12-letter words ending in A

12-letter words ending in A number 203, with SCHIZOTHYMIA topping the scoring list at 34 points.

203 wordsTop pick ENCYCLOPEDIAHighest score SCHIZOTHYMIA 34

1 of 203 are everyday words (0%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

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S ends the most 12-letter words (9,681); U 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 203 · most-used first

ENCYCLOPEDIA₂₂
MITOCHONDRIA₂₀
EXTRAVAGANZA₃₂
MESOTHELIOMA₁₉
HYPOGLYCEMIA₂₈
FIBROMYALGIA₂₃
LOLLAPALOOZA₂₃
GLIOBLASTOMA₁₇
HYPERTHERMIA₂₅
PREECLAMPSIA₂₀
GYNECOMASTIA₂₀
ONOMATOPOEIA₁₆
FORAMINIFERA₂₀
OSTEOSARCOMA₁₆
SARSAPARILLA₁₄
HYPONATREMIA₂₂
HYPOCHONDRIA₂₆
MYCOBACTERIA₂₃
QUADRIPLEGIA₂₅
EOSINOPHILIA₁₇
PHARMACOPEIA₂₃
DYSMENORRHEA₂₁
POLYCYTHEMIA₂₇
SYNAESTHESIA₁₈
SULFONYLUREA₁₈
HYPERALGESIA₂₁
NEURASTHENIA₁₅
NOMENKLATURA₁₈
VALPOLICELLA₁₉
OSTEOMALACIA₁₆
HYPOCALCEMIA₂₆
TRADESCANTIA₁₅
THALASSAEMIA₁₇
ALSTROEMERIA₁₄
ANGIOSARCOMA₁₇
PANCYTOPENIA₂₁
COULROPHOBIA₂₁
GALACTOSEMIA₁₇
TECHNOPHOBIA₂₄
ARISTOLOCHIA₁₇
CARDIOPLEGIA₁₈
DECALCOMANIA₁₉
GALACTORRHEA₁₈
FIBROSARCOMA₂₁
HERPETOFAUNA₂₀
BRADYKINESIA₂₂
PARAESTHESIA₁₇
EPHEBOPHILIA₂₄

Showing the top 48 of 203 words. See every valid word

All valid words 203

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

ACARIDOMATIA₁₇
ACARODOMATIA₁₇
ACCIACCATURA₂₀
ACHLORHYDRIA₂₄
AELUROPHOBIA₁₉
AERENCHYMATA₂₂
AGROSTEMMATA₁₇
AICHMOPHOBIA₂₆
AILUROPHILIA₁₇
AILUROPHOBIA₁₉
ALSTROEMERIA₁₄
AMPHIGASTRIA₂₀
ANAPHRODISIA₁₈
ANENCEPHALIA₁₉
ANGIOSARCOMA₁₇
ANTICLINORIA₁₄
ANTILEGOMENA₁₅
APPOGGIATURA₁₈
ARISTOLOCHIA₁₇
ARITHMOMANIA₁₉
ARMAMENTARIA₁₆
AUTOTOXAEMIA₂₁
BALLETOMANIA₁₆
BARAESTHESIA₁₇
BAROTRAUMATA₁₆
BELONEPHOBIA₂₁
BELONOPHOBIA₂₁
BIBLIOPHOBIA₂₃
BLENNORRHOEA₁₇
BODDHISATTVA₂₂
BOUGAINVILIA₁₈
BRADYKINESIA₂₂
CANCERPHOBIA₂₃
CARDIOPLEGIA₁₈
CEREBROTONIA₁₆
CHLORENCHYMA₂₇
CHROMATOPSIA₂₁
CHROMONEMATA₂₁
COENESTHESIA₁₇
COLOQUINTIDA₂₄
COULROPHOBIA₂₁
CRYPTOMNESIA₂₁
DECALCOMANIA₁₉
DEUTERANOPIA₁₅
DEXTROCARDIA₂₃
DYSAESTHESIA₁₉
DYSMENORRHEA₂₁
ENCYCLOPEDIA₂₂
ENDOTHELIOMA₁₈
ENHYPOSTASIA₂₀
EOSINOPHILIA₁₇
EPHEBOPHILIA₂₄
EPIPHENOMENA₂₁
ERYTHROPENIA₂₀
ESCHSCHOLZIA₃₁
EXOPHTHALMIA₂₉
EXTRAVAGANZA₃₂
FELINOPHOBIA₂₂
FIBROMYALGIA₂₃
FIBROSARCOMA₂₁
FORAMINIFERA₂₀
FRANCOPHILIA₂₂
FRANCOPHOBIA₂₄
GALACTORRHEA₁₈
GALACTOSEMIA₁₇
GLIOBLASTOMA₁₇
GLOSSOPHOBIA₂₀
GRAPHOPHOBIA₂₅
GYNECOMASTIA₂₀
HEMANGIOMATA₂₀
HENDECAHEDRA₂₂
HERPETOFAUNA₂₀
HETEROPLASIA₁₇
HOMOLOGUMENA₂₀
HYPAESTHESIA₂₃
HYPERALGESIA₂₁
HYPERKINESIA₂₄
HYPERLIPEMIA₂₄
HYPERPYREXIA₃₂
HYPERSARCOMA₂₄
HYPERSTHENIA₂₃
HYPERTHERMIA₂₅
HYPOCALCEMIA₂₆
HYPOCHONDRIA₂₆
HYPOGLYCEMIA₂₈
HYPONATREMIA₂₂
HYSTEROMANIA₂₀
ICHTHYOCOLLA₂₅
ICHTHYOFAUNA₂₆
INCLINATORIA₁₄
INTERMAXILLA₂₁
IRAIMBILANJA₂₃
ISOSTHENURIA₁₅
KATHAREVOUSA₂₂
KINAESTHESIA₁₉
LALLAPALOOZA₂₃
LECTISTERNIA₁₄
LEUCITOHEDRA₁₈
LOLLAPALOOSA₁₄
LOLLAPALOOZA₂₃
MASSARANDUBA₁₇
MASSERANDUBA₁₇
MEGALOCARDIA₁₈
MENINGIOMATA₁₇
MESENCEPHALA₂₁
MESOTHELIOMA₁₉
METACERCARIA₁₈
METENCEPHALA₂₁
METRORRHAGIA₁₈
MICROFILARIA₁₉
MITOCHONDRIA₂₀
MULTIGRAVIDA₁₉
MYCOBACTERIA₂₃
MYCOPLASMATA₂₃
NEURASTHENIA₁₅
NEUROFIBROMA₁₉
NOMENKLATURA₁₈
NORMOTHERMIA₁₉
ODONTOPHOBIA₂₀
OLIGOSPERMIA₁₇
ONOMATOPOEIA₁₆
ORCHIDOMANIA₂₀
OSTEOMALACIA₁₆
OSTEOSARCOMA₁₆
PALINGENESIA₁₅
PANAESTHESIA₁₇
PANCYTOPENIA₂₁
PARAESTHESIA₁₇
PARALIPOMENA₁₈
PARAMENSTRUA₁₆
PARASITAEMIA₁₆
PARASYNTHETA₂₀
PARENCEPHALA₂₁
PARENCHYMATA₂₄
PEDICELLARIA₁₇
PERICHONDRIA₂₀
PHARMACOPEIA₂₃
PHENGOPHOBIA₂₅
PHONASTHENIA₂₀
PHOSPHATURIA₂₂
PIROPLASMATA₁₈
PLASMOSOMATA₁₈
POLYCYTHEMIA₂₇
POTICHOMANIA₂₁
PREECLAMPSIA₂₀
PRIMIGRAVIDA₂₁
PROSOPOPOEIA₁₈
PROSTANTHERA₁₇
PSYCHOMACHIA₂₉
PTERIDOMANIA₁₇
PYCNOCONIDIA₂₂
QUADRAPLEGIA₂₅
QUADRIPLEGIA₂₅
RADIESTHESIA₁₆
REJECTAMENTA₂₃
RESPONDENTIA₁₅
RHAMPHOTHECA₂₇
RHINORRHAGIA₁₉
RHYTHMOPOEIA₂₅
SARCOLEMMATA₁₈
SARSAPARILLA₁₄
SATANOPHOBIA₁₉
SCALENOHEDRA₁₈
SCHIZOTHYMIA₃₄
SCLERENCHYMA₂₄
SCLERODERMIA₁₇
SCOPTOPHILIA₂₁
SCOPTOPHOBIA₂₃
SCROPHULARIA₁₉
SESQUIALTERA₂₁
SESQUITERTIA₂₁
SOMAESTHESIA₁₇
STAPHYLOMATA₂₂
STEATORRHOEA₁₅
STICHOMYTHIA₂₅
SUCCINCTORIA₁₈
SULFONYLUREA₁₈
SUSTENTACULA₁₄
SYNAESTHESIA₁₈
TACHYPHRASIA₂₅
TARAMASALATA₁₄
TECHNOPHILIA₂₂
TECHNOPHOBIA₂₄
TELAESTHESIA₁₅
TELENCEPHALA₁₉
TERATOPHOBIA₁₉
TETRADRACHMA₂₀
THALASSAEMIA₁₇
THEATROMANIA₁₇
TINTINNABULA₁₄
TOXICOPHOBIA₂₈
TRADESCANTIA₁₅
TRAPEZOHEDRA₂₇
VALPOLICELLA₁₉
VIBRACULARIA₁₉
VISCEROTONIA₁₇
WASHINGTONIA₁₉
WELLINGTONIA₁₆
XANTHOCHROIA₂₇
XIPHIPLASTRA₂₆
ZANTEDESCHIA₂₇
ZOOSPORANGIA₂₄
ZOOXANTHELLA₃₁

Letters by positionIn 64% of these words the 11th letter is I.

2nd letter

E18%
A15%
Y10%

6th letter

O22%
S11%
R7%

7th letter

O16%
P16%
A12%

8th letter

H25%
A11%
L8%

9th letter

E22%
O17%
A13%

11th letter

I64%
T7%
R5%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 17 in Scrabble; SCHIZOTHYMIA tops the list with 34. Scores before board bonuses.

1414 points: 9 words
15 points: 9 words
1616 points: 11 words
17 points: 27 words
1818 points: 20 words
19 points: 20 words
2020 points: 19 words
21 points: 21 words
2222 points: 13 words
23 points: 14 words
2424 points: 11 words
25 points: 9 words
2626 points: 5 words
27 points: 6 words
2828 points: 2 words
29 points: 2 words
3030 points: 0 words
31 points: 2 words
3232 points: 2 words
33 points: 0 words
3434 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
SCHIZOTHYMIA	34	33	Collins only
EXTRAVAGANZA	32	35	All three
HYPERPYREXIA	32	31	All three
ZOOXANTHELLA	31	33	All three
ESCHSCHOLZIA	31	32	Collins only
PSYCHOMACHIA	29	30	Collins only
EXOPHTHALMIA	29	30	Collins only
HYPOGLYCEMIA	28	30	All three
TOXICOPHOBIA	28	30	Collins only
POLYCYTHEMIA	27	28	All three
ZANTEDESCHIA	27	28	Collins only
CHLORENCHYMA	27	29	All three

The final A connects an unusually technical set of long words: encyclopedia, mitochondria, and mesothelioma all fit. Only one of the 203 entries ranks among the 25,000 most common English words, so expect specialized vocabulary rather than everyday choices. The dictionary totals also vary sharply, depending on which tournament list your game uses.

At a glance: count, coverage, and standout words

There are 203 qualifying words across the tournament dictionaries.
Collins includes 190; NWL2023 includes 95, and ENABLE includes 74.
SCHIZOTHYMIA scores 34 points, the highest score among the examples.
P begins 27 entries, more than A with 22.
Only one entry meets the common-word frequency cutoff.

Which 12-letter words ending in A score highest?

SCHIZOTHYMIA leads at 34 points, followed by EXTRAVAGANZA and HYPERPYREXIA at 32 each. ZOOXANTHELLA and ESCHSCHOLZIA each score 31, making uncommon letter combinations the clearest route to a standout total.

For a more familiar-looking option, HYPOGLYCEMIA scores 28 and POLYCYTHEMIA scores 27. The top scorer is a specialized term, not an everyday word, so check that your game accepts it before building around its score. The 13-letter A-ending list holds 113 words, while the 11-letter list holds 343, so moving one length either way changes the pool.

Why are so many endings in A specialized terms?

Examples such as MITOCHONDRIA, EOSINOPHILIA, and OSTEOSARCOMA show how often this ending appears in scientific and medical vocabulary. The set also includes familiar forms like ENCYCLOPEDIA and EXTRAVAGANZA, but those are exceptions: just one entry clears the common-word cutoff.

The ending is comparatively rare at this length: 203 words end in A, against 9,681 ending in S. That contrast makes the final letter a strong filter for a rack or clue, but vocabulary is the real hurdle. Most 12-letter words ending in A are not casual-play words; check your game's word list before relying on a specialist term.

Questions people ask

How many 12-letter words end in A?

There are 203 12-letter words ending in A across the tournament dictionaries counted here. The total combines words found in at least one of Collins, NWL2023, or ENABLE, so it does not mean every entry is accepted in every game.

Which letter starts the most 12-letter words ending in A?

P is the most common first letter, starting 27 of these words. A is next with 22, followed by S with 20 and H with 18. That makes P a better first-letter filter than the more obvious A.

What is the highest-scoring 12-letter word ending in A?

SCHIZOTHYMIA is the highest scorer in this group at 34 points. EXTRAVAGANZA and HYPERPYREXIA follow at 32 points apiece, while ZOOXANTHELLA and ESCHSCHOLZIA score 31 each. Confirm that your game accepts a word before playing it.

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