8-letter words ending in A

8-letter words ending in A total 791 entries, from familiar VIRGINIA and UMBRELLA to high-scoring KAZATZKA.

791 wordsTop pick VIRGINIAHighest score KAZATZKA 34

29 of 791 are everyday words (4%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

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Z

S ends the most 8-letter words (14,500); V ends the fewest (5). A ranks #10 of 26. The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 29 · most-used first

VIRGINIA₁₂
VICTORIA₁₃
CRITERIA₁₀
BACTERIA₁₂
UMBRELLA₁₂
DEMENTIA₁₁
VALENCIA₁₃
VERONICA₁₃
DIARRHEA₁₂
ACADEMIA₁₃
ISABELLA₁₀
LEUKEMIA₁₄
DIASPORA₁₁
INSOMNIA₁₀
PARANOIA₁₀
BETHESDA₁₄
PANORAMA₁₂
HYSTERIA₁₄
METADATA₁₁
CHARISMA₁₅
SUBPOENA₁₂
LYMPHOMA₂₀
EUPHORIA₁₃
PLETHORA₁₃
MAGNOLIA₁₁
MELANOMA₁₂
VENDETTA₁₂
ANOREXIA₁₅
INSIGNIA₉

All valid words 791

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

ABDOMINA₁₃
ABRACHIA₁₅
ABSCISSA₁₂
ACADEMIA₁₃
ACELDAMA₁₃
ACHAENIA₁₃
ACHILLEA₁₃
ACIDEMIA₁₃
ACIDURIA₁₁
ADESPOTA₁₁
ADULARIA₉
ADYNAMIA₁₄
AGENESIA₉
AGLOSSIA₉
AGNOMINA₁₁
AGRAPHIA₁₄
AGRYPNIA₁₄
AKINESIA₁₂
ALBIZZIA₂₈
ALGAROBA₁₁
ALIGARTA₉
ALLELUIA₈
ALOCASIA₁₀
ALOPECIA₁₂
AMBERINA₁₂
AMBROSIA₁₂
AMPHIBIA₁₇
AMYGDALA₁₅
ANABAENA₁₀
ANACONDA₁₁
ANALECTA₁₀
ANALEMMA₁₂
ANAPHORA₁₃
ANASARCA₁₀
ANATHEMA₁₃
ANECDOTA₁₁
ANGELICA₁₁
ANOESTRA₈
ANOOPSIA₁₀
ANOREXIA₁₅
ANOXEMIA₁₇
ANTEFIXA₁₈
ANTHELIA₁₁
ANTHEMIA₁₃
ANTHODIA₁₂
ANTIDORA₉
ANTISERA₈
APIMANIA₁₂
APOLOGIA₁₁
APOSITIA₁₀
APYREXIA₂₀
AQUAFABA₂₂
ARAHUANA₁₁
ARAPAIMA₁₂
ARAPONGA₁₁
ARAPUNGA₁₁
ARBORETA₁₀
ARETHUSA₁₁
ARMONICA₁₂
ARYTHMIA₁₆
ASHTANGA₁₂
ASPERMIA₁₂
ASPHYXIA₂₃
ASPIRATA₁₀
ASTHANGA₁₂
ASTHENIA₁₁
ASTIGMIA₁₁
ASYNDETA₁₂
ATARAXIA₁₅
ATHEROMA₁₃
ATROPHIA₁₃
AUBRETIA₁₀
AUBRIETA₁₀
AURICULA₁₀
AUTOMATA₁₀
AUTOPSIA₁₀
AVIFAUNA₁₄
AXILEMMA₁₉
AXOLEMMA₁₉
AYURVEDA₁₅
AZOTEMIA₁₉
AZOTURIA₁₇
BABIRUSA₁₂
BABUSHKA₁₉
BACTERIA₁₂
BAIDARKA₁₅
BALLISTA₁₀
BANDANNA₁₁
BAPTISIA₁₂
BARATHEA₁₃
BARRANCA₁₂
BASILICA₁₂
BATTALIA₁₀
BAUHINIA₁₃
BEDSONIA₁₁
BERGENIA₁₁
BERRETTA₁₀
BERYLLIA₁₃
BETHESDA₁₄
BIGNONIA₁₁
BIRRETTA₁₀
BISCACHA₁₇
BIZCACHA₂₆
BLASTEMA₁₂
BLASTOMA₁₂
BLASTULA₁₀
BOLTONIA₁₀
BONSELLA₁₀
BORRELIA₁₀
BOTANICA₁₂
BRACIOLA₁₂
BRANCHIA₁₅
BRASSICA₁₂
BREGMATA₁₃
BRESAOLA₁₀
BRITZSKA₂₃
BROMELIA₁₂
BRONCHIA₁₅
BROUGHTA₁₄
BROUHAHA₁₆
BRUCELLA₁₂
BUDDLEIA₁₂
BURLETTA₁₀
CAATINGA₁₁
CABRESTA₁₂
CABRETTA₁₂
CABRILLA₁₂
CACHEXIA₂₂
CACHUCHA₂₀
CACUMINA₁₄
CALABAZA₂₁
CALAMATA₁₂
CALATHEA₁₃
CALCANEA₁₂
CALCARIA₁₂
CALCTUFA₁₅
CALDARIA₁₁
CALISAYA₁₃
CALVARIA₁₃
CALYPTRA₁₅
CAMBOGIA₁₅
CAMELLIA₁₂
CAMPAGNA₁₅
CAPITULA₁₂
CAPOEIRA₁₂
CAPONATA₁₂
CAPYBARA₁₇
CARACARA₁₂
CARAGANA₁₁
CARNAUBA₁₂
CARPALIA₁₂
CASTELLA₁₀
CATHEDRA₁₄
CATHISMA₁₅
CATTLEYA₁₃
CAVATINA₁₃
CECROPIA₁₄
CELOMATA₁₂
CERCARIA₁₂
CHALAZIA₂₂
CHAMPACA₁₉
CHAQUETA₂₂
CHARANGA₁₄
CHARISMA₁₅
CHATCHKA₂₂
CHICKPEA₂₁
CHILLADA₁₄
CHIMAERA₁₅
CHIMENEA₁₅
CHIMINEA₁₅
CHINAMPA₁₇
CHINKARA₁₇
CHIRAGRA₁₄
CHLOASMA₁₅
CHOLEMIA₁₅
CHURINGA₁₄
CHYLURIA₁₆
CIABATTA₁₂
CINCHONA₁₅
CISTERNA₁₀
CLAUSTRA₁₀
CLAUSULA₁₀
CLITELLA₁₀
COCCIDIA₁₅
COCINERA₁₂
COCOBOLA₁₄
COENOBIA₁₂
COLCHICA₁₇
COLLEGIA₁₁
COLLUVIA₁₃
COLLYRIA₁₃
COLOBOMA₁₄
COLUMNEA₁₂
COMATULA₁₂
CONFERVA₁₆
CONSULTA₁₀
CONTAGIA₁₁
CONTESSA₁₀
CONTINUA₁₀
CONURBIA₁₂
COPREMIA₁₄
COPROSMA₁₄
COQUILLA₁₉
CORMIDIA₁₃
COXALGIA₁₈
CREDENDA₁₂
CREDENZA₂₀
CRIBELLA₁₂
CRITERIA₁₀
CROMORNA₁₂
CROSTATA₁₀
CTENIDIA₁₁
CUBICULA₁₄
CUNABULA₁₂
CUTICULA₁₂
CYMBIDIA₁₈
CZAREVNA₂₂
CZARITSA₁₉
CZARITZA₂₈
DAHABIYA₁₇
DECENNIA₁₁
DEMENTIA₁₁
DEMERARA₁₁
DENTALIA₉
DENTARIA₉
DIARRHEA₁₂
DIASPORA₁₁
DIASTEMA₁₁
DICENTRA₁₁
DICHASIA₁₄
DIELYTRA₁₂
DIPLEGIA₁₂
DIPLOPIA₁₃
DIPLOZOA₂₀
DJELLABA₁₈
DRACAENA₁₁
DULCIANA₁₁
DULCINEA₁₁
DYSCHROA₁₇
DYSLALIA₁₂
DYSLEXIA₁₉
DYSMELIA₁₄
DYSPNOEA₁₄
DYSTAXIA₁₉
DYSTOCIA₁₄
DYSTONIA₁₂
DYSTOPIA₁₄
EARTHPEA₁₃
ECCLESIA₁₂
ECOTOPIA₁₂
EFFLUVIA₁₇
EGOMANIA₁₁
EMPANADA₁₃
ENCAENIA₁₀
ENDAMEBA₁₃
ENDOSTEA₉
ENGRAMMA₁₃
ENIGMATA₁₁
ENTAMEBA₁₂
EPENDYMA₁₆
EPHEMERA₁₅
EPICEDIA₁₃
EPIFAUNA₁₃
EPIMYSIA₁₅
EPITHECA₁₅
EPITHEMA₁₅
EPOPOEIA₁₂
EQUISETA₁₇
ERYTHEMA₁₆
ESTANCIA₁₀
ESTHESIA₁₁
ETCETERA₁₀
EUPEPSIA₁₂
EUPHOBIA₁₅
EUPHONIA₁₃
EUPHORIA₁₃
EUTHYMIA₁₆
EXCERPTA₁₉
EXONUMIA₁₇
FALDETTA₁₂
FANEGADA₁₃
FANTASIA₁₁
FASCIOLA₁₃
FASCISTA₁₃
FENESTRA₁₁
FETERITA₁₁
FIBRILLA₁₃
FISTIANA₁₁
FLABELLA₁₃
FLAGELLA₁₂
FLOTILLA₁₁
FOCACCIA₁₇
FORAMINA₁₃
FRITTATA₁₁
FUGHETTA₁₅
FURCRAEA₁₃
GALABEYA₁₄
GALABIYA₁₄
GALLABEA₁₁
GALLABIA₁₁
GALLERIA₉
GALTONIA₉
GAMBETTA₁₃
GAMBUSIA₁₃
GAMMADIA₁₄
GAMMATIA₁₃
GARCINIA₁₁
GARDENIA₁₀
GASTRAEA₉
GASTRULA₉
GELSEMIA₁₁
GEMATRIA₁₁
GERARDIA₁₀
GEROPIGA₁₂
GESNERIA₉
GLABELLA₁₁
GLADIOLA₁₀
GLAUCOMA₁₃
GLIOMATA₁₁
GLORIOSA₉
GLOSSINA₉
GLOXINIA₁₆
GLUMELLA₁₁
GLYCEMIA₁₆
GLYCERIA₁₄
GOLCONDA₁₂
GOLFIANA₁₂
GOLGOTHA₁₃
GUERILLA₉
GURDWARA₁₃
GYMKHANA₂₁
GYMNASIA₁₄
GYNAECEA₁₄
GYNAECIA₁₄
GYNOECIA₁₄
HABANERA₁₃
HACIENDA₁₄
HAMARTIA₁₃
HAPHTARA₁₆
HAPLOPIA₁₅
HATTERIA₁₁
HEARTPEA₁₃
HEKETARA₁₅
HEMATOMA₁₅
HEMIOLIA₁₃
HEMIOPIA₁₅
HEPATICA₁₅
HEPATOMA₁₅
HERBARIA₁₃
HETAIRIA₁₁
HEUCHERA₁₆
HINAHINA₁₄
HIRAGANA₁₂
HORCHATA₁₆
HORDEOLA₁₂
HOROKAKA₁₉
HOSPITIA₁₃
HYDREMIA₁₇
HYDRILLA₁₅
HYDROZOA₂₄
HYPALGIA₁₇
HYPHEMIA₂₁
HYPOGAEA₁₇
HYPONOIA₁₆
HYPOPNEA₁₈
HYSTERIA₁₄
ICEKHANA₁₇
IMPLUVIA₁₅
INSIGNIA₉
INSOMNIA₁₀
INTARSIA₈
INTIFADA₁₂
ISABELLA₁₀
ISCHEMIA₁₅
ISCHURIA₁₃
IZVESTIA₂₀
JAPONICA₁₉
JARARACA₁₇
JARARAKA₁₉
JAVELINA₁₈
JIPIJAPA₂₆
KABLOONA₁₄
KALAMATA₁₄
KALYPTRA₁₇
KAMAAINA₁₄
KARATEKA₁₆
KAREAREA₁₂
KATAKANA₁₆
KATCHINA₁₇
KAUMATUA₁₄
KAVAKAVA₂₂
KAWAKAWA₂₂
KAZATZKA₃₄
KERATOMA₁₄
KHANSAMA₁₇
KIELBASA₁₄
KINAKINA₁₆
KOLBASSA₁₄
KOMBUCHA₂₁
KRAMERIA₁₄
LABRUSCA₁₂
LAVALAVA₁₄
LAVATERA₁₁
LECANORA₁₀
LEKGOTLA₁₃
LEUCEMIA₁₂
LEUKEMIA₁₄
LEVODOPA₁₄
LINGUICA₁₁
LINGUISA₉
LIPAEMIA₁₂
LIPOMATA₁₂
LISTERIA₈
LITHEMIA₁₃
LODICULA₁₁
LONICERA₁₀
LYMPHOMA₂₀
MACAHUBA₁₇
MADRASSA₁₁
MAGNESIA₁₁
MAGNOLIA₁₁
MAHARAJA₂₀
MAIOLICA₁₂
MAJOLICA₁₉
MALAROMA₁₂
MALVASIA₁₃
MAMALIGA₁₃
MAMMILLA₁₄
MANDIOCA₁₃
MANDORLA₁₁
MANTILLA₁₀
MANTISSA₁₀
MANUBRIA₁₂
MANYATTA₁₃
MARCELLA₁₂
MARCHESA₁₅
MARINARA₁₀
MARINERA₁₀
MARIPOSA₁₂
MARSUPIA₁₂
MARTYRIA₁₃
MASSOOLA₁₀
MATADORA₁₁
MATAMATA₁₂
MAUSOLEA₁₀
MAZAEDIA₂₀
MAZOURKA₂₃
MBAQANGA₂₂
MECHITZA₂₄
MELANOMA₁₂
MELODICA₁₃
MENSTRUA₁₀
MESHUGGA₁₅
MESOGLEA₁₁
METADATA₁₁
METANOIA₁₀
METASOMA₁₂
MIASMATA₁₂
MILIARIA₁₀
MILTONIA₁₀
MINNEOLA₁₀
MOKOPUNA₁₆
MOLLUSCA₁₂
MONSTERA₁₀
MONTARIA₁₀
MOUSSAKA₁₄
MOVIEOLA₁₃
MOZZETTA₂₈
MRIDANGA₁₂
MUCHACHA₂₀
MYCETOMA₁₇
MYOTONIA₁₃
MYXAMEBA₂₄
MYXEDEMA₂₃
MYXOMATA₂₂
NASSELLA₈
NAVICULA₁₃
NOCTURIA₁₀
NONQUOTA₁₇
NUBECULA₁₂
NYMPHAEA₁₈
OCCIPITA₁₄
ODONTOMA₁₁
OEDEMATA₁₁
OITICICA₁₂
OLIGEMIA₁₁
OLIGURIA₉
OMBRELLA₁₂
OMNIVORA₁₃
ONGAONGA₁₀
OPERCULA₁₂
OPERETTA₁₀
OPUSCULA₁₂
ORCHELLA₁₃
ORCHILLA₁₃
PAHAUTEA₁₃
PALESTRA₁₀
PALLADIA₁₁
PALPEBRA₁₄
PANATELA₁₀
PANCETTA₁₂
PANDEMIA₁₃
PANETELA₁₀
PANMIXIA₁₉
PANORAMA₁₂
PARABEMA₁₄
PARABOLA₁₂
PARANOEA₁₀
PARANOIA₁₀
PARAPARA₁₂
PARHELIA₁₃
PAROEMIA₁₂
PAROSMIA₁₂
PAROUSIA₁₀
PASHMINA₁₅
PELLAGRA₁₁
PENUMBRA₁₄
PEPONIDA₁₃
PERFECTA₁₅
PERIAGUA₁₁
PETECHIA₁₅
PHACELIA₁₅
PHELONIA₁₃
PHOTINIA₁₃
PHOTOPIA₁₅
PHRYGANA₁₇
PHYSALIA₁₆
PIASSABA₁₂
PIASSAVA₁₃
PIGNOLIA₁₁
PITAHAYA₁₆
PIZZERIA₂₈
PLACENTA₁₂
PLANARIA₁₀
PLANURIA₁₀
PLATANNA₁₀
PLATYSMA₁₅
PLETHORA₁₃
PLUMERIA₁₂
PNEUMATA₁₂
POLLINIA₁₀
POLYGALA₁₄
POLYPNEA₁₅
POLYURIA₁₃
POSTCAVA₁₅
PREDELLA₁₁
PRESCUTA₁₂
PRESIDIA₁₁
PROFORMA₁₅
PROGERIA₁₁
PROTOZOA₁₉
PRUNELLA₁₀
PRYTANEA₁₃
PSORALEA₁₀
PTERYGIA₁₄
PUERPERA₁₂
PUTAMINA₁₂
PYCNIDIA₁₆
PYODERMA₁₆
PYORRHEA₁₆
QINDARKA₂₂
QUADRIGA₁₉
QUILLAIA₁₇
QUILLAJA₂₄
QUINELLA₁₇
QUINIELA₁₇
RACHILLA₁₃
RADIALIA₉
RAKSHASA₁₅
RAMTILLA₁₀
RANCHERA₁₃
RANGIORA₉
RAPHANIA₁₃
REDDENDA₁₁
RENDZINA₁₈
REPTILIA₁₀
RESINATA₈
RESPONSA₁₀
RETICULA₁₀
RETINULA₈
REWAREWA₁₄
RHIZOBIA₂₂
ROSTELLA₈
RUTABAGA₁₁
SACRARIA₁₀
SALICETA₁₀
SALSILLA₈
SAMSKARA₁₄
SANTERIA₈
SAPREMIA₁₂
SAPUCAIA₁₂
SARGASSA₉
SARMENTA₁₀
SASANQUA₁₇
SASARARA₈
SASTRUGA₉
SAVASANA₁₁
SAYONARA₁₁
SCABIOSA₁₂
SCHAPSKA₁₉
SCHEMATA₁₅
SCIATICA₁₂
SCLEREMA₁₂
SCLEROMA₁₂
SCOLIOMA₁₂
SCOTOMIA₁₂
SCOTOPIA₁₂
SCROFULA₁₃
SCUTELLA₁₀
SEMANTRA₁₀
SEMICOMA₁₄
SEMIGALA₁₁
SEMINOMA₁₂
SEMOLINA₁₀
SEMUNCIA₁₂
SENORITA₈
SENSILLA₈
SENSORIA₈
SEPARATA₁₀
SEPTARIA₁₀
SEPTLEVA₁₃
SEPTORIA₁₀
SERENATA₈
SHAMIANA₁₃
SHAWARMA₁₆
SHECHITA₁₆
SHIGELLA₁₂
SHILLALA₁₁
SHRADDHA₁₆
SIDALCEA₁₁
SIGNORIA₉
SILICULA₁₀
SIMARUBA₁₂
SINFONIA₁₁
SITTELLA₈
SNOWFLEA₁₄
SONATINA₈
SORBARIA₁₀
SPARTINA₁₀
SPIRILLA₁₀
SPORIDIA₁₁
SPOROZOA₁₉
SQUAMULA₁₉
SRIRACHA₁₃
STAPELIA₁₀
STAROSTA₈
STEATOMA₁₀
STEMMATA₁₂
STERIGMA₁₁
STICHERA₁₃
STIGMATA₁₁
STOCCATA₁₂
STOKESIA₁₂
STOMODEA₁₁
STOTINKA₁₂
STROBILA₁₀
STROMATA₁₀
STRONTIA₈
SUBCOSTA₁₂
SUBMENTA₁₂
SUBPHYLA₁₈
SUBPOENA₁₂
SUBTOPIA₁₂
SUBUCULA₁₂
SUBURBIA₁₂
SUDAMINA₁₁
SVASTIKA₁₅
SWASTICA₁₃
SWASTIKA₁₅
SWEETPEA₁₃
SYMPODIA₁₆
SYMPOSIA₁₅
SYNANGIA₁₂
SYNAPHEA₁₆
SYNCYTIA₁₆
SYNECHIA₁₆
SYNEDRIA₁₂
SYNERGIA₁₂
SYNKARYA₁₈
SYNTAGMA₁₄
SYSSITIA₁₁
TAKAMAKA₁₈
TAMANDUA₁₁
TAMBOURA₁₂
TAPADERA₁₁
TAQUERIA₁₇
TEGMENTA₁₁
TEGUMINA₁₁
TENACULA₁₀
TENTORIA₈
TEQUILLA₁₇
TERATOMA₁₀
TERRARIA₈
TERRELLA₈
TERZETTA₁₇
TESSELLA₈
TETRAPLA₁₀
THERIACA₁₃
THIOTEPA₁₃
THIOUREA₁₁
TIGRIDIA₁₀
TITHONIA₁₁
TOKONOMA₁₄
TOPALGIA₁₁
TOQUILLA₁₇
TORMENTA₁₀
TORTILLA₈
TOURISTA₈
TOXAEMIA₁₇
TOXOCARA₁₇
TRACHOMA₁₅
TRAPEZIA₁₉
TRAUMATA₁₀
TRICHINA₁₃
TRIDACNA₁₁
TRIENNIA₈
TRIFECTA₁₃
TRIFORIA₁₁
TRIHEDRA₁₂
TRILEMMA₁₂
TRIPTYCA₁₅
TRIPUDIA₁₁
TRISTEZA₁₇
TRITONIA₈
TROCHLEA₁₃
TROPARIA₁₀
TSAREVNA₁₁
TSARITSA₈
TSARITZA₁₇
TYROPITA₁₃
TZAREVNA₂₀
TZARITZA₂₆
ULTIMATA₁₀
UMBRELLA₁₂
UNDERSEA₉
UNGUENTA₉
UREDINIA₉
URINEMIA₁₀
UROPYGIA₁₄
VACCINIA₁₅
VAGINULA₁₂
VALENCIA₁₃
VALLONIA₁₁
VELAMINA₁₃
VELATURA₁₁
VENDETTA₁₂
VERATRIA₁₁
VERONICA₁₃
VERTEBRA₁₃
VESICULA₁₃
VESTIGIA₁₂
VIBRISSA₁₃
VICTORIA₁₃
VIEWDATA₁₅
VINIFERA₁₄
VIRAEMIA₁₃
VIRGINIA₁₂
VIRTUOSA₁₁
VISCACHA₁₈
VISCARIA₁₃
VITICETA₁₃
VIVIPARA₁₆
VIZCACHA₂₇
VULSELLA₁₁
VUVUZELA₂₃
WAHCONDA₁₇
WEIGELIA₁₂
WISTARIA₁₁
WISTERIA₁₁
XANTHOMA₂₀
XENOPHYA₂₃
XEROMATA₁₇
XYLOMATA₂₀
YARMULKA₁₇
YERSINIA₁₁
YOKOZUNA₂₄
YTTERBIA₁₃
ZAKOUSKA₂₅
ZAMBOMBA₂₅
ZAMPOGNA₂₂
ZARZUELA₂₆
ZASTRUGA₁₈
ZIRCONIA₁₉
ZOIATRIA₁₇
ZOOCYTIA₂₂
ZOOGLOEA₁₈
ZOOMANIA₁₉
ZOONOMIA₁₉
ZUCHETTA₂₂
ZYGANTRA₂₁
ZYGOMATA₂₃

Letters by positionIn 33% of these words the 7th letter is I.

1st letter

S12%
C12%
A10%

2nd letter

A23%
E12%
O9%

4th letter

A14%
T10%
R8%

5th letter

E18%
A12%
I10%

6th letter

A13%
N9%
R9%

7th letter

I33%
L11%
T10%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 12 in Scrabble; KAZATZKA tops the list with 34. Scores before board bonuses.

88 points: 29 words
9 points: 27 words
1010 points: 101 words
11 points: 106 words
1212 points: 141 words
13 points: 103 words
1414 points: 61 words
15 points: 56 words
1616 points: 30 words
17 points: 42 words
1818 points: 14 words
19 points: 24 words
2020 points: 12 words
21 points: 6 words
2222 points: 15 words
23 points: 7 words
2424 points: 5 words
25 points: 2 words
2626 points: 4 words
27 points: 1 words
2828 points: 4 words
29 points: 0 words
3030 points: 0 words
31 points: 0 words
3232 points: 0 words
33 points: 0 words
3434 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
KAZATZKA	34	34	Collins only
PIZZERIA	28	29	All three
MOZZETTA	28	29	All three
CZARITZA	28	29	All three
ALBIZZIA	28	30	All three
VIZCACHA	27	29	All three
ZARZUELA	26	28	All three
JIPIJAPA	26	32	All three
TZARITZA	26	26	All three
BIZCACHA	26	28	Collins only
ZAMBOMBA	25	29	Collins only
ZAKOUSKA	25	26	Collins only

This ending has a striking mix: 29 entries rank among common English words, while the full set includes proper names such as VICTORIA and VALENCIA. It also includes everyday nouns like UMBRELLA and PANORAMA. Of the 791 words, 657 have definitions, so a large share are recognizable, even though plenty are specialist or uncommon.

Quick facts about words ending in A

There are 791 eight-letter entries ending in A across the tournament dictionaries.
KAZATZKA leads the scoring list at 34 points; PIZZERIA scores 28.
S is the most frequent first letter, with 97 entries; C is close behind at 96.
The set includes 29 common words, including UMBRELLA, CRITERIA, and ACADEMIA.

How do 8-letter words ending in A compare by length?

The eight-letter group sits between larger seven-letter and smaller nine-letter groups: 970 words ending in A have seven letters, compared with 791 at eight letters and 651 at nine. The count rises through seven letters, then falls, making eight letters a substantial middle ground rather than the peak.

That shape is unusual beside the same-length endings that dominate the list. There are 14,500 eight-letter words ending in S and 4,577 ending in E, far more than the 791 ending in A. A final A narrows the search sharply, but still leaves hundreds of choices.

Starting letters cluster at the top: S and C account for 193 entries together, while A contributes 82. If your pattern has another known letter, use it alongside the final A to narrow the candidates.

Which 8-letter words ending in A score highest?

KAZATZKA is the top scorer at 34 points on standard Scrabble tile values, with its two Z tiles driving the total. PIZZERIA, MOZZETTA, CZARITZA, and ALBIZZIA each reach 28, so a less familiar spelling can outscore an ordinary-looking choice.

The dictionary counts differ: Collins includes 764 entries, NWL2023 includes 584, and ENABLE includes 499. Those are overlapping word lists, not separate batches to add together, so a word accepted in one game may not be accepted in another.

For a safer choice, start with recognizable examples such as VIRGINIA, VICTORIA, or UMBRELLA, then check your game's word list. The score leader is a poor everyday guess if your opponent or game uses a narrower dictionary.

Questions people ask

How many common 8-letter words end in A?

There are 29 common words among the 791 eight-letter entries ending in A. Familiar examples include UMBRELLA, PANORAMA, CHARISMA, and INSOMNIA. The remaining entries include less familiar forms and names such as VIRGINIA, VICTORIA, and VALENCIA, so the full set is broader than everyday vocabulary.

Which starting letter appears most often in this list?

S appears most often, with 97 words ending in A, just ahead of C at 96. A is third with 82. That near tie between S and C means the first letter alone barely separates those two groups; another known letter can make a pattern clue much more selective.

Are all 791 words accepted in every word game?

No, acceptance depends on the game's dictionary. Collins covers 764 of these entries, NWL2023 covers 584, and ENABLE covers 499; the lists overlap, and their counts are not meant to be added. Check the word list used by your game before relying on an unfamiliar answer.

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