7-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and A as the 7th letter

7-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and A as the 7th letter total 256, from vanilla and mascara to high-scoring zakuska.

256 wordsTop pick VANILLAHighest score ZAKUSKA 24

8 of 256 are everyday words (3%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

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

7th 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 2nd place, S is the most common 7th letter (2,136 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Best words to play first 256 · most-used first

VANILLA₁₀
MADONNA₁₀
VANESSA₁₀
MALARIA₉
PANDORA₁₀
MASCARA₁₁
MATILDA₁₀
LASAGNA₈
MAHATMA₁₄
BARISTA₉
MAGENTA₁₀
GANGSTA₉
MADEIRA₁₀
PAPRIKA₁₅
CANDIDA₁₁
MALACCA₁₃
SAVANNA₁₀
CASSAVA₁₂
MANDALA₁₀
PANACEA₁₁
BANDANA₁₀
PALMYRA₁₄
BATAVIA₁₂
SARCOMA₁₁
CANTINA₉
WAKANDA₁₅
CALDERA₁₀
BAZOOKA₂₂
TAPIOCA₁₁
GANGLIA₉
SANGRIA₈
PATELLA₉
CANNULA₉
MAXILLA₁₆
CANTATA₉
LATAKIA₁₁
CATAWBA₁₄
CAPTCHA₁₆
PAVLOVA₁₅
BAKLAVA₁₆
MARSALA₉
SAMSARA₉
SATSUMA₉
KATSINA₁₁
MARIMBA₁₃
TAFFETA₁₃
MANILLA₉
CAMORRA₁₁

Showing the top 48 of 256 words. See every valid word

All valid words 256

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

BABESIA₁₁
BACCALA₁₃
BACCARA₁₃
BACHCHA₁₉
BACLAVA₁₄
BAKLAVA₁₆
BAKLAWA₁₆
BALISTA₉
BANDANA₁₀
BANDORA₁₀
BANDURA₁₀
BANKSIA₁₃
BANSELA₉
BARBOLA₁₁
BARILLA₉
BARISTA₉
BARTSIA₉
BASIDIA₁₀
BATAVIA₁₂
BATTUTA₉
BAZOOKA₂₂
CABBALA₁₃
CABOMBA₁₅
CACHACA₁₆
CADENZA₁₉
CAESURA₉
CAFFILA₁₅
CALDERA₁₀
CALLUNA₉
CALUMBA₁₃
CAMELIA₁₁
CAMISIA₁₁
CAMORRA₁₁
CAMPANA₁₃
CANASTA₉
CANDELA₁₀
CANDIDA₁₁
CANELLA₉
CANNULA₉
CANTALA₉
CANTATA₉
CANTINA₉
CANZONA₁₈
CAPTCHA₁₆
CAPUERA₁₁
CARAMBA₁₃
CARANNA₉
CARAUNA₉
CARBORA₁₁
CARIAMA₁₁
CARIOCA₁₁
CASCARA₁₁
CASSABA₁₁
CASSATA₉
CASSAVA₁₂
CASSENA₉
CASSINA₉
CATALPA₁₁
CATASTA₉
CATAWBA₁₄
CAVALLA₁₂
CAVEOLA₁₂
DAMIANA₁₀
DAPHNIA₁₃
DAROGHA₁₂
DATARIA₈
DAVIDIA₁₂
FALBALA₁₂
FALCULA₁₂
FARINHA₁₃
FARRUCA₁₂
FAUNULA₁₀
FAVELLA₁₃
FAZENDA₂₀
GALABEA₁₀
GALABIA₁₀
GALANGA₉
GALATEA₈
GALLETA₈
GALLICA₁₀
GANGLIA₉
GANGSTA₉
GAROUPA₁₀
GASTREA₈
GAZANIA₁₇
GAZOOKA₂₁
HAFTARA₁₃
HAGGADA₁₃
HALACHA₁₅
HALAKHA₁₇
HAMATSA₁₂
HAMMADA₁₅
HARAMDA₁₃
HARIANA₁₀
HARISSA₁₀
HARMALA₁₂
JAMBIYA₂₁
KABBALA₁₅
KABOCHA₁₈
KACHCHA₂₁
KACHINA₁₆
KALIMBA₁₅
KANTELA₁₁
KAPEYKA₂₀
KARAKIA₁₅
KARANGA₁₂
KATCINA₁₃
KATORGA₁₂
KATSINA₁₁
KATSURA₁₁
KAUPAPA₁₅
LABELLA₉
LACINIA₉
LAMBADA₁₂
LAMELLA₉
LAMPUKA₁₅
LANGAHA₁₁
LANTANA₇
LASAGNA₈
LATAKIA₁₁
LATILLA₇
LAVOLTA₁₀
MACCHIA₁₆
MACHACA₁₆
MACUMBA₁₅
MADEIRA₁₀
MADONNA₁₀
MADOQUA₁₉
MADRASA₁₀
MADRONA₁₀
MAGENTA₁₀
MAGMATA₁₂
MAHATMA₁₄
MAHONIA₁₂
MAJAGUA₁₇
MALACCA₁₃
MALACIA₁₁
MALANGA₁₀
MALARIA₉
MAMILLA₁₁
MAMPARA₁₃
MANCALA₁₁
MANDALA₁₀
MANDIRA₁₀
MANDOLA₁₀
MANDORA₁₀
MANILLA₉
MANIOCA₁₁
MANUMEA₁₁
MANYATA₁₂
MAQUILA₁₈
MARANTA₉
MARASCA₁₁
MAREMMA₁₃
MARGOSA₁₀
MARIMBA₁₃
MARKKAA₁₇
MARSALA₉
MASCARA₁₁
MASTABA₁₁
MATILDA₁₀
MAXILLA₁₆
MAZURKA₂₂
NANDINA₈
NAPHTHA₁₅
NARCOMA₁₁
PADELLA₁₀
PADRONA₁₀
PAENULA₉
PAISANA₉
PALABRA₁₁
PALINKA₁₃
PALMYRA₁₄
PALOOKA₁₃
PANACEA₁₁
PANDORA₁₀
PANDURA₁₀
PANOCHA₁₄
PAPAUMA₁₃
PAPILLA₁₁
PAPRICA₁₃
PAPRIKA₁₅
PARATHA₁₂
PARAZOA₁₈
PAREIRA₉
PARELLA₉
PARERGA₁₀
PARGANA₁₀
PARTITA₉
PASSATA₉
PASTINA₉
PATAGIA₁₀
PATELLA₉
PAVLOVA₁₅
PAXIUBA₁₈
RABANNA₉
RABASKA₁₃
RADIATA₈
RAMENTA₉
RAOULIA₇
RASBORA₉
RATAFIA₁₀
SABELLA₉
SABURRA₉
SACELLA₉
SADHANA₁₁
SAGITTA₈
SAGRADA₉
SAMBUCA₁₃
SAMSARA₉
SANGOMA₁₀
SANGRIA₈
SANTERA₇
SAPHENA₁₂
SARCINA₉
SARCOMA₁₁
SARDANA₈
SATSUMA₉
SAVANNA₁₀
SAXTUBA₁₆
TACHINA₁₂
TAFFETA₁₃
TAGMATA₁₀
TALARIA₇
TALOOKA₁₁
TAMASHA₁₂
TAMBALA₁₁
TAMBURA₁₁
TAMPALA₁₁
TANAGRA₈
TANIWHA₁₃
TANTARA₇
TAPIOCA₁₁
TARAMEA₉
TARTANA₇
TATHATA₁₀
TAUPATA₉
TAVERNA₁₀
VACCINA₁₄
VALONEA₁₀
VALONIA₁₀
VALVULA₁₃
VANESSA₁₀
VANILLA₁₀
VAQUITA₁₉
VARIOLA₁₀
VASCULA₁₂
WAKANDA₁₅
WALLABA₁₂
WANKSTA₁₄
YAMALKA₁₆
YAMULKA₁₆
ZAKUSKA₂₄
ZAMARRA₁₈
ZANELLA₁₆
ZAREEBA₁₈

Letters by positionIn 21% of these words the 5th letter is A.

1st letter

C16%
M16%
P11%

3rd letter

N17%
R16%
L11%

4th letter

A19%
I12%
E10%

5th letter

A21%
L10%
O9%

6th letter

L17%
N13%
R11%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; ZAKUSKA tops the list with 24. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 7 words
8 points: 11 words
99 points: 50 words
10 points: 45 words
1111 points: 37 words
12 points: 23 words
1313 points: 27 words
14 points: 7 words
1515 points: 14 words
16 points: 12 words
1717 points: 4 words
18 points: 7 words
1919 points: 4 words
20 points: 2 words
2121 points: 3 words
22 points: 2 words
2323 points: 0 words
24 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
ZAKUSKA	24	25	Collins only
BAZOOKA	22	23	All three
MAZURKA	22	24	All three
GAZOOKA	21	22	Collins only
KACHCHA	21	21	Collins only
JAMBIYA	21	24	Collins only
FAZENDA	20	21	All three
KAPEYKA	20	20	NWL only
CADENZA	19	21	All three
VAQUITA	19	21	NWL only
BACHCHA	19	20	Collins only
MADOQUA	19	21	Collins only

The pattern is _A____A, with A fixed in two places and five letters left to solve. Familiar picks include vanilla, madonna, mascara, and lasagna; the full set also contains less common entries. Just 8 of the 256 words fall among the most common English vocabulary, so expect a mix of everyday terms and specialist plays.

At a glance: the _A____A pattern

The pattern matches 256 tournament-dictionary words, and every match ends in A.
C and M tie as the most frequent opening letters, with 41 words apiece.
Vanilla, madonna, and mascara are familiar examples that fit the pattern.
Zakuska leads the scoring examples at 24 points.
Only 8 matches are among the most common English words.

Which opening letters appear most often?

C and M each open 41 of these words, well ahead of P with 29. B follows at 21, while S and T each account for 18. If the first tile is still unknown, C or M gives you the largest starting group to test.

The familiar words show how varied those openings can be: mascara begins with M, while panacea and paprika start with P. By contrast, vanilla starts with V, an opening letter that appears less often than C or M in this pattern. Matching the fixed A positions narrows the search, but the first letter still changes the likely candidates.

Which 7-letter words with A in positions 2 and 7 score most?

Zakuska scores 24 points in the Scrabble scoring, ahead of bazooka and mazurka at 22 each. Gazooka, kachcha, and jambiya each score 21. These are strong rack options when their less familiar spellings fit your tiles, but a high face value does not guarantee acceptance in every game.

For 7-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and A as the 7th letter, the main limitation is vocabulary: only 8 entries count as common, despite 222 having definitions. Check your game's word list before committing to an unfamiliar play. The neighboring pattern with S in the final position is much larger, at 2,136 words, so a changed ending can open far more possibilities.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have A as the second and last letters?

There are 256 matching 7-letter words. Each has A in position two and position seven, giving the pattern _A____A. Vanilla, mascara, and lasagna are recognizable examples among the entries.

What is the highest-scoring word in this pattern?

Zakuska is the highest-scoring example at 24 Scrabble points. Bazooka and mazurka follow at 22 points each, while gazooka, kachcha, and jambiya score 21. Those are base tile totals before any board premiums.

Are many of these words common?

No. Only 8 of the 256 matching words fall within the most common English vocabulary. Familiar examples include vanilla, madonna, mascara, and lasagna, but many other entries are less familiar.

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