6-letter words with A as the 5th letter and S as the 6th letter

6-letter words with A as the 5th letter and S as the 6th letter total 536, from canvas and dramas to high-scoring huzzas.

536 wordsTop pick CANVASHighest score HUZZAS 27

11 of 536 are everyday words (2%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

5th 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

6th 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

With A in 5th place, S is the most common 6th letter (536 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
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Best words to play first 536 · most-used first

CANVAS₁₁
EXTRAS₁₃
DRAMAS₉
FELLAS₉
VILLAS₉
MADRAS₉
PIZZAS₂₆
QUOTAS₁₅
ARENAS₆
OPERAS₈
PANDAS₉
NINJAS₁₃
COMMAS₁₂
VISTAS₉
ZEBRAS₁₇
HYENAS₁₂
LLAMAS₈
ULTRAS₆
KOALAS₁₀
MEDIAS₉
AROMAS₈
ALPHAS₁₁
BIOGAS₉
COBRAS₁₀
DELTAS₇
PLAZAS₁₇
DOGMAS₁₀
SUTRAS₆
SAUNAS₆
CALLAS₈
FRACAS₁₁
PASTAS₈
ENEMAS₈
TIARAS₆
CHAGAS₁₂
PAMPAS₁₂
CHINAS₁₁
VODKAS₁₄
ANIMAS₈
BARRAS₈
CHICAS₁₃
FATWAS₁₂
JUNTAS₁₃
PARKAS₁₂
VIOLAS₉
ASANAS₆
PLAYAS₁₁
SUBHAS₁₁

Showing the top 48 of 536 words. See every valid word

All valid words 536

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

ABACAS₁₀
ABAKAS₁₂
ABAYAS₁₁
ABOMAS₁₀
ABUNAS₈
AFARAS₉
AGAMAS₉
AGILAS₇
AGITAS₇
AGORAS₇
AGRIAS₇
AINGAS₇
AJIVAS₁₆
AJUGAS₁₄
AKELAS₁₀
AKITAS₁₀
ALAPAS₈
ALDEAS₇
ALIYAS₉
ALOHAS₉
ALPHAS₁₁
AMEBAS₁₀
AMIGAS₉
ANABAS₈
ANANAS₆
ANATAS₆
ANIMAS₈
AORTAS₆
APNEAS₈
ARABAS₈
ARECAS₈
ARENAS₆
AREPAS₈
AROBAS₈
AROHAS₉
AROMAS₈
ASANAS₆
ASURAS₆
AYAYAS₁₂
BABKAS₁₄
BACCAS₁₂
BACHAS₁₃
BAIZAS₁₇
BAJRAS₁₅
BAKRAS₁₂
BALSAS₈
BANDAS₉
BANIAS₈
BARCAS₁₀
BARRAS₈
BATTAS₈
BELGAS₉
BETTAS₈
BHUNAS₁₁
BIGHAS₁₂
BIOGAS₉
BIOTAS₈
BOCCAS₁₂
BOHEAS₁₁
BOREAS₈
BOXLAS₁₅
BOYLAS₁₁
BRAVAS₁₁
BRAZAS₁₇
BUBBAS₁₂
BUNIAS₈
BUNYAS₁₁
BURKAS₁₂
BURQAS₁₇
BURSAS₈
BWANAS₁₁
CALLAS₈
CALPAS₁₀
CANNAS₈
CANVAS₁₁
CAPIAS₁₀
CARTAS₈
CEIBAS₁₀
CENTAS₈
CERIAS₈
CESTAS₈
CHAGAS₁₂
CHANAS₁₁
CHARAS₁₁
CHAYAS₁₄
CHEKAS₁₅
CHELAS₁₁
CHICAS₁₃
CHINAS₁₁
CHOLAS₁₁
CHUFAS₁₄
COALAS₈
COBIAS₁₀
COBRAS₁₀
COBZAS₁₉
COCOAS₁₀
COLZAS₁₇
COMMAS₁₂
COMPAS₁₂
CONGAS₉
CONIAS₈
COPRAS₁₀
COTTAS₈
CRENAS₈
CUPPAS₁₂
CURIAS₈
CUTLAS₈
DABBAS₁₁
DACHAS₁₂
DAGGAS₉
DARGAS₈
DEGRAS₈
DELTAS₇
DERMAS₉
DIOTAS₇
DIPSAS₉
DOBLAS₉
DOBRAS₉
DOGMAS₁₀
DOLMAS₉
DONGAS₈
DONNAS₇
DOONAS₇
DORBAS₉
DOSHAS₁₀
DOULAS₇
DOUMAS₉
DOURAS₇
DOWLAS₁₀
DRAMAS₉
DUKKAS₁₅
DULIAS₇
DUMKAS₁₃
DURRAS₇
EDEMAS₉
ENEMAS₈
ERBIAS₈
ERICAS₈
EXTRAS₁₃
FACIAS₁₁
FAENAS₉
FANGAS₁₀
FATWAS₁₂
FAUNAS₉
FELLAS₉
FERIAS₉
FESTAS₉
FETTAS₉
FETWAS₁₂
FINCAS₁₁
FITNAS₉
FLAVAS₁₂
FLORAS₉
FLOTAS₉
FONDAS₁₀
FOSSAS₉
FOVEAS₁₂
FRACAS₁₁
GABBAS₁₁
GALEAS₇
GAMBAS₁₁
GAMMAS₁₁
GANJAS₁₄
GENOAS₇
GOGGAS₉
GOLIAS₇
GOMPAS₁₁
GOURAS₇
GRAMAS₉
GROMAS₉
GUANAS₇
GUAVAS₁₀
GUMMAS₁₁
GUSLAS₇
GUTTAS₇
GYOZAS₁₉
HAKEAS₁₃
HALFAS₁₂
HALMAS₁₁
HALVAS₁₂
HALWAS₁₂
HAMZAS₂₀
HANSAS₉
HAOMAS₁₁
HEJRAS₁₆
HENNAS₉
HEVEAS₁₂
HIJRAS₁₆
HODJAS₁₇
HOLLAS₉
HONDAS₁₀
HOOKAS₁₃
HOSTAS₉
HOVEAS₁₂
HUDNAS₁₀
HURRAS₉
HUTIAS₉
HUZZAS₂₇
HYDRAS₁₃
HYENAS₁₂
INULAS₆
IXORAS₁₃
JAGRAS₁₄
JARTAS₁₃
JHALAS₁₆
JIBBAS₁₇
JIRGAS₁₄
JNANAS₁₃
JUNTAS₁₃
KAAMAS₁₂
KAIKAS₁₄
KALPAS₁₂
KANGAS₁₁
KAPPAS₁₄
KARMAS₁₂
KASHAS₁₃
KEHUAS₁₃
KERMAS₁₂
KHAYAS₁₆
KHEDAS₁₄
KHOJAS₂₀
KIBLAS₁₂
KILLAS₁₀
KIPPAS₁₄
KOALAS₁₀
KOFTAS₁₃
KOKRAS₁₄
KOPPAS₁₄
KORMAS₁₂
KURTAS₁₀
KWELAS₁₃
LABDAS₉
LAIKAS₁₀
LAKSAS₁₀
LAMIAS₈
LAMPAS₁₀
LARVAS₉
LAURAS₆
LAVRAS₉
LEHUAS₉
LEMMAS₁₀
LEPRAS₈
LEZZAS₂₄
LIANAS₆
LIBRAS₈
LIMBAS₁₀
LIMMAS₁₀
LIMPAS₁₀
LINGAS₇
LLAMAS₈
LONGAS₇
LOOFAS₉
LOUMAS₈
LUBRAS₈
LUFFAS₁₂
LYCRAS₁₁
LYSSAS₉
LYTTAS₉
MADRAS₉
MAFIAS₁₁
MAGMAS₁₁
MAHUAS₁₁
MAHWAS₁₄
MALVAS₁₁
MALWAS₁₁
MAMBAS₁₂
MAMMAS₁₂
MANGAS₉
MANIAS₈
MANNAS₈
MANTAS₈
MARKAS₁₂
MASSAS₈
MATZAS₁₇
MBIRAS₁₀
MECCAS₁₂
MEDIAS₉
MEKKAS₁₆
MENSAS₈
MIKVAS₁₅
MILPAS₁₀
MIRZAS₁₇
MOCHAS₁₃
MOLLAS₈
MOMMAS₁₂
MOOLAS₈
MORIAS₈
MORRAS₈
MOTZAS₁₇
MOWRAS₁₁
MUDRAS₉
MUGGAS₁₀
MULGAS₉
MULLAS₈
MUNGAS₉
MURRAS₈
MURVAS₁₁
MUTHAS₁₁
MYOMAS₁₃
NABLAS₈
NACHAS₁₁
NAIRAS₆
NAKFAS₁₃
NALLAS₆
NANNAS₆
NAPPAS₁₀
NARRAS₆
NDUJAS₁₄
NERKAS₁₀
NGANAS₇
NGOMAS₉
NINJAS₁₃
NORIAS₆
NORMAS₈
NUBIAS₈
NULLAS₆
NYALAS₉
NYSSAS₉
OCREAS₈
OILGAS₇
OMEGAS₉
OPERAS₈
ORGIAS₇
ORIXAS₁₃
OUBAAS₈
OUIJAS₁₃
OUTGAS₇
PACHAS₁₃
PADMAS₁₁
PAISAS₈
PALSAS₈
PAMPAS₁₂
PANDAS₉
PANGAS₉
PARKAS₁₂
PARRAS₈
PASHAS₁₁
PASKAS₁₂
PASTAS₈
PELMAS₁₀
PELTAS₈
PHOCAS₁₃
PHOLAS₁₁
PICRAS₁₀
PIETAS₈
PILEAS₈
PINNAS₈
PINTAS₈
PITTAS₈
PIZZAS₂₆
PLAYAS₁₁
PLAZAS₁₇
PLICAS₁₀
POAKAS₁₂
POLKAS₁₂
PONGAS₉
POOJAS₁₅
POOKAS₁₂
POPPAS₁₂
PORTAS₈
PRANAS₈
PRIMAS₁₀
PSORAS₈
PULKAS₁₂
PUNGAS₉
PUNKAS₁₂
PURDAS₉
QIBLAS₁₇
QORMAS₁₇
QUENAS₁₅
QUINAS₁₅
QUOTAS₁₅
RAGGAS₈
RAITAS₆
RATHAS₉
REATAS₆
REDIAS₇
RENGAS₇
RIATAS₆
RIOJAS₁₃
ROOSAS₆
RUANAS₆
RUMBAS₁₀
RUPIAS₈
RUSMAS₈
SABRAS₈
SADZAS₁₆
SAIGAS₇
SAKIAS₁₀
SALPAS₈
SALSAS₆
SAMBAS₁₀
SANGAS₇
SANSAS₆
SAUBAS₈
SAUNAS₆
SCAPAS₁₀
SCENAS₈
SCHWAS₁₄
SCOPAS₁₀
SCUBAS₁₀
SEIZAS₁₅
SELLAS₆
SELVAS₉
SENNAS₆
SEPIAS₈
SERRAS₆
SHAMAS₁₁
SHAYAS₁₂
SHEVAS₁₂
SHIVAS₁₂
SHOLAS₉
SHURAS₉
SIDHAS₁₀
SIGLAS₇
SIGMAS₉
SILVAS₉
SIMBAS₁₀
SIRRAS₆
SOFTAS₉
SORRAS₆
SPICAS₁₀
SPINAS₈
STIPAS₈
STOMAS₈
STUPAS₈
SUBHAS₁₁
SULFAS₉
SUMMAS₁₀
SUNNAS₆
SURRAS₆
SUTRAS₆
SUTTAS₆
SYLVAS₁₂
SYNGAS₁₀
TAATAS₆
TABLAS₈
TAFIAS₉
TAIGAS₇
TAIRAS₆
TALMAS₈
TALPAS₈
TANGAS₇
TANKAS₁₀
TANNAS₆
TAPPAS₁₀
TARGAS₇
TARRAS₆
TAYRAS₉
TAZZAS₂₄
TEGUAS₇
TENIAS₆
TERRAS₆
TESLAS₆
TETRAS₆
THANAS₉
THETAS₉
THUJAS₁₆
THUYAS₁₂
TIARAS₆
TIBIAS₈
TIKKAS₁₄
TINEAS₆
TISWAS₉
TIZWAS₁₈
TONGAS₇
TORTAS₆
TREMAS₈
TRONAS₆
TSUBAS₈
TUGRAS₇
TUINAS₆
TULPAS₈
ULAMAS₈
ULEMAS₈
ULTRAS₆
UMBRAS₁₀
UNBIAS₈
URBIAS₈
URENAS₆
USNEAS₆
UVULAS₉
VANDAS₁₀
VARIAS₉
VARNAS₉
VEENAS₉
VESPAS₁₁
VESTAS₉
VIFDAS₁₃
VIGIAS₁₀
VILLAS₉
VINCAS₁₁
VIOLAS₉
VIRGAS₁₀
VISTAS₉
VIVDAS₁₃
VODKAS₁₄
VOEMAS₁₁
VOLVAS₁₂
VULVAS₁₂
WAGGAS₁₁
WALLAS₉
WHATAS₁₂
WHENAS₁₂
WHYDAS₁₆
WICCAS₁₃
WIGGAS₁₁
WILGAS₁₀
WILJAS₁₆
WINDAS₁₀
WONGAS₁₀
WUKKAS₁₇
WUXIAS₁₆
XENIAS₁₃
YABBAS₁₃
YACCAS₁₃
YACKAS₁₅
YAKKAS₁₇
YARFAS₁₂
YARTAS₉
YENTAS₉
YERBAS₁₁
YUCCAS₁₃
YURTAS₉
ZABRAS₁₇
ZAIDAS₁₆
ZAMIAS₁₇
ZANJAS₂₂
ZANZAS₂₄
ZEBRAS₁₇
ZERDAS₁₆
ZILLAS₁₅
ZOAEAS₁₅
ZONDAS₁₆
ZOOEAS₁₅
ZUPPAS₁₉

Letters by positionIn 26% of these words the 2nd letter is A.

1st letter

2nd letter

A26%
O15%
U12%

3rd letter

N12%
R10%
A10%

4th letter

R11%
M9%
T8%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 8 in Scrabble; HUZZAS tops the list with 27. Scores before board bonuses.

66 points: 48 words
7 points: 38 words
88 points: 96 words
9 points: 86 words
1010 points: 60 words
11 points: 48 words
1212 points: 54 words
13 points: 31 words
1414 points: 18 words
15 points: 14 words
1616 points: 14 words
17 points: 17 words
1818 points: 1 words
19 points: 3 words
2020 points: 2 words
21 points: 0 words
2222 points: 1 words
23 points: 0 words
2424 points: 3 words
25 points: 0 words
2626 points: 1 words
27 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
HUZZAS	27	27	All three
PIZZAS	26	27	All three
LEZZAS	24	25	Collins only
TAZZAS	24	24	All three
ZANZAS	24	25	All three
ZANJAS	22	25	Collins only
HAMZAS	20	20	All three
KHOJAS	20	21	Collins only
GYOZAS	19	19	Collins · NWL
ZUPPAS	19	22	NWL only
COBZAS	19	21	Collins only
TIZWAS	18	18	Collins only

The pattern is _ _ _ _ A S: the last two letters are fixed, leaving four positions to identify each match. Familiar entries include canvas, arenas, pizzas, pandas and zebras, but only 11 of the 536 are classed as common. That gap matters in a word game: a valid entry may fit the pattern without being a word you would reach for in everyday play.

6-letter words with A as the 5th letter and S as the 6th letter

536 tournament-dictionary words match the pattern, with A fifth and S sixth.
Only 11 are common by the frequency measure; canvas and arenas are recognizable examples.
Huzzas leads the Scrabble scores at 27 points before any board bonuses.
S begins 50 matches; M follows with 41, just ahead of P at 40.

Which A-S words are easiest to recognize?

Canvas, arenas, dramas, quotas and operas give you familiar routes into the pattern; every one finishes with the fixed A-S pair. If a clue also gives you the first letter, the opening distribution can narrow the search: S begins 50 matches, M begins 41, and P begins 40.

The frequency gap is striking: just 11 of 536 matches are classed as common. The dictionary totals also differ: 514 appear in Collins and 345 in NWL2023, with overlap between the lists. Check your game's chosen lexicon before playing a less familiar word; a match in one source does not guarantee acceptance in every game.

How should you use the pattern in Scrabble?

Huzzas scores 27 points on its letters, with pizzas close behind at 26, before any board bonuses. Both gains come from their Z tiles. When your rack supports either word, these less everyday options can outscore familiar matches such as canvas.

One practical trap is chasing the flashy Z before checking the rack: huzzas earns its edge only when all six letters fit, and a premium square can change the board result. The adjacent pattern with A fifth and L sixth has 321 matches, far fewer than this A-S set, so a changed final clue sharply changes the candidate pool.

Lock the known positions first, then test the remaining letters. That keeps you from treating every word ending in S as a candidate when the A belongs specifically in slot five.

Questions people ask

Are these words valid in every Scrabble dictionary?

No. The 536 matches come from the union of tournament dictionaries: 514 appear in Collins and 345 in NWL2023, with overlap between the lists. Confirm your game's lexicon before playing a less familiar entry; a count from one source does not mean every title accepts it.

Which word in this pattern scores highest in Scrabble?

Huzzas is the top scorer at 27 points before premium squares. Pizzas follows at 26. Both use a Z, which is why these less everyday entries outscore familiar matches such as canvas; board placement can raise the final play further.

Why are only a few of these words considered common?

Only 11 of the 536 matches fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency. The pattern includes familiar words such as canvas and arenas, but many valid matches are much less familiar. Treat the common-word count as a guide to everyday usage, not a dictionary-validity test.

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