11-letter words ending in A

343 11-letter words ending in A appear in tournament dictionaries, including familiar picks like memorabilia and electronica.

343 wordsTop pick MEMORABILIAHighest score QUINQUENNIA 29

1 of 343 are everyday words (0%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

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S ends the most 11-letter words (12,484); V ends the fewest (1). A ranks #12 of 26. The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 343 · most-used first

MEMORABILIA₁₇
HYPOTHERMIA₂₄
ELECTRONICA₁₅
ANAESTHESIA₁₄
TACHYCARDIA₂₂
TRANSPHOBIA₁₈
FASHIONISTA₁₇
BODHISATTVA₂₀
LEPIDOPTERA₁₆
HYPERPLASIA₂₁
PERESTROIKA₁₇
MELANCHOLIA₁₈
AGORAPHOBIA₁₉
HYMENOPTERA₂₁
PSYCHEDELIA₂₂
BIBLIOTHECA₂₀
SYNESTHESIA₁₇
THALASSEMIA₁₆
CHRISTIANIA₁₆
NECROPHILIA₁₈
ABRACADABRA₁₈
CHIKUNGUNYA₂₄
SCLERODERMA₁₆
NEUTROPENIA₁₃
BRADYCARDIA₂₀
MEGALOMANIA₁₆
SEPTICAEMIA₁₇
SPERMATOZOA₂₄
HAEMOPHILIA₂₁
PSYCHODRAMA₂₄
PROTEINURIA₁₃
CARPENTARIA₁₅
CONJUNCTIVA₂₅
PROLEGOMENA₁₆
GRANDIFLORA₁₆
MISCELLANEA₁₅
CYCLOPAEDIA₂₁
DYSCALCULIA₁₉
KLEPTOMANIA₁₉
PHOTOPHOBIA₂₃
CHIMICHANGA₂₄
HYPOKALEMIA₂₅
SINFONIETTA₁₄
PARESTHESIA₁₆
ASTROCYTOMA₁₈
HYDROPHOBIA₂₅
BACCHANALIA₂₀
HYPERSOMNIA₂₁

Showing the top 48 of 343 words. See every valid word

All valid words 343

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

ABRACADABRA₁₈
ACETONAEMIA₁₅
ACIDANTHERA₁₇
ACRONYMANIA₁₈
AGORAPHOBIA₁₉
ALBUMINURIA₁₅
ALLOCHEIRIA₁₆
AMENORRHOEA₁₆
AMPHISBAENA₂₀
AMPHITHECIA₂₃
AMPHITRICHA₂₃
ANACOLUTHIA₁₆
ANAESTHESIA₁₄
ANAPLASMATA₁₅
ANDROCLINIA₁₄
ANEMOPHOBIA₂₀
ANGLOPHILIA₁₇
ANGLOPHOBIA₁₉
ANISEIKONIA₁₅
ANTIMALARIA₁₃
ANTONOMASIA₁₃
APPRESSORIA₁₅
ARCHESPORIA₁₈
ARCTOPHILIA₁₈
ASSAFOETIDA₁₅
ASTRAPHOBIA₁₈
ASTROCYTOMA₁₈
ASTROPHOBIA₁₈
AUTOMOBILIA₁₅
AUTOTOXEMIA₂₀
AZOOSPERMIA₂₄
BACCHANALIA₂₀
BACILLAEMIA₁₇
BACTERAEMIA₁₇
BACTERIURIA₁₅
BARESTHESIA₁₆
BATHOPHOBIA₂₃
BIBLIOMANIA₁₇
BIBLIOTHECA₂₀
BIMILLENNIA₁₅
BLENNORRHEA₁₆
BODHISATTVA₂₀
BRADYCARDIA₂₀
CALCEAMENTA₁₇
CALCEOLARIA₁₅
CAPOEIRISTA₁₅
CARCINOMATA₁₇
CARPENTARIA₁₅
CENESTHESIA₁₆
CEPHALALGIA₁₉
CHAULMOOGRA₁₉
CHIKUNGUNYA₂₄
CHILIAHEDRA₂₀
CHIMICHANGA₂₄
CHONDROMATA₁₉
CHOREODRAMA₁₉
CHRISTIANIA₁₆
CHRYSOCOLLA₂₁
CHUCKAWALLA₂₅
CICATRICULA₁₇
CLADOPHYLLA₂₂
CLADOSPORIA₁₆
CLEPTOMANIA₁₇
COENENCHYMA₂₃
COLEORRHIZA₂₅
COLLECTANEA₁₅
COLLENCHYMA₂₃
CONDYLOMATA₁₉
CONJUNCTIVA₂₅
CONTRAYERVA₁₉
COPROPHILIA₂₀
COUNTERPLEA₁₅
CRASSAMENTA₁₅
CRYPTOMERIA₂₀
CYBERPHOBIA₂₅
CYCLOPAEDIA₂₁
CYCLOPLEGIA₂₁
CYCLOTHYMIA₂₆
DEFINIENTIA₁₅
DEMONOMANIA₁₆
DIENCEPHALA₁₉
DIFFERENTIA₁₈
DIVERTICULA₁₇
DODECAHEDRA₁₉
DOLPHINARIA₁₇
DROMOPHOBIA₂₁
DYSCALCULIA₁₉
DYSPAREUNIA₁₇
DYSRHYTHMIA₂₆
DYSSYNERGIA₁₉
EJECTAMENTA₂₂
ELECTRONICA₁₅
EMETOPHOBIA₂₀
EMPYREUMATA₂₀
ENCEPHALOMA₂₀
ENCHONDROMA₁₉
ENTOMOFAUNA₁₆
ENTOPLASTRA₁₃
EPENCEPHALA₂₀
EPICHEIREMA₂₀
EPITHALAMIA₁₈
EPITHELIOMA₁₈
EROTOPHOBIA₁₈
ERYTHRAEMIA₁₉
ERYTHROPSIA₁₉
ETHEROMANIA₁₆
ETYMOLOGICA₁₉
EXANTHEMATA₂₃
FASHIONISTA₁₇
FOTHERGILLA₁₈
FRANCOMANIA₁₈
FRITILLARIA₁₄
GENTIANELLA₁₂
GERMAPHOBIA₂₁
GERMOPHOBIA₂₁
GLOBIGERINA₁₅
GLOSSODYNIA₁₆
GLOSSOLALIA₁₂
GLYPTOTHECA₂₂
GRANDIFLORA₁₆
GRANULOMATA₁₄
GRAPHOMANIA₁₉
GUBERNACULA₁₆
HAEMANGIOMA₁₉
HAEMATOMATA₁₈
HAEMOPHILIA₂₁
HAEMOSTASIA₁₆
HALLEFLINTA₁₇
HEBEPHRENIA₂₁
HEMERALOPIA₁₈
HEMIANOPSIA₁₈
HETEROTAXIA₂₁
HETEROTOPIA₁₆
HIBERNACULA₁₈
HIEROPHOBIA₂₁
HYBRIDOMATA₂₂
HYDRARGYRIA₂₂
HYDROMEDUSA₂₁
HYDROPHOBIA₂₅
HYDROSOMATA₂₀
HYDROXYUREA₂₈
HYMENOPTERA₂₁
HYPERCAPNIA₂₃
HYPERCARBIA₂₃
HYPERMNESIA₂₁
HYPEROREXIA₂₆
HYPERPHAGIA₂₅
HYPERPLASIA₂₁
HYPERSOMNIA₂₁
HYPERTHYMIA₂₇
HYPESTHESIA₂₂
HYPNOPAEDIA₂₂
HYPOCORISMA₂₃
HYPOGASTRIA₂₀
HYPOKALEMIA₂₅
HYPOPLASTRA₂₁
HYPOSTHENIA₂₂
HYPOTHERMIA₂₄
HYPOVOLEMIA₂₄
HYPSOPHOBIA₂₆
IATROPHOBIA₁₈
IDIOGLOSSIA₁₃
IMPEDIMENTA₁₈
INCARVILLEA₁₆
INFUNDIBULA₁₇
INTERLINGUA₁₂
INVOLUCELLA₁₆
IPECACUANHA₂₀
ISOMETROPIA₁₅
KAWANATANGA₁₉
KINESTHESIA₁₈
KITCHENALIA₂₀
KLEPTOMANIA₁₉
KOTAHITANGA₁₉
LALAPALOOZA₂₂
LEIOMYOMATA₁₈
LEPIDOPTERA₁₆
LEUCODERMIA₁₆
LEUCOPLAKIA₁₉
LEUCORRHOEA₁₆
LEUKOPLAKIA₂₁
LIRIODENDRA₁₃
LOGAGRAPHIA₁₈
LYMPHOPENIA₂₃
MACERANDUBA₁₈
MALONYLUREA₁₆
MAMMILLARIA₁₇
MANGALSUTRA₁₄
MANTELLETTA₁₃
MAQUILADORA₂₃
MEGALOMANIA₁₆
MELANCHOLIA₁₈
MEMORABILIA₁₇
MENORRHAGIA₁₇
MESOGASTRIA₁₄
METASEQUOIA₂₂
MISCELLANEA₁₅
MYCODOMATIA₂₁
NECROPHILIA₁₈
NECROPHOBIA₂₀
NEGROPHOBIA₁₉
NEUTROPENIA₁₃
NYCTOPHOBIA₂₃
NYMPHOMANIA₂₃
OCHLOPHOBIA₂₃
ONEIRODYNIA₁₅
OPISTHOSOMA₁₈
ORCHESTRINA₁₆
ORTHODONTIA₁₅
PACHYDERMIA₂₄
PACHYSANDRA₂₂
PAEDOPHILIA₁₉
PALUDAMENTA₁₆
PANESTHESIA₁₆
PANTOPHOBIA₂₀
PAPILLOMATA₁₇
PARAGENESIA₁₄
PARAGRAPHIA₁₉
PARANTHELIA₁₆
PARAPHRAXIA₂₅
PARAPHRENIA₁₈
PARATANIWHA₁₉
PARESTHESIA₁₆
PARONOMASIA₁₅
PASSACAGLIA₁₆
PASTEURELLA₁₃
PATHOPHOBIA₂₃
PERESTROIKA₁₇
PERICHAETIA₁₈
PERICYNTHIA₂₁
PERINEPHRIA₁₈
PERIODONTIA₁₄
PERIONYCHIA₂₁
PERISELENIA₁₃
PETALOMANIA₁₅
PHAGOPHOBIA₂₄
PHANTASMATA₁₈
PHILODENDRA₁₈
PHONOPHOBIA₂₃
PHOTOPHOBIA₂₃
PHYLLOMANIA₂₁
PHYTOPLASMA₂₃
PINACOTHECA₂₀
PLASMALEMMA₁₉
PLASMODESMA₁₈
PLEIOCHASIA₁₈
PLEROPHORIA₁₈
PLEURODYNIA₁₇
POSTLIMINIA₁₅
PROGYMNASIA₁₉
PROLEGOMENA₁₆
PROSENCHYMA₂₃
PROSOPOPEIA₁₇
PROTEINURIA₁₃
PROTHALAMIA₁₈
PROTONEMATA₁₅
PSEUDOLOGIA₁₅
PSEUDOPODIA₁₇
PSYCHEDELIA₂₂
PSYCHODELIA₂₂
PSYCHODRAMA₂₄
PYRITOHEDRA₂₀
PYRRHULOXIA₂₆
QUADRIENNIA₂₁
QUINQUENNIA₂₉
RECEPTACULA₁₇
REJONEADORA₁₉
RETINISPORA₁₃
RETINOSPORA₁₃
RETROPHILIA₁₆
RHABDOMYOMA₂₄
RHINORRHOEA₁₇
RHIZOCTONIA₂₅
RHOMBOHEDRA₂₂
SAINTPAULIA₁₃
SALTIMBOCCA₁₉
SANGUINARIA₁₂
SANSEVIERIA₁₄
SAPROLEGNIA₁₄
SCLERODERMA₁₆
SCOLOPENDRA₁₆
SCOPOPHILIA₂₀
SCOPOPHOBIA₂₂
SCYPHISTOMA₂₃
SELAGINELLA₁₂
SEPTICAEMIA₁₇
SIALORRHOEA₁₄
SIDEROPENIA₁₄
SINFONIETTA₁₄
SITIOPHOBIA₁₈
SOMATOTONIA₁₃
SOMESTHESIA₁₆
SOPPRESSATA₁₅
SPANAKOPITA₁₉
SPANOKOPITA₁₉
SPERMAGONIA₁₆
SPERMATHECA₂₀
SPERMATOZOA₂₄
SPERMOGONIA₁₆
SPORANGIOLA₁₄
STEATOPYGIA₁₇
STEATORRHEA₁₄
STENOCARDIA₁₄
STEREOTAXIA₁₈
STOMATODAEA₁₄
SUBOPERCULA₁₇
SUBSCHEMATA₂₀
SUBUMBRELLA₁₇
SUPERNACULA₁₅
SUPERSTRATA₁₃
SUSPENSORIA₁₃
SYNCLINORIA₁₆
SYNESTHESIA₁₇
SYPHILOMATA₂₁
TACHYCARDIA₂₂
TACHYPHASIA₂₄
TAPHEPHOBIA₂₃
TAPHOPHOBIA₂₃
TARATANTARA₁₁
TECHNOMANIA₁₈
TELESTHESIA₁₄
TEREBRATULA₁₃
TETRAHYMENA₁₉
TETRAPLEGIA₁₄
THALASSEMIA₁₆
TIBIOFIBULA₁₈
TIMBROMANIA₁₇
TOXICOMANIA₂₂
TRANSPHOBIA₁₈
TREPONEMATA₁₅
TRICHINELLA₁₆
TUBERCULOMA₁₇
TUFFTAFFETA₂₃
TULIPOMANIA₁₅
TYPOGRAPHIA₂₂
UNDERSTRATA₁₂
UNGUENTARIA₁₂
UTRICULARIA₁₃
VERUMONTANA₁₆
WELWITSCHIA₂₂
XENOGLOSSIA₁₉
XEROSTOMATA₂₀
XIPHISTERNA₂₃

Letters by positionIn 58% of these words the 10th letter is I.

1st letter

P16%
S12%
H11%

5th letter

O22%
R10%
E8%

6th letter

O18%
P16%
A9%

7th letter

H19%
A9%
L8%

8th letter

E18%
A17%
O16%

10th letter

I58%
T10%
L7%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 16 in Scrabble; QUINQUENNIA tops the list with 29. Scores before board bonuses.

1111 points: 1 words
12 points: 7 words
1313 points: 18 words
14 points: 19 words
1515 points: 31 words
16 points: 40 words
1717 points: 32 words
18 points: 40 words
1919 points: 34 words
20 points: 27 words
2121 points: 23 words
22 points: 19 words
2323 points: 24 words
24 points: 11 words
2525 points: 9 words
26 points: 5 words
2727 points: 1 words
28 points: 1 words
2929 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
QUINQUENNIA	29	34	All three
HYDROXYUREA	28	26	All three
HYPERTHYMIA	27	25	Collins only
DYSRHYTHMIA	26	23	All three
CYCLOTHYMIA	26	27	All three
HYPEROREXIA	26	25	Collins only
HYPSOPHOBIA	26	26	Collins only
PYRRHULOXIA	26	27	Collins only
CONJUNCTIVA	25	33	All three
HYPOKALEMIA	25	26	All three
HYDROPHOBIA	25	24	All three
RHIZOCTONIA	25	26	All three

An A at the end narrows this set sharply: only 343 eleven-letter entries qualify, compared with 12,484 that end in S. The examples range from memorabilia and fashionista to less familiar terms. Just one entry ranks among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so treat this as a word-game list, not everyday vocabulary.

At a glance: the A ending

The tournament-dictionary total is 343, with Collins listing 331 and NWL2023 listing 163.
QUINQUENNIA leads the scoring table at 29 points; the set averages 18.4.
P begins 54 entries and S begins 40, the two most common starting letters.
Only one entry falls within the top 25,000 English words by frequency.

Which 11-letter A-ending words are recognizable?

Memorabilia is the clearest everyday example, while electronica and fashionista are familiar in particular contexts. Perestroika is another recognizable entry. These words show why an A ending does not point to one meaning or word family.

Many of the remaining entries are specialized or rare, so a plausible-looking spelling is not enough in a tournament game. Collins includes 331 of the 343 words, while NWL2023 includes 163. Check the word list used by your game before building a play around a less familiar entry.

How many 11-letter words ending in A are there?

There are 343 11-letter words ending in A across the tournament dictionaries counted here. That is far fewer than the 12,484 words ending in S, and also below the 2,890 ending in G.

For scoring, QUINQUENNIA is the standout at 29 points, followed by HYDROXYUREA at 28. The average score is 18.4, but these are long, uncommon words; don’t assume a high raw score means an easy play.

The sharpest practical clue is the starting letter: P leads with 54 entries, ahead of S with 40. If your rack or crossing letters rule out P, switch to the full list rather than guessing from the ending alone.

Questions people ask

What is the highest-scoring 11-letter word ending in A?

QUINQUENNIA is the highest scorer in this group at 29 points. HYDROXYUREA follows at 28, with HYPERTHYMIA at 27. These long words can score well, but their uncommon letter patterns make them difficult to fit on a board.

Are most 11-letter words ending in A common?

No, only one of the 343 entries is among the top 25,000 English words by frequency. Memorabilia is a recognizable example, but much of the set contains specialized or rarely used vocabulary, so check your game’s dictionary for unfamiliar plays.

Which letter starts the most 11-letter words ending in A?

P starts the most, with 54 entries, while S is next with 40. Those counts make P a strong place to look when the first tile is unknown, though crossing letters can quickly narrow the possibilities.

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