5-letter words starting with A

Collins lists 715 5-letter words starting with A, including 141 Wordle answers and vowel-rich guesses like audio and about.

729 wordsTop pick ABOUTHighest score ABUZZ 25

123 of 729 are everyday words (17%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

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S starts the most 5-letter words (1,547); X starts the fewest (15). A ranks #6 of 26. The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 123 · most-used first

Showing the top 48 of 123 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 729

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

AAHED₉
AALII₅
AARGH₉
AARTI₅
ABACA₉
ABACI₉
ABACK₁₃
ABACS₉
ABAFT₁₀
ABAKA₁₁
ABAMP₁₁
ABAND₈
ABASE₇
ABASH₁₀
ABASK₁₁
ABATE₇
ABAYA₁₀
ABBAS₉
ABBED₁₀
ABBES₉
ABBEY₁₂
ABBOT₉
ABCEE₉
ABEAM₉
ABEAR₇
ABELE₇
ABETS₇
ABHOR₁₀
ABIDE₈
ABIES₇
ABLED₈
ABLER₇
ABLES₇
ABLET₇
ABLOW₁₀
ABMHO₁₂
ABODE₈
ABOHM₁₂
ABOIL₇
ABOMA₉
ABOON₇
ABORD₈
ABORE₇
ABORT₇
ABOUT₇
ABOVE₁₀
ABRAM₉
ABRAY₁₀
ABRIM₉
ABRIN₇
ABRIS₇
ABSEY₁₀
ABSIT₇
ABUNA₇
ABUNE₇
ABUSE₇
ABUTS₇
ABUZZ₂₅
ABYED₁₁
ABYES₁₀
ABYSM₁₂
ABYSS₁₀
ACAIS₇
ACARI₇
ACCAS₉
ACCOY₁₂
ACERB₉
ACERS₇
ACETA₇
ACHED₁₁
ACHES₁₀
ACHOO₁₀
ACIDS₈
ACIDY₁₁
ACING₈
ACINI₇
ACKEE₁₁
ACKER₁₁
ACMES₉
ACMIC₁₁
ACNED₈
ACNES₇
ACOCK₁₃
ACOLD₈
ACORN₇
ACRED₈
ACRES₇
ACRID₈
ACROS₇
ACTED₈
ACTIN₇
ACTON₇
ACTOR₇
ACUTE₇
ACYLS₁₀
ADAGE₇
ADAPT₈
ADAWS₉
ADAYS₉
ADBOT₈
ADDAX₁₄
ADDED₈
ADDER₇
ADDIO₇
ADDLE₇
ADEEM₈
ADEPT₈
ADHAN₉
ADIEU₆
ADIOS₆
ADITS₆
ADMAN₈
ADMEN₈
ADMIN₈
ADMIT₈
ADMIX₁₅
ADOBE₈
ADOBO₈
ADOPT₈
ADORE₆
ADORN₆
ADOWN₉
ADOZE₁₅
ADRAD₇
ADRED₇
ADSUM₈
ADUKI₁₀
ADULT₆
ADUNC₈
ADUST₆
ADVEW₁₂
ADYTA₉
ADZED₁₆
ADZES₁₅
AECIA₇
AEDES₆
AEGIS₆
AEONS₅
AERIE₅
AEROS₅
AESIR₅
AFALD₉
AFARA₈
AFARS₈
AFEAR₈
AFFIX₁₈
AFIRE₈
AFLAJ₁₅
AFOOT₈
AFORE₈
AFOUL₈
AFRIT₈
AFROS₈
AFTER₈
AGAIN₆
AGAMA₈
AGAMI₈
AGAPE₈
AGARS₆
AGAST₆
AGATE₆
AGAVE₉
AGAZE₁₅
AGENE₆
AGENT₆
AGERS₆
AGGER₇
AGGIE₇
AGGRI₇
AGGRO₇
AGGRY₁₀
AGHAS₉
AGILA₆
AGILE₆
AGING₇
AGIOS₆
AGISM₈
AGIST₆
AGITA₆
AGLEE₆
AGLET₆
AGLEY₉
AGLOO₆
AGLOW₉
AGLUS₆
AGMAS₈
AGOGE₇
AGONE₆
AGONS₆
AGONY₉
AGOOD₇
AGORA₆
AGREE₆
AGRIA₆
AGRIN₆
AGROS₆
AGUED₇
AGUES₆
AGUTI₆
AHEAD₉
AHEAP₁₀
AHENT₈
AHIGH₁₂
AHIND₉
AHING₉
AHINT₈
AHOLD₉
AHULL₈
AHURU₈
AIDED₇
AIDER₆
AIDES₆
AIDOI₆
AIDOS₆
AIERY₈
AIGAS₆
AILED₆
AIMED₈
AIMER₇
AINEE₅
AINGA₆
AIOLI₅
AIRED₆
AIRER₅
AIRNS₅
AIRTH₈
AIRTS₅
AISLE₅
AITCH₁₀
AITUS₅
AIVER₈
AIYEE₈
AIZLE₁₄
AJIES₁₂
AJIVA₁₅
AJUGA₁₃
AJWAN₁₅
AKEES₉
AKELA₉
AKENE₉
AKING₁₀
AKITA₉
AKKAS₁₃
ALAAP₇
ALACK₁₁
ALAMO₇
ALAND₆
ALANE₅
ALANG₆
ALANS₅
ALANT₅
ALAPA₇
ALAPS₇
ALARM₇
ALARY₈
ALATE₅
ALAYS₈
ALBAS₇
ALBEE₇
ALBUM₉
ALCID₈
ALCOS₇
ALDEA₆
ALDER₆
ALDOL₆
ALECK₁₁
ALECS₇
ALEFS₈
ALEFT₈
ALEPH₁₀
ALERT₅
ALEWS₈
ALEYE₈
ALFAS₈
ALGAE₆
ALGAL₆
ALGAS₆
ALGID₇
ALGIN₆
ALGOR₆
ALGUM₈
ALIAS₅
ALIBI₇
ALIEN₅
ALIFS₈
ALIGN₆
ALIKE₉
ALINE₅
ALIST₅
ALIVE₈
ALIYA₈
ALKIE₉
ALKOS₉
ALKYD₁₃
ALKYL₁₂
ALLAY₈
ALLEE₅
ALLEL₅
ALLEY₈
ALLIS₅
ALLOD₆
ALLOT₅
ALLOW₈
ALLOY₈
ALLYL₈
ALMAH₁₀
ALMAS₇
ALMEH₁₀
ALMES₇
ALMUD₈
ALMUG₈
ALODS₆
ALOED₆
ALOES₅
ALOFT₈
ALOHA₈
ALOIN₅
ALONE₅
ALONG₆
ALOOF₈
ALOUD₆
ALOWE₈
ALPHA₁₀
ALTAR₅
ALTER₅
ALTHO₈
ALTOS₅
ALULA₅
ALUMS₇
ALURE₅
ALVAR₈
ALWAY₁₁
AMAHS₁₀
AMAIN₇
AMASS₇
AMATE₇
AMAUT₇
AMAZE₁₆
AMBAN₉
AMBER₉
AMBIT₉
AMBLE₉
AMBOS₉
AMBRY₁₂
AMEBA₉
AMEER₇
AMEND₈
AMENE₇
AMENS₇
AMENT₇
AMIAS₇
AMICE₉
AMICI₉
AMIDE₈
AMIDO₈
AMIDS₈
AMIES₇
AMIGA₈
AMIGO₈
AMINE₇
AMINO₇
AMINS₇
AMIRS₇
AMISS₇
AMITY₁₀
AMLAS₇
AMMAN₉
AMMON₉
AMMOS₉
AMNIA₇
AMNIC₉
AMNIO₇
AMOKS₁₁
AMOLE₇
AMONG₈
AMORT₇
AMOUR₇
AMOVE₁₀
AMOWT₁₀
AMPED₁₀
AMPLE₉
AMPLY₁₂
AMPUL₉
AMRIT₇
AMUCK₁₃
AMUSE₇
AMYLS₁₀
ANANA₅
ANATA₅
ANCHO₁₀
ANCLE₇
ANCON₇
ANDRO₆
ANEAR₅
ANELE₅
ANENT₅
ANGAS₆
ANGEL₆
ANGER₆
ANGLE₆
ANGLO₆
ANGRY₉
ANGST₆
ANIGH₉
ANILE₅
ANILS₅
ANIMA₇
ANIME₇
ANIMI₇
ANION₅
ANISE₅
ANKER₉
ANKHS₁₂
ANKLE₉
ANKUS₉
ANLAS₅
ANNAL₅
ANNAS₅
ANNAT₅
ANNEX₁₂
ANNOY₈
ANNUL₅
ANOAS₅
ANODE₆
ANOLE₅
ANOMY₁₀
ANSAE₅
ANTAE₅
ANTAR₅
ANTAS₅
ANTED₆
ANTES₅
ANTIC₇
ANTIS₅
ANTRA₅
ANTRE₅
ANTSY₈
ANURA₅
ANVIL₈
ANYON₈
AORTA₅
APACE₉
APAGE₈
APAID₈
APART₇
APAYD₁₁
APAYS₁₀
APEAK₁₁
APEEK₁₁
APERS₇
APERT₇
APERY₁₀
APGAR₈
APHID₁₁
APHIS₁₀
APIAN₇
APING₈
APIOL₇
APISH₁₀
APISM₉
APNEA₇
APODE₈
APODS₈
APOOP₉
APORT₇
APPAL₉
APPAY₁₂
APPEL₉
APPLE₉
APPLY₁₂
APPRO₉
APPUI₉
APPUY₁₂
APRES₇
APRON₇
APSES₇
APSIS₇
APSOS₇
APTED₈
APTER₇
APTLY₁₀
AQUAE₁₄
AQUAS₁₄
ARABA₇
ARAKS₉
ARAME₇
ARARS₅
ARBAS₇
ARBOR₇
ARCED₈
ARCHI₁₀
ARCUS₇
ARDEB₈
ARDOR₆
ARDRI₆
AREAD₆
AREAE₅
AREAL₅
AREAR₅
AREAS₅
ARECA₇
AREDD₇
AREDE₆
AREFY₁₁
AREIC₇
ARENA₅
ARENE₅
AREPA₇
ARERE₅
ARETE₅
ARETS₅
ARETT₅
ARGAL₆
ARGAN₆
ARGIL₆
ARGLE₆
ARGOL₆
ARGON₆
ARGOT₆
ARGUE₆
ARGUS₆
ARHAT₈
ARIAS₅
ARIEL₅
ARIKI₉
ARILS₅
ARIOT₅
ARISE₅
ARISH₈
ARKED₁₀
ARLED₆
ARLES₅
ARMED₈
ARMER₇
ARMET₇
ARMIL₇
ARMOR₇
ARNAS₅
ARNUT₅
AROBA₇
AROHA₈
AROID₆
AROMA₇
AROSE₅
ARPAS₇
ARPEN₇
ARRAH₈
ARRAS₅
ARRAY₈
ARRET₅
ARRIS₅
ARROW₈
ARROZ₁₄
ARSED₆
ARSES₅
ARSEY₈
ARSIS₅
ARSON₅
ARTAL₅
ARTEL₅
ARTIC₇
ARTIS₅
ARTSY₈
ARUHE₈
ARUMS₇
ARVAL₈
ARVOS₈
ARYLS₈
ASANA₅
ASCON₇
ASCOT₇
ASCUS₇
ASDIC₈
ASHED₉
ASHEN₈
ASHES₈
ASHET₈
ASIDE₆
ASKED₁₀
ASKER₉
ASKEW₁₂
ASKOI₉
ASKOS₉
ASPEN₇
ASPER₇
ASPIC₉
ASPIS₇
ASPRO₇
ASSAI₅
ASSAM₇
ASSAY₈
ASSES₅
ASSET₅
ASSEZ₁₄
ASSOT₅
ASTER₅
ASTIR₅
ASTUN₅
ASURA₅
ASWAY₁₁
ASWIM₁₀
ASYLA₈
ATAPS₇
ATAXY₁₅
ATIGI₆
ATILT₅
ATIMY₁₀
ATLAS₅
ATMAN₇
ATMAS₇
ATOCS₇
ATOKE₉
ATOKS₉
ATOLL₅
ATOMS₇
ATOMY₁₀
ATONE₅
ATONY₈
ATOPY₁₀
ATRIA₅
ATRIP₇
ATTAP₇
ATTAR₅
ATTED₆
ATTIC₇
ATUAS₅
AUDAD₇
AUDIO₆
AUDIT₆
AUGER₆
AUGHT₉
AUGUR₆
AULAS₅
AULIC₇
AULOI₅
AULOS₅
AUMIL₇
AUNES₅
AUNTS₅
AUNTY₈
AURAE₅
AURAL₅
AURAR₅
AURAS₅
AUREI₅
AURES₅
AURIC₇
AURIS₅
AURUM₇
AUTOS₅
AUXIN₁₂
AVAIL₈
AVALE₈
AVANT₈
AVAST₈
AVELS₈
AVENS₈
AVERS₈
AVERT₈
AVGAS₉
AVIAN₈
AVINE₈
AVION₈
AVISE₈
AVISO₈
AVIZE₁₇
AVOID₉
AVOWS₁₁
AVYZE₂₀
AWAIT₈
AWAKE₁₂
AWARD₉
AWARE₈
AWARN₈
AWASH₁₁
AWATO₈
AWAVE₁₁
AWAYS₁₁
AWDLS₉
AWEEL₈
AWETO₈
AWFUL₁₁
AWING₉
AWMRY₁₃
AWNED₉
AWNER₈
AWOKE₁₂
AWOLS₈
AWORK₁₂
AXELS₁₂
AXIAL₁₂
AXILE₁₂
AXILS₁₂
AXING₁₃
AXIOM₁₄
AXION₁₂
AXITE₁₂
AXLED₁₃
AXLES₁₂
AXMAN₁₄
AXMEN₁₄
AXOID₁₃
AXONE₁₂
AXONS₁₂
AYAHS₁₁
AYAYA₁₁
AYELP₁₀
AYGRE₉
AYINS₈
AYONT₈
AYRES₈
AYRIE₈
AZANS₁₄
AZIDE₁₅
AZIDO₁₅
AZINE₁₄
AZLON₁₄
AZOIC₁₆
AZOLE₁₄
AZONS₁₄
AZOTE₁₄
AZOTH₁₇
AZUKI₁₈
AZURE₁₄
AZURN₁₄
AZURY₁₇
AZYGY₂₁
AZYME₁₉
AZYMS₁₉

Letters by positionIn 22% of these words the 5th letter is S.

2nd letter

L12%
R12%
B8%

3rd letter

I13%
O12%
A11%

4th letter

E17%
A12%
I10%

5th letter

S22%
E15%
D8%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 7 in Scrabble; ABUZZ tops the list with 25. Scores before board bonuses.

55 points: 118 words
6 points: 90 words
77 points: 147 words
8 points: 141 words
99 points: 83 words
10 points: 44 words
1111 points: 26 words
12 points: 30 words
1313 points: 10 words
14 points: 17 words
1515 points: 10 words
16 points: 3 words
1717 points: 3 words
18 points: 2 words
1919 points: 2 words
20 points: 1 words
2121 points: 1 words
22 points: 0 words
2323 points: 0 words
24 points: 0 words
2525 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
ABUZZ	25	27	All three
AZYGY	21	20	Collins only
AVYZE	20	20	Collins only
AZYME	19	19	Collins only
AZYMS	19	19	Collins only
AFFIX	18	18	All three
AZUKI	18	19	Collins · NWL
AZOTH	17	16	All three
AVIZE	17	18	Collins only
AZURY	17	17	Collins only
AMAZE	16	17	All three
AZOIC	16	17	All three

An opening A gives you a vowel before you have even guessed. Of the 141 Wordle answers in this group, 58 contain three or more vowels, which makes A words strong for testing E, I, O and U in one go. The list is mid-sized: A ranks sixth among first letters, behind S, C, B, P and T.

Vowel-heavy A words that work as Wordle openers

Since A already sits in the first square, every other vowel in the word is a bonus check. AUDIO tests four vowels at once, and ABOUT, ALONE and ARISE each test three. All four are real Wordle answers, not just allowed guesses.

Popular starter ADIEU is allowed as a guess but is not on the answer list. Pick it to gather clues, then switch to answer words.

Which letter usually follows the A

L comes second most often, in 22 answers such as ALONG, ALLOW and ALERT.
B follows in 14 answers, led by ABOUT, ABOVE and ABUSE.
N and R come next with 13 and 12, giving ANGRY, ankle, ARENA and argue.
Only 7 answers put another vowel second, such as aisle, audit and aorta, so expect a consonant there.

Watch out for a second A

Tip

A turns up twice in 32 answers, including AGAIN, AWARD, ALARM and AROMA. When a yellow A appears after the first square, a repeat is a real chance, not a fluke.

How A answers tend to finish

The full list leans on plurals, with 157 A words ending in S. Wordle answers almost never do, so treat a final S as a long shot. E is the usual closer instead, ending 38 answers like APPLE, AGREE and AWAKE.

T ends 20 answers, such as ADULT and AGENT, and Y ends 15, including APPLY and ANGRY. If the last square is still grey after your opener, test those three letters there.

5-letter words starting with A that score well

The average A word is worth just 8.1 points, so the gains come from Z and X. ABUZZ is the leader at 25 points and is valid in NWL, Collins and ENABLE. It needs both Z tiles or a blank, so it is rare in practice.

AFFIX at 18 points is the most useful high scorer, since it uses common letters plus one X. It is also a Wordle answer, along with AZURE and AXIOM at 14 points each.

Collins players get extra options. AZYGY scores 21 and AVYZE scores 20, but neither appears in NWL, so check your rules before you play them.

Questions people ask

What is the best Wordle starter that begins with A?

Audio is a strong choice because it tests A, U, I and O in a single guess and is a real answer. About and arise are good options too, each checking three vowels with common consonants like T, S and R.

Is adieu a Wordle answer?

Adieu is not on the Wordle answer list, although the game accepts it as a guess. It is useful for finding vowels early, but you will need a different word to actually solve the puzzle.

How many Wordle answers begin with the letter A?

A begins 141 Wordle answers out of 2,315. That ranks it sixth among starting letters, just one behind P at 142 and well behind S, which leads with 366.

What five-letter A word scores the most in Scrabble?

Abuzz scores the most at 25 points and is accepted in every major dictionary. In Collins, azygy follows at 21, while affix at 18 is the top choice that needs only one premium tile.

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