5 Letter Words Containing A

Common five-letter words that contain A

The 50 most used in spoken English (SUBTLEX-US), with a short meaning.

• about 7/9 (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
• thank 12/12 express gratitude or show appreciation to
• maybe 12/13 by chance
• great 6/7 relatively large in size or number or extent
• again 6/8 anew
• after 8/8 happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
• place 9/12 a point located with respect to surface features of some region
• years 8/7 a late time of life
• leave 8/10 go away from a place
• woman 10/12 an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
• today 9/8 the present time or age
• ready 9/8 completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
• heard 9/8 detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
• haven 11/12 a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary
• start 5/5 take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
• happy 15/15 enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
• watch 13/13 look attentively
• cause 7/9 events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
• alone 5/7 isolated from others
• wants 8/9 (form of want) a state of extreme poverty
• later 5/6 happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
• crazy 19/19 affected with madness or insanity
• heart 8/7 the locus of feelings and intuitions
• makes 11/12 (form of make) engage in
• hands 9/9 (with `in') guardianship over
• party 10/10 an organization to gain political power
• stand 6/7 be standing
• water 8/8 binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid
• break 11/12 terminate
• means 7/9 thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
• death 9/8 the event of dying or departure from life
• asked 10/10 (form of ask) make a request or demand for something to somebody
• least 5/6 the superlative of `little' that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by `the'
• ahead 9/8 at or in the front
• speak 11/12 express in speech
• shall 8/9
• daddy 11/10 an informal term for a father
• along 6/9 with a forward motion
• clear 7/9 rid of obstructions
• black 13/16 being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness
• frank 12/13 characterized by directness in manner or speech
• alive 8/10 possessing life
• dance 8/10 an artistic form of nonverbal communication
• taken 9/10 understood in a certain way
• catch 12/13 discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly
• dream 8/9 a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
• small 7/10 limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
• human 10/12 characteristic of humanity
• clean 7/10 free from dirt or impurities
• learn 5/7 gain knowledge or skills

The 1,000 most common of 3,488 five-letter words that contain A

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