6-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and A as the 6th letter

Two fixed As make the shape _A___A, but the first letter varies sharply: M leads with 25 matches, ahead of C at 23 and P at 22. Familiar entries such as CANADA, CAMERA and BANANA sit beside place names and less common terms. Only 14 matches rank among the 25,000 most frequent English words, so expect a long tail of specialist vocabulary rather than 191 everyday choices.

6-letter words with A as the 2nd and 6th letter

• Exactly 191 tournament-dictionary words fit the pattern _A___A.
• All 191 end in A, so the final tile is fixed before you inspect the middle.
• CANADA, CAMERA and BANANA are familiar examples with both As in place.
• M starts the most matches, with 25; C follows with 23 and P with 22.
• Just 14 entries rank among the 25,000 most frequent English words.

Which matching words score the most?

RAZZIA leads the scoring list at 24 points, followed by YAKUZA at 22 and MAZUMA at 19. Their Zs lift the scores well above the 10.7-point average, making them worth checking when your rack contains a premium tile.

MAXIMA, PAJAMA, ZAPATA, JATAKA, BARAZA and ZAREBA each score 17. Familiar words such as CANADA and CAMERA are easier to spot, but a less obvious entry can be the stronger play when the board gives a high-value letter room.

How does this pattern compare with nearby lists?

The second-position A produces 191 matches when the word also ends in A. Swap that second letter to E while keeping the final A, and the matching six-letter set falls to 88. The repeated vowel pattern is unusually productive here.

Changing the final letter opens a much larger search: 1,063 six-letter words with A second end in S, compared with 191 ending in A. For 6-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and A as the 6th letter, the useful clue is the fixed frame; use the first letter to narrow the remaining choices.

Dictionary coverage differs: 186 matches appear in Collins, 131 in NWL2023 and 107 in ENABLE. The total counts words found in at least one of those lists, not words shared by every game, so check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar answer.