybody
  4. achieve
  5. affects
  6. approve
  7. accepts
  8. advance
  9. affairs
  10. apology

Definitions

acquire (verb)
Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.
awkward (adjective)
Causing inconvenience.
achieve (verb)
To gain with effort.
approve (verb)
Give sanction to.

There are 1,243 seven-letter words starting with A, and 531 of them are words you would expect to see in everyday writing. The rest are technical terms, plurals, variant spellings and the odd loanword, all of which are legal in most tile games. The highest-scoring entry is ASPHYXY at 25 points. Scan the common words first, then dip into the rare ones when the board leaves you no other option.

How to use this page

Read the list from the top if you want the everyday words, or jump to the quick facts for the highest scorers. Click any word with a link to see every shorter word hidden inside it. When you have a specific rack, the search box at the top filters the list down to the words you can play right now.

Tips

If you know some letters of a word and their positions, a pattern search finds it faster than scanning a list. Open the word finder, type the word with question marks for the unknown letters, and every match appears immediately. You can combine a pattern with the starts-with and ends-with filters to narrow the set further. This works for crosswords, for daily five-letter puzzles and for any tile game where a board word gives you two or three fixed letters.

Questions

Which seven-letter words starting with A are the most common?

ACQUIRE, AWKWARD and ANYBODY 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 seven-letter words starting with A you can actually spell from that rack, with scores.

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