4-letter words with A as the 2nd letter

4-letter words with A as the 2nd letter number 1,057, from familiar picks like HAVE and MAKE to high-scoring JAZZ.

1,057 wordsTop pick HAVEHighest score JAZZ 29

372 of 1,057 are everyday words (35%). A friendly list: most players will know the top picks.

2nd letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

A is the most common 2nd letter in 4-letter words (1,057 words); Q is the rarest (1). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 372 · most-used first

HAVE₁₀
MAKE₁₀
BACK₁₂
WANT₇
SAID₅
MADE₇
TAKE₈
MANY₉
LAST₄
SAME₆
PART₆
GAME₇
EACH₉
DAYS₈
NAME₆
CARE₆
CASE₆
HARD₈
CALL₆
CAME₈
SAYS₇
FACE₉
TALK₈
FACT₉
HALF₁₀
HAND₈
PAST₆
WAIT₇
DATA₅
LATE₄
EASY₇
BABY₁₁
GAVE₈
MAIN₆
DATE₅
LAND₅
BANK₁₀
EAST₄
PARK₁₀
RATE₄
SAVE₇
FALL₇
FAST₇
PAGE₇
PAID₇
HATE₇
DAMN₇
HAIR₇

Showing the top 48 of 372 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 1,057

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

AAHS₇
AALS₄
BAAL₆
BAAS₆
BABA₈
BABE₈
BABU₈
BABY₁₁
BACH₁₁
BACK₁₂
BACS₈
BADE₇
BADS₇
BAEL₆
BAES₆
BAFF₁₂
BAFT₉
BAGH₁₀
BAGS₇
BAHT₉
BAIL₆
BAIT₆
BAJU₁₃
BAKE₁₀
BALD₇
BALE₆
BALK₁₀
BALL₆
BALM₈
BALS₆
BALU₆
BAMS₈
BANC₈
BAND₇
BANE₆
BANG₇
BANI₆
BANK₁₀
BANS₆
BANT₆
BAPS₈
BAPU₈
BARB₈
BARD₇
BARE₆
BARF₉
BARK₁₀
BARM₈
BARN₆
BARP₈
BARS₆
BASE₆
BASH₉
BASK₁₀
BASS₆
BAST₆
BATE₆
BATH₉
BATS₆
BATT₆
BAUD₇
BAUK₁₀
BAUR₆
BAWD₁₀
BAWK₁₃
BAWL₉
BAWN₉
BAWR₉
BAYE₉
BAYS₉
BAYT₉
BAZZ₂₄
CAAS₆
CABA₈
CABS₈
CACA₈
CADE₇
CADI₇
CADS₇
CAFE₉
CAFF₁₂
CAFS₉
CAGE₇
CAGS₇
CAGY₁₀
CAID₇
CAIN₆
CAKE₁₀
CAKY₁₃
CALF₉
CALK₁₀
CALL₆
CALM₈
CALO₆
CALP₈
CALS₆
CALX₁₃
CAMA₈
CAME₈
CAMI₈
CAMO₈
CAMP₁₀
CAMS₈
CANE₆
CANG₇
CANN₆
CANS₆
CANT₆
CANY₉
CAPA₈
CAPE₈
CAPH₁₁
CAPI₈
CAPO₈
CAPS₈
CARB₈
CARD₇
CARE₆
CARK₁₀
CARL₆
CARN₆
CARP₈
CARR₆
CARS₆
CART₆
CASA₆
CASE₆
CASH₉
CASK₁₀
CAST₆
CATE₆
CATH₉
CATS₆
CAUF₉
CAUK₁₀
CAUL₆
CAUM₈
CAUP₈
CAVA₉
CAVE₉
CAVY₁₂
CAWK₁₃
CAWS₉
CAYS₉
CAZH₁₈
DABS₇
DACE₇
DACK₁₁
DADA₆
DADO₆
DADS₆
DAES₅
DAFF₁₁
DAFT₈
DAGO₆
DAGS₆
DAHL₈
DAHS₈
DAIS₅
DAKS₉
DALE₅
DALI₅
DALS₅
DALT₅
DAME₇
DAMN₇
DAMP₉
DAMS₇
DANG₆
DANK₉
DANS₅
DANT₅
DAPS₇
DARB₇
DARE₅
DARG₆
DARI₅
DARK₉
DARN₅
DART₅
DASH₈
DATA₅
DATE₅
DATO₅
DAUB₇
DAUD₆
DAUR₅
DAUT₅
DAVY₁₁
DAWD₉
DAWK₁₂
DAWN₈
DAWS₈
DAWT₈
DAYS₈
DAZE₁₄
EACH₉
EALE₄
EANS₄
EARD₅
EARL₄
EARN₄
EARS₄
EASE₄
EAST₄
EASY₇
EATH₇
EATS₄
EAUS₄
EAUX₁₁
EAVE₇
FAAN₇
FAAS₇
FABS₉
FACE₉
FACT₉
FADE₈
FADO₈
FADS₈
FADY₁₁
FAFF₁₃
FAGS₈
FAHS₁₀
FAIK₁₁
FAIL₇
FAIN₇
FAIR₇
FAIX₁₄
FAKE₁₁
FALL₇
FALX₁₄
FAME₉
FAMS₉
FAND₈
FANE₇
FANG₈
FANK₁₁
FANO₇
FANS₇
FARD₈
FARE₇
FARL₇
FARM₉
FARO₇
FARS₇
FART₇
FASH₁₀
FAST₇
FATE₇
FATS₇
FAUN₇
FAUR₇
FAUT₇
FAUX₁₄
FAVA₁₀
FAVE₁₀
FAVS₁₀
FAWN₁₀
FAWS₁₀
FAYS₁₀
FAZE₁₆
GABS₇
GABY₁₀
GACH₁₀
GADE₆
GADI₆
GADS₆
GAED₆
GAEN₅
GAES₅
GAFF₁₁
GAGA₆
GAGE₆
GAGS₆
GAID₆
GAIN₅
GAIR₅
GAIT₅
GAJO₁₂
GALA₅
GALE₅
GALL₅
GALS₅
GAMA₇
GAMB₉
GAME₇
GAMP₉
GAMS₇
GAMY₁₀
GANE₅
GANG₆
GANK₉
GANS₅
GANT₅
GAOL₅
GAPE₇
GAPO₇
GAPS₇
GAPY₁₀
GARB₇
GARE₅
GARI₅
GARS₅
GART₅
GASH₈
GASP₇
GAST₅
GATE₅
GATH₈
GATS₅
GAUD₆
GAUM₇
GAUN₅
GAUP₇
GAUR₅
GAUS₅
GAVE₈
GAWD₉
GAWK₁₂
GAWP₁₀
GAYS₈
GAZE₁₄
GAZY₁₇
HAAF₁₀
HAAR₇
HABU₉
HACK₁₃
HADE₈
HADJ₁₅
HADS₈
HAED₈
HAEM₉
HAEN₇
HAES₇
HAET₇
HAFF₁₃
HAFT₁₀
HAGG₉
HAGS₈
HAHA₁₀
HAHS₁₀
HAIK₁₁
HAIL₇
HAIN₇
HAIR₇
HAJI₁₄
HAJJ₂₁
HAKA₁₁
HAKE₁₁
HAKU₁₁
HALE₇
HALF₁₀
HALL₇
HALM₉
HALO₇
HALT₇
HAME₉
HAMS₉
HAND₈
HANG₈
HANK₁₁
HANT₇
HAOS₇
HAPS₉
HAPU₉
HARD₈
HARE₇
HARK₁₁
HARL₇
HARM₉
HARN₇
HARO₇
HARP₉
HART₇
HASH₁₀
HASK₁₁
HASP₉
HAST₇
HATE₇
HATH₁₀
HATS₇
HAUD₈
HAUF₁₀
HAUL₇
HAUT₇
HAVE₁₀
HAWK₁₄
HAWM₁₂
HAWS₁₀
HAYS₁₀
HAZE₁₆
HAZY₁₉
IAMB₈
JAAP₁₃
JABS₁₃
JACK₁₇
JADE₁₂
JAFA₁₄
JAGA₁₂
JAGG₁₃
JAGS₁₂
JAIL₁₁
JAKE₁₅
JAKS₁₅
JAMB₁₅
JAMS₁₃
JANE₁₁
JANN₁₁
JAPE₁₃
JAPS₁₃
JARK₁₅
JARL₁₁
JARP₁₃
JARS₁₁
JASP₁₃
JASS₁₁
JASY₁₄
JATO₁₁
JAUK₁₅
JAUP₁₃
JAVA₁₄
JAWS₁₄
JAXY₂₁
JAYS₁₄
JAZY₂₃
JAZZ₂₉
KAAL₈
KAAS₈
KABS₁₀
KADE₉
KADI₉
KAED₉
KAES₈
KAFS₁₁
KAGO₉
KAGU₉
KAID₉
KAIE₈
KAIF₁₁
KAIK₁₂
KAIL₈
KAIM₁₀
KAIN₈
KAIS₈
KAKA₁₂
KAKI₁₂
KAKS₁₂
KALE₈
KALI₈
KAMA₁₀
KAME₁₀
KAMI₁₀
KANA₈
KANE₈
KANG₉
KANS₈
KANT₈
KAON₈
KAPA₁₀
KAPH₁₃
KAPU₁₀
KARA₈
KARK₁₂
KARN₈
KARO₈
KART₈
KATA₈
KATI₈
KATS₈
KAVA₁₁
KAWA₁₁
KAWS₁₁
KAYO₁₁
KAYS₁₁
KAZI₁₇
LABS₆
LACE₆
LACK₁₀
LACS₆
LACY₉
LADE₅
LADS₅
LADY₈
LAER₄
LAGS₅
LAHS₇
LAIC₆
LAID₅
LAIK₈
LAIN₄
LAIR₄
LAKE₈
LAKH₁₁
LAKY₁₁
LALL₄
LAMA₆
LAMB₈
LAME₆
LAMP₈
LAMS₆
LANA₄
LAND₅
LANE₄
LANG₅
LANK₈
LANT₄
LANX₁₁
LAPS₆
LARD₅
LARE₄
LARI₄
LARK₈
LARN₄
LARP₆
LARS₄
LASE₄
LASH₇
LASS₄
LAST₄
LATE₄
LATH₇
LATI₄
LATS₄
LATU₄
LAUD₅
LAUF₇
LAVA₇
LAVE₇
LAVS₇
LAWK₁₁
LAWN₇
LAWS₇
LAYS₇
LAZE₁₃
LAZO₁₃
LAZY₁₆
MAAR₆
MAAS₆
MABE₈
MACE₈
MACH₁₁
MACK₁₂
MACS₈
MADE₇
MADS₇
MAES₆
MAGE₇
MAGG₈
MAGI₇
MAGS₇
MAID₇
MAIK₁₀
MAIL₆
MAIM₈
MAIN₆
MAIR₆
MAKE₁₀
MAKI₁₀
MAKO₁₀
MAKS₁₀
MALA₆
MALE₆
MALI₆
MALL₆
MALM₈
MALS₆
MALT₆
MAMA₈
MAMS₈
MANA₆
MAND₇
MANE₆
MANG₇
MANI₆
MANO₆
MANS₆
MANY₉
MAPS₈
MARA₆
MARC₈
MARD₇
MARE₆
MARG₇
MARK₁₀
MARL₆
MARM₈
MARS₆
MART₆
MARY₉
MASA₆
MASE₆
MASH₉
MASK₁₀
MASS₆
MAST₆
MASU₆
MATE₆
MATH₉
MATS₆
MATT₆
MATY₉
MAUD₇
MAUL₆
MAUN₆
MAUT₆
MAWK₁₃
MAWN₉
MAWR₉
MAWS₉
MAXI₁₃
MAYA₉
MAYO₉
MAYS₉
MAZE₁₅
MAZY₁₈
NAAM₆
NAAN₄
NABE₆
NABK₁₀
NABS₆
NACH₉
NADA₅
NADS₅
NAES₄
NAFF₁₀
NAGA₅
NAGS₅
NAIF₇
NAIK₈
NAIL₄
NAIN₄
NALA₄
NAME₆
NAMS₆
NAMU₆
NANA₄
NANE₄
NANO₄
NANS₄
NAOI₄
NAOS₄
NAPA₆
NAPE₆
NAPS₆
NARC₆
NARD₅
NARE₄
NARK₈
NARY₇
NATS₄
NAVE₇
NAVS₇
NAVY₁₀
NAYS₇
NAZE₁₃
NAZI₁₃
OAFS₇
OAKS₈
OAKY₁₁
OARS₄
OARY₇
OAST₄
OATH₇
OATS₄
OATY₇
PAAL₆
PAAN₆
PACA₈
PACE₈
PACK₁₂
PACO₈
PACS₈
PACT₈
PACY₁₁
PADI₇
PADS₇
PAGE₇
PAHS₉
PAID₇
PAIK₁₀
PAIL₆
PAIN₆
PAIR₆
PAIS₆
PAKS₁₀
PALE₆
PALI₆
PALL₆
PALM₈
PALP₈
PALS₆
PALY₉
PAMS₈
PAND₇
PANE₆
PANG₇
PANS₆
PANT₆
PAPA₈
PAPE₈
PAPS₈
PARA₆
PARD₇
PARE₆
PARK₁₀
PARP₈
PARR₆
PARS₆
PART₆
PASE₆
PASH₉
PASS₆
PAST₆
PATE₆
PATH₉
PATS₆
PATU₆
PATY₉
PAUA₆
PAUL₆
PAVE₉
PAVS₉
PAWA₉
PAWK₁₃
PAWL₉
PAWN₉
PAWS₉
PAYS₉
QADI₁₄
QAID₁₄
QATS₁₃
RABI₆
RACA₆
RACE₆
RACH₉
RACK₁₀
RACY₉
RADE₅
RADS₅
RAFF₁₀
RAFT₇
RAGA₅
RAGE₅
RAGG₆
RAGI₅
RAGS₅
RAHS₇
RAIA₄
RAID₅
RAIK₈
RAIL₄
RAIN₄
RAIS₄
RAIT₄
RAJA₁₁
RAKE₈
RAKI₈
RAKU₈
RALE₄
RAMI₆
RAMP₈
RAMS₆
RANA₄
RAND₅
RANG₅
RANI₄
RANK₈
RANT₄
RAPE₆
RAPS₆
RAPT₆
RARE₄
RARK₈
RASE₄
RASH₇
RASP₆
RAST₄
RATA₄
RATE₄
RATH₇
RATO₄
RATS₄
RATU₄
RAUN₄
RAVE₇
RAWN₇
RAWS₇
RAYA₇
RAYS₇
RAZE₁₃
RAZZ₂₂
SABE₆
SABS₆
SACK₁₀
SACS₆
SADE₅
SADI₅
SADO₅
SADS₅
SAFE₇
SAFT₇
SAGA₅
SAGE₅
SAGO₅
SAGS₅
SAGY₈
SAIC₆
SAID₅
SAIL₄
SAIM₆
SAIN₄
SAIR₄
SAIS₄
SAKE₈
SAKI₈
SALE₄
SALL₄
SALP₆
SALS₄
SALT₄
SAMA₆
SAME₆
SAMP₈
SAMS₆
SAND₅
SANE₄
SANG₅
SANK₈
SANS₄
SANT₄
SAPS₆
SARD₅
SARI₄
SARK₈
SARS₄
SASH₇
SASS₄
SATE₄
SATI₄
SAUL₄
SAUT₄
SAVE₇
SAVS₇
SAWN₇
SAWS₇
SAXE₁₁
SAYS₇
TAAL₄
TABI₆
TABS₆
TABU₆
TACE₆
TACH₉
TACK₁₀
TACO₆
TACT₆
TADS₅
TAED₅
TAEL₄
TAES₄
TAGS₅
TAHA₇
TAHR₇
TAIG₅
TAIL₄
TAIN₄
TAIS₄
TAIT₄
TAKA₈
TAKE₈
TAKI₈
TAKS₈
TAKY₁₁
TALA₄
TALC₆
TALE₄
TALI₄
TALK₈
TALL₄
TAME₆
TAMP₈
TAMS₆
TANA₄
TANE₄
TANG₅
TANH₇
TANK₈
TANS₄
TAOS₄
TAPA₆
TAPE₆
TAPS₆
TAPU₆
TARA₄
TARE₄
TARN₄
TARO₄
TARP₆
TARS₄
TART₄
TASE₄
TASH₇
TASK₈
TASS₄
TATE₄
TATH₇
TATS₄
TATT₄
TATU₄
TAUS₄
TAUT₄
TAVA₇
TAVS₇
TAWA₇
TAWS₇
TAWT₇
TAXA₁₁
TAXI₁₁
TAYS₇
VACS₉
VADE₈
VAES₇
VAGI₈
VAGS₈
VAIL₇
VAIN₇
VAIR₇
VALE₇
VALI₇
VAMP₁₁
VANE₇
VANG₈
VANS₇
VANT₇
VAPE₉
VARA₇
VARE₇
VARS₇
VARY₁₀
VASA₇
VASE₇
VAST₇
VATS₇
VATU₇
VAUS₇
VAUT₇
VAVS₁₀
VAWS₁₀
VAXX₂₁
WAAC₉
WAAH₁₀
WABS₉
WACK₁₃
WADD₉
WADE₈
WADI₈
WADS₈
WADT₈
WADY₁₁
WAES₇
WAFF₁₃
WAFT₁₀
WAGE₈
WAGS₈
WAID₈
WAIF₁₀
WAIL₇
WAIN₇
WAIR₇
WAIS₇
WAIT₇
WAKA₁₁
WAKE₁₁
WAKF₁₄
WALD₈
WALE₇
WALI₇
WALK₁₁
WALL₇
WALY₁₀
WAME₉
WAND₈
WANE₇
WANG₈
WANK₁₁
WANS₇
WANT₇
WANY₁₀
WAPS₉
WAQF₁₉
WARB₉
WARD₈
WARE₇
WARK₁₁
WARM₉
WARN₇
WARP₉
WARS₇
WART₇
WARY₁₀
WASE₇
WASH₁₀
WASM₉
WASP₉
WAST₇
WATE₇
WATS₇
WATT₇
WAUK₁₁
WAUL₇
WAUR₇
WAVE₁₀
WAVY₁₃
WAWA₁₀
WAWE₁₀
WAWL₁₀
WAWS₁₀
WAXY₁₇
WAYS₁₀
YAAR₇
YABA₉
YACK₁₃
YADS₈
YAFF₁₃
YAGE₈
YAGI₈
YAGS₈
YAHS₁₀
YAJE₁₄
YAKS₁₁
YALD₈
YALE₇
YAMS₉
YANG₈
YANK₁₁
YAPP₁₁
YAPS₉
YARD₈
YARE₇
YARK₁₁
YARN₇
YARR₇
YATE₇
YAUD₈
YAUP₉
YAWL₁₀
YAWN₁₀
YAWP₁₂
YAWS₁₀
YAWY₁₃
YAYS₁₀
ZACK₁₉
ZAGS₁₄
ZANY₁₆
ZAPS₁₅
ZARF₁₆
ZATI₁₃

Letters by positionIn 21% of these words the 4th letter is S.

1st letter

3rd letter

R12%
N9%
I7%

4th letter

S21%
E15%
T7%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 7 in Scrabble; JAZZ tops the list with 29. Scores before board bonuses.

44 points: 109 words
5 points: 80 words
66 points: 175 words
7 points: 195 words
88 points: 157 words
9 points: 100 words
1010 points: 85 words
11 points: 57 words
1212 points: 19 words
13 points: 34 words
1414 points: 17 words
15 points: 8 words
1616 points: 5 words
17 points: 4 words
1818 points: 2 words
19 points: 3 words
2020 points: 0 words
21 points: 3 words
2222 points: 1 words
23 points: 1 words
2424 points: 1 words
25 points: 0 words
2626 points: 0 words
27 points: 0 words
2828 points: 0 words
29 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
JAZZ	29	31	All three
BAZZ	24	25	NWL only
JAZY	23	24	Collins only
RAZZ	22	22	All three
HAJJ	21	24	All three
VAXX	21	22	NWL only
JAXY	21	22	Collins only
ZACK	19	20	Collins only
HAZY	19	17	All three
WAQF	19	19	Collins only
MAZY	18	18	All three
CAZH	18	18	NWL only

A fixed A leaves plenty of room for different word shapes: the set includes 372 common words and 853 entries with definitions. M is the most frequent first letter, while S dominates the final position. Use the pattern to narrow a clue, then check the exact word against your game's dictionary.

How many 4-letter words have A as the 2nd letter?

The pattern has 1,057 words accepted by at least one tournament dictionary.
M leads as the first letter, with 79 words; C follows with 73.
S is the most common final letter, appearing in 227 words; E comes next with 155.
JAZZ scores 29 points, the highest score among the examples here.

Which letters most often begin and end these words?

M starts the largest group: 79 words, just ahead of C at 73 and T at 72. Familiar answers such as MAKE, MANY, and MADE show how often this pattern begins with M.

The ending is less evenly spread. S appears in 227 words, well ahead of E at 155, while T, A, and K each appear in 68 or 71. For a clue with a known final letter, start with S or E before testing a rarer ending.

How do the 4-letter words with A as the 2nd letter score?

JAZZ leads at 29 points; BAZZ scores 24, and HAZY and ZACK each score 19. Those scores make the pattern worth checking when a high-value J or Z can land on a premium square. It is the largest second-letter group at four letters, ahead of O with 1,024 words and of Q, which has just one.

The average score is 7.9, so the standout words are exceptions, not a typical result. Dictionary coverage also varies: Collins has 1,029 entries, NWL2023 has 804, and ENABLE has 743. Not every word is accepted everywhere, so check your game's list before relying on an obscure play.

Questions people ask

How many four-letter words have A as the second letter?

There are 1,057 four-letter words with A in position two. The count includes words found in at least one tournament dictionary, so it is broader than any single game's word list. HAVE, MAKE, BACK, and WANT are familiar examples.

Which final letter is most common in these words?

S is the most common ending, appearing in 227 words. E is next with 155, followed by T with 71. If your clue already fixes the last letter, those counts make S and E the strongest places to begin.

What is the highest-scoring word in this pattern?

JAZZ is the top scorer at 29 points. BAZZ follows at 24, while JAZY, RAZZ, and HAZZ are among the other high scorers. Premium letter squares can change a play's total, so consider both the word and its board position.

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