9-letter words ending in A
9-letter words ending in A total 651 across tournament dictionaries, including familiar choices such as PENINSULA, ORCHESTRA, and SUPERNOVA.
18 of 651 are everyday words (3%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.
S ends the most 9-letter words (16,180); V ends the fewest (1). A ranks #12 of 26. The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.
Common words
- MARIJUANA18
- PENINSULA11
- ORCHESTRA14
- PHENOMENA16
- PNEUMONIA13
- NOSTALGIA10
- INFLUENZA21
- CAFETERIA14
- GUERRILLA10
- MARGARITA12
- CHIHUAHUA20
- MILLENNIA11
- ANDROMEDA13
- BRITANNIA11
- CLEOPATRA13
- CARCINOMA15
- SUPERNOVA14
- BALLERINA11
All valid words 651
- ACALCULIA13
- ACETABULA13
- ACHALASIA14
- ACROTERIA11
- ADENOMATA12
- ADIAPHORA15
- AESTHESIA12
- AFFLUENZA24
- AGALACTIA12
- AKATHISIA16
- ALCARRAZA20
- ALFILARIA12
- ALFILERIA12
- ALGARROBA12
- ALLIGARTA10
- ALLODYNIA13
- ALPARGATA12
- AMBLYOPIA18
- AMBULACRA15
- AMETROPIA13
- AMSINCKIA17
- AMYOTONIA14
- ANAEROBIA11
- ANALGESIA10
- ANAPLASIA11
- ANAPLASMA13
- ANARTHRIA12
- ANCHOVETA17
- ANDROECIA12
- ANDROMEDA13
- ANGIOMATA12
- ANGOPHORA15
- ANGOSTURA10
- ANHEDONIA13
- ANODONTIA10
- ANOXAEMIA18
- APIPHOBIA18
- APOCRYPHA21
- APOPHENIA16
- APOTHECIA16
- APPALOOSA13
- AQUATINTA18
- AQUILEGIA19
- ARAUCARIA11
- ARGUMENTA12
- ARHYTHMIA20
- ARPILLERA11
- ARRACACHA16
- ARTEMISIA11
- ARTHRODIA13
- ASAFETIDA13
- ASCOGONIA12
- ASTRANTIA9
- ASYNERGIA13
- AUBRIETIA11
- AUDIENCIA12
- AUDITORIA10
- AUTOPISTA11
- AYAHUASCA17
- AZOTAEMIA20
- BABIRUSSA13
- BALACLAVA16
- BALALAIKA15
- BALLERINA11
- BARASINGA12
- BARRACUDA14
- BATRACHIA16
- BECCACCIA19
- BILHARZIA23
- BIOPHILIA16
- BOOBIALLA13
- BOUSOUKIA15
- BOUVARDIA15
- BOUZOUKIA24
- BRITANNIA11
- BRITSCHKA20
- BRITTANIA11
- BROWALLIA14
- CABALETTA13
- CACHAEMIA18
- CACOTOPIA15
- CAFETERIA14
- CAFETORIA14
- CALANDRIA12
- CALENDULA12
- CALYPTERA16
- CAMARILLA13
- CAMPANULA15
- CANEPHORA16
- CANTILENA11
- CAPICOLLA15
- CAPITELLA13
- CAPOCCHIA20
- CARAMBOLA15
- CARBIDOPA16
- CARBONARA13
- CARCINOMA15
- CARNAHUBA16
- CARNIVORA14
- CASCADURA14
- CASUARINA11
- CATAMENIA13
- CATAPHORA16
- CATATONIA11
- CAUSALGIA12
- CEBADILLA14
- CENTAUREA11
- CEREBELLA13
- CESAREVNA14
- CEVADILLA15
- CHAKALAKA22
- CHARMONIA16
- CHELICERA16
- CHERIMOYA19
- CHIAREZZA32
- CHIASMATA16
- CHIHUAHUA20
- CHIPOCHIA21
- CHIPOLATA16
- CHIRIMOYA19
- CHLAMYDIA20
- CHLORELLA14
- CHOLAEMIA16
- CHONDROMA17
- CHROMIDIA17
- CIGUATERA12
- CINERARIA11
- CLAVICULA16
- CLAYTONIA14
- CLEOPATRA13
- CLEPSYDRA17
- CLERUCHIA16
- CLINTONIA11
- COELOMATA13
- COGNOMINA14
- COLLINSIA11
- COLLOQUIA20
- COLUMELLA13
- COMPENDIA16
- COMPLUVIA18
- CONDYLOMA17
- CONSORTIA11
- CONTADINA12
- COPYPASTA18
- CORBICULA15
- CORNICULA13
- COSMORAMA15
- COSTALGIA12
- COWABUNGA17
- CROCOSMIA15
- CRUSTACEA13
- CRYPTADIA17
- CUADRILLA12
- CURANDERA12
- CURRICULA13
- CYCLORAMA18
- CYTOPENIA16
- DANTHONIA13
- DECAHEDRA16
- DELPHINIA15
- DHARMSALA15
- DIARRHOEA13
- DICHONDRA16
- DIDRACHMA18
- DIGLOSSIA11
- DINOMANIA12
- DIPLOMATA14
- DIPLONEMA14
- DISHDASHA17
- DOCUDRAMA15
- DOGARESSA11
- DULCAMARA14
- DYSCHROIA18
- DYSCRASIA15
- DYSPEPSIA17
- DYSPHAGIA19
- DYSPHASIA18
- DYSPHONIA18
- DYSPHORIA18
- DYSPLASIA15
- DYSPRAXIA22
- DYSTHESIA16
- DYSTHYMIA21
- ECHEVERIA17
- ECHINACEA16
- ECHOLALIA14
- ECLAMPSIA15
- ECOPHOBIA18
- ECTHYMATA19
- EDUSKUNTA14
- EMBLEMATA15
- EMBOSCATA15
- EMPHYSEMA21
- EMPYEMATA18
- EMPYREUMA18
- ENCEPHALA16
- ENCHILADA15
- ENDAMOEBA14
- ENTAMOEBA13
- EPICARDIA14
- EPICENTRA13
- EPICRANIA13
- EPILIMNIA13
- EPINEURIA11
- EPIRRHEMA16
- EPISTERNA11
- EPITHELIA14
- ERGOMANIA12
- ERVALENTA12
- ERYTHRINA15
- ESOTERICA11
- ESOTROPIA11
- EUCRYPHIA19
- EUDEMONIA12
- EUPHORBIA16
- EXANTHEMA21
- EXODONTIA17
- EXOSPORIA18
- EXOTROPIA18
- FANFARONA15
- FEBRICULA16
- FEISEANNA12
- FIBROMATA16
- FIDELISTA13
- FILOPODIA15
- FIORATURA12
- FIORITURA12
- FORSYTHIA18
- FRAMBESIA16
- FRANSERIA12
- FUMATORIA14
- GALLABIYA15
- GARGANTUA11
- GENERALIA10
- GENITALIA10
- GEOCORONA12
- GEOPHAGIA16
- GIRANDOLA11
- GLOCHIDIA16
- GLYCAEMIA17
- GOLOMYNKA19
- GONORRHEA13
- GOODFELLA14
- GORGONEIA11
- GRANDMAMA15
- GRANDPAPA15
- GRANULOMA12
- GRAVAMINA15
- GREMOLATA12
- GREVILLEA13
- GRINDELIA11
- GUANABANA12
- GUAYABERA15
- GUBERNIYA15
- GUERRILLA10
- HAEMATOMA16
- HARAMZADA24
- HARMONICA16
- HAUSTELLA12
- HAUSTORIA12
- HELICONIA14
- HEMATOZOA23
- HEMATURIA14
- HEMELYTRA17
- HEMIALGIA15
- HEMIOPSIA16
- HERBIVORA17
- HEXAHEDRA23
- HIBAKUSHA21
- HIERATICA14
- HOLOHEDRA16
- HONORARIA12
- HOROLOGIA13
- HORTENSIA12
- HOUSTONIA12
- HYALONEMA17
- HYBRIDOMA20
- HYDRAEMIA18
- HYDRANGEA17
- HYDROMATA18
- HYDROSOMA18
- HYGROMATA18
- HYPANTHIA20
- HYPERBOLA19
- HYPEREMIA19
- HYPERNOVA20
- HYPEROPIA19
- HYPERPNEA19
- HYPODERMA20
- HYPOMANIA19
- HYPOPNOEA19
- HYPOTHECA22
- HYPOTONIA17
- HYPOXEMIA26
- IMINOUREA11
- INAMORATA11
- INCOGNITA12
- INDIVIDUA14
- INDUMENTA12
- INFLUENZA21
- INFOMANIA14
- INFUSORIA12
- INVOLUCRA14
- IRREDENTA10
- IRRIDENTA10
- ISCHAEMIA16
- ISEIKONIA13
- ISLOMANIA11
- ISPAGHULA15
- IZVESTIYA24
- JACARANDA19
- JAMBALAYA23
- JAMBOLANA20
- JETTATURA16
- JINRIKSHA23
- JUVENILIA19
- KADAITCHA19
- KAHIKATEA20
- KAHIKATOA20
- KAIKAWAKA24
- KERYGMATA19
- KETONEMIA15
- KETONURIA13
- KNIPHOFIA21
- LACUNARIA11
- LAMINARIA11
- LAQUEARIA18
- LATIMERIA11
- LEIOMYOMA16
- LESPEDEZA21
- LEUCAEMIA13
- LEUKAEMIA15
- LINCRUSTA11
- LOGORRHEA13
- LUMINARIA11
- MACADAMIA16
- MACROGLIA14
- MACROPSIA15
- MAIASAURA11
- MALAGUENA12
- MALPIGHIA17
- MANDIOCCA16
- MANTICORA13
- MANZANITA20
- MARABUNTA13
- MARANATHA14
- MARGARITA12
- MARIHUANA14
- MARIJUANA18
- MATACHINA16
- MATAMBALA15
- MATRICULA13
- MAXILLULA18
- MEGAFAUNA15
- MEGAFLORA15
- MEIOFAUNA14
- MELALEUCA13
- MELANURIA11
- MELISMATA13
- MELODRAMA14
- MELOMANIA13
- MEMORANDA14
- MENORRHEA14
- MESENTERA11
- MESOGLOEA12
- METRALGIA12
- MEZZALUNA29
- MICROGLIA14
- MICROPSIA15
- MILITARIA11
- MILLENNIA11
- MIRABILIA13
- MIRACIDIA14
- MONODRAMA14
- MONOMANIA13
- MONOPODIA14
- MONOPTERA13
- MORATORIA11
- MULTIPARA13
- MYCOFLORA19
- MYCORHIZA28
- MYELOMATA16
- MYOCARDIA17
- MYRIORAMA16
- MYXAMOEBA25
- MYXOEDEMA24
- NANOTESLA9
- NARCOMATA13
- NATATORIA9
- NAUMACHIA16
- NEMOPHILA16
- NEOPHILIA14
- NEOPHOBIA16
- NEOPILINA11
- NEOPLASIA11
- NEOTEINIA9
- NEPHRIDIA15
- NEURALGIA10
- NEUROGLIA10
- NEUROMATA11
- NICOTIANA11
- NIDAMENTA12
- NOCTILUCA13
- NOSTALGIA10
- NOTABILIA11
- NULLIPARA11
- OCEANARIA11
- OCTAHEDRA15
- OCTOHEDRA15
- OENOMANIA11
- OENOTHERA12
- OLIGAEMIA12
- OMMATIDIA14
- OMOPHAGIA17
- OMOPHORIA16
- OPSOMANIA13
- ORCHESTRA14
- OSMETERIA11
- OSSIFRAGA13
- OSTEOMATA11
- OTORRHOEA12
- PALAESTRA11
- PALILALIA11
- PALINOPIA13
- PANACHAEA16
- PANATELLA11
- PANCRATIA13
- PANETELLA11
- PANJANDRA19
- PAPILLOMA15
- PARAKELIA15
- PARALALIA11
- PARALEXIA18
- PARALOGIA12
- PARAMATTA13
- PARAMECIA15
- PARAMENTA13
- PARAPODIA14
- PARRHESIA14
- PARTITURA11
- PAULOWNIA14
- PENINSULA11
- PENNATULA11
- PENTALPHA16
- PENTATHLA14
- PENULTIMA13
- PEPEROMIA15
- PERIDINIA12
- PERIGONIA12
- PERIHELIA14
- PERIKARYA18
- PERIMYSIA16
- PERIOSTEA11
- PERIPETIA13
- PERITONEA11
- PEROVSKIA18
- PESHMERGA17
- PHAGEDENA16
- PHANTASMA16
- PHENOMENA16
- PHILISTIA14
- PHILOMELA16
- PHILOPENA16
- PHLYCTENA19
- PHOTOPSIA16
- PHYLLODIA18
- PINTADERA12
- PIZZAIOLA29
- PLASMODIA14
- PLEONEXIA18
- PLURIPARA13
- PNEUMONIA13
- POINCIANA13
- POLLYANNA14
- POLYANTHA17
- POLYHEDRA18
- POLYLEMMA18
- POLYPARIA16
- PONDEROSA12
- PORPHYRIA19
- PORTULACA13
- POSTULATA11
- POZZOLANA29
- PRAELUDIA12
- PRAESIDIA12
- PRANAYAMA16
- PRENOMINA13
- PRESTERNA11
- PRIMAVERA16
- PRIMIPARA15
- PRIMORDIA14
- PRINCIPIA15
- PROCAMBIA17
- PROCTODEA14
- PRONEPHRA16
- PROPAGULA14
- PROPOSITA13
- PROPYLAEA16
- PROSCENIA13
- PROSEUCHA16
- PROSOMATA13
- PROSTERNA11
- PROSTOMIA13
- PROTONEMA13
- PSALTERIA11
- PUERPERIA13
- PUTONGHUA15
- PUZZOLANA29
- PYORRHOEA17
- PYRAMIDIA17
- PYROMANIA16
- QUADRELLA19
- QUADRIVIA22
- QUINQUINA27
- RAFFLESIA15
- RANCHERIA14
- RANGATIRA10
- RAUWOLFIA15
- REFERENDA13
- RETICELLA11
- REVALENTA12
- RHACHILLA17
- RHIZOMATA23
- RIBATTUTA11
- RICERCATA13
- RODGERSIA11
- RUDBECKIA18
- RUSTICANA11
- SABADILLA12
- SACRALGIA12
- SANATORIA9
- SANITARIA9
- SANITORIA9
- SANTOLINA9
- SANTONICA11
- SAPODILLA12
- SAPONARIA11
- SAPRAEMIA13
- SARCOMATA13
- SASSARARA9
- SATINETTA9
- SCAGLIOLA12
- SCHECHITA19
- SCINTILLA11
- SCLEROTIA11
- SCOTOMATA13
- SEAQUARIA18
- SEBORRHEA14
- SENHORITA12
- SENTENTIA9
- SEPTENNIA11
- SEQUESTRA18
- SESTERTIA9
- SHAVASANA15
- SICILIANA11
- SICKLEMIA17
- SIGNORINA10
- SIMAROUBA13
- SIMPLICIA15
- SIMULACRA13
- SINCIPITA13
- SINNINGIA10
- SITATUNGA10
- SITUTUNGA10
- SKORDALIA14
- SLIVOVICA17
- SOLFATARA12
- SOPAPILLA13
- SOUVLAKIA16
- SPANAEMIA13
- SPERMARIA13
- SPERMATIA13
- SPINARAMA13
- SPIRACULA13
- SPIROGYRA15
- SPIRULINA11
- SPONSALIA11
- SPORANGIA12
- SPREKELIA15
- SQUAMELLA20
- STEGOMYIA15
- STERCULIA11
- STERNEBRA11
- STICHARIA14
- STICHIDIA15
- STOMODAEA12
- STRYCHNIA17
- SUBGENERA12
- SUBMUCOSA15
- SUBSCHEMA18
- SUBSELLIA11
- SUBSTRATA11
- SUDATORIA10
- SUPERNOVA14
- SYNALEPHA17
- SYNANDRIA13
- SYNAPHEIA17
- SYNAXARIA19
- SYPHILOMA19
- TACHYPNEA19
- TALEGALLA10
- TANTARARA9
- TARANTARA9
- TARANTULA9
- TARSALGIA10
- TENTACULA11
- TEPIDARIA12
- TERRAMARA11
- TESSITURA9
- THEOMANIA14
- THYMOMATA19
- TOCCATINA13
- TRABECULA13
- TRANSENNA9
- TRATTORIA9
- TREPONEMA13
- TRICLINIA11
- TRIPITAKA15
- TRIQUETRA18
- TRISKELIA13
- TROPAEOLA11
- TUBERCULA13
- TULAREMIA11
- TYPOMANIA16
- TYROPITTA14
- UMBRACULA15
- UNCINARIA11
- UROLAGNIA10
- URTICARIA11
- VAGOTONIA13
- VALLECULA14
- VARICELLA14
- VEDUTISTA13
- VESTIBULA14
- VIBRACULA16
- VICTROLLA14
- VIPASSANA14
- VOMITORIA14
- WHAKAPAPA23
- WHILLYWHA24
- XENOMANIA18
- XENOMENIA18
- XERODERMA19
- XEROSTOMA18
- XYLORIMBA23
- ZAPOTILLA20
- ZELOTYPIA23
- ZOOLATRIA18
- ZOOPHILIA23
- ZOOPHOBIA25
- ZOOTHECIA23
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHIAREZZA | 32 | 32 | Collins only |
| POZZOLANA | 29 | 32 | All three |
| MEZZALUNA | 29 | 33 | Collins · NWL |
| PIZZAIOLA | 29 | 31 | Collins · NWL |
| PUZZOLANA | 29 | 33 | Collins only |
| MYCORHIZA | 28 | 28 | Collins · NWL |
| QUINQUINA | 27 | 31 | Collins only |
| HYPOXEMIA | 26 | 26 | All three |
| MYXAMOEBA | 25 | 27 | Collins · NWL |
| ZOOPHOBIA | 25 | 26 | Collins · NWL |
| AFFLUENZA | 24 | 27 | Collins · NWL |
| IZVESTIYA | 24 | 24 | Collins only |
Only 18 entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so many matches are unfamiliar. Collins includes 635, NWL2023 includes 408, and ENABLE includes 279; those overlapping counts are not separate groups to add together. Definitions are available for 553 entries, even when the words themselves are uncommon.
At a glance: the A-ending nine-letter set
- A total of 651 words fit this pattern in at least one tournament dictionary.
- Only 18 entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
- P leads as the first letter with 90 words; C follows with 79.
- CHIAREZZA tops the score table at 32 points, ahead of a four-way tie at 29.
Which first letters appear most often?
P, C, and S account for 240 entries together, roughly 37% of the full set. P contributes 90, C contributes 79, and S contributes 71, so these openings dominate the most common starting-letter groups.
Examples make the pattern easy to scan: PENINSULA starts with P, CAFETERIA with C, and SUPERNOVA with S. A comes next with 60 entries, followed by M with 51. ORCHESTRA, PHENOMENA, and NOSTALGIA show the variety among the more recognizable words.
Which 9-letter words ending in A score highest?
CHIAREZZA scores 32, while POZZOLANA, MEZZALUNA, PIZZAIOLA, and PUZZOLANA each score 29. MYCORHIZA follows at 28. The average score across the set is 14.7, so these leaders sit well above the typical entry.
The ending alone does not make every word playable in every game. Collins contains 635 matches, compared with 408 in NWL2023 and 279 in ENABLE, so acceptance depends on the word list your game uses. Check that list before committing an unfamiliar entry.
For 9-letter words ending in A, the practical limitation is rarity: only 18 entries count as common, despite 553 defined words. Memorize accessible anchors such as PENINSULA, ORCHESTRA, or NOSTALGIA first; save the unusual high scorers for racks and boards that suit them.
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