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Words with A

There are 93,739 words that contain the letter A in our word list. The most common are THAT, AND and WHAT. The highest-scoring in Scrabble is RAZZAMATAZZES (51 points).

Words
93,739
Top Scrabble word
RAZZAMATAZZES, 51 pts
Top Words With Friends word
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHICALLY, 55 pts
Lengths
2 to 28 letters
Filters: starts with, ends with, length, leave out

Common words that contain the letter A

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

The 1,000 most common of 93,739 words that contain the letter A

Numbers are Scrabble points, then Words With Friends points. Use the search box above to filter the full list.

2-letter words 12

  • ah5/4
  • al2/3
  • am4/5
  • an2/3
  • as2/2
  • at2/2
  • aw5/5
  • ha5/4
  • la2/3
  • ma4/5
  • pa4/5
  • ya5/4

3-letter words 63

  • aah6/5
  • act5/6
  • add5/5
  • age4/5
  • ago4/5
  • ain3/4
  • air3/3
  • all3/5
  • and4/5
  • any6/6
  • are3/3
  • arm5/6
  • art3/3
  • ask7/7
  • ate3/3
  • aye6/5
  • bad6/7
  • bag6/8
  • bar5/6
  • bat5/6
  • bay8/8
  • cab7/9
  • can5/7
  • cap7/9
  • car5/6
  • cat5/6
  • dad5/5
  • day7/6
  • ear3/3
  • eat3/3
  • fan6/7
  • far6/6
  • fat6/6
  • gas4/5
  • gay7/7
  • had7/6
  • has6/5
  • hat6/5
  • lab5/7
  • law6/7
  • lay6/6
  • mac7/9
  • mad6/7
  • man5/7
  • map7/9
  • max12/13
  • may8/8
  • nah6/6
  • pal5/7
  • pay8/8
  • ran3/4
  • rat3/3
  • ray6/5
  • sad4/4
  • sat3/3
  • saw6/6
  • say6/5
  • sea3/3
  • tea3/3
  • van6/8
  • war6/6
  • was6/6
  • way9/8

4-letter words 190

  • able6/8
  • alan4/6
  • ally7/8
  • also4/5
  • amen6/8
  • anna4/6
  • area4/4
  • arms6/7
  • army9/9
  • aunt4/6
  • away10/9
  • babe8/10
  • baby11/12
  • back12/14
  • bags7/9
  • ball6/9
  • band7/9
  • bang7/10
  • bank10/12
  • base6/7
  • bath9/9
  • bear6/7
  • beat6/7
  • boat6/7
  • brad7/8
  • cage7/9
  • cake10/11
  • call6/9
  • calm8/11
  • came8/10
  • camp10/13
  • card7/8
  • care6/7
  • carl6/8
  • cars6/7
  • case6/7
  • cash9/9
  • cast6/7
  • cats6/7
  • coat6/7
  • crap8/10
  • damn7/9
  • dare5/5
  • dark9/9
  • data5/5
  • date5/5
  • dawn8/9
  • days8/7
  • dead6/6
  • deal5/6
  • dean5/6
  • dear5/5
  • drag6/7
  • draw8/8
  • each9/9
  • earl4/5
  • ears4/4
  • ease4/4
  • east4/4
  • easy7/6
  • face9/10
  • fact9/10
  • fail7/8
  • fair7/7
  • fake11/11
  • fall7/9
  • farm9/10
  • fast7/7
  • fate7/7
  • fear7/7
  • flat7/8
  • game7/9
  • gang6/9
  • gate5/6
  • gave8/10
  • glad6/8
  • grab7/9
  • gray8/8
  • hair7/6
  • half10/10
  • hall7/8
  • hand8/8
  • hang8/9
  • hank11/11
  • hard8/7
  • harm9/9
  • hate7/6
  • have10/10
  • head8/7
  • hear7/6
  • heat7/6
  • idea5/5
  • jack17/20
  • jail11/14
  • jake15/17
  • jane11/14
  • lady8/8
  • laid5/6
  • lake8/9
  • land5/7
  • lane4/6
  • last4/5
  • late4/5
  • lead5/6
  • liar4/5
  • load5/6
  • loan4/6
  • made7/8
  • maid7/8
  • mail6/8
  • main6/8
  • make10/11
  • male6/8
  • mall6/9
  • mama8/10
  • many9/10
  • mark10/11
  • mask10/11
  • mate6/7
  • matt6/7
  • meal6/8
  • mean6/8
  • meat6/7
  • name6/8
  • navy10/11
  • near4/5
  • okay11/10
  • pack12/14
  • page7/9
  • paid7/8
  • pain6/8
  • pair6/7
  • papa8/10
  • park10/11
  • part6/7
  • pass6/7
  • past6/7
  • path9/9
  • plan6/9
  • play9/10
  • pray9/9
  • race6/7
  • rain4/5
  • rare4/4
  • rate4/4
  • read5/5
  • real4/5
  • road5/5
  • safe7/7
  • said5/5
  • sake8/8
  • sale4/5
  • salt4/5
  • same6/7
  • sand5/6
  • save7/8
  • says7/6
  • seat4/4
  • soda5/5
  • star4/4
  • stay7/6
  • tail4/5
  • take8/8
  • talk8/9
  • tall4/6
  • tank8/9
  • tape6/7
  • taxi11/11
  • team6/7
  • tear4/4
  • than7/7
  • that7/6
  • trap6/7
  • wait7/7
  • wake11/11
  • walk11/12
  • wall7/9
  • want7/8
  • warm9/10
  • warn7/8
  • wash10/9
  • wave10/11
  • ways10/9
  • weak11/11
  • wear7/7
  • what10/9
  • whoa10/9
  • yard8/7
  • yeah10/8
  • year7/6

5-letter words 231

  • about7/9
  • above10/12
  • actor7/8
  • admit8/9
  • after8/8
  • again6/8
  • agent6/8
  • agree6/7
  • ahead9/8
  • alarm7/9
  • alert5/6
  • alive8/10
  • allow8/10
  • alone5/7
  • along6/9
  • among8/11
  • angel6/9
  • anger6/8
  • angry9/10
  • apart7/8
  • apple9/12
  • argue6/8
  • armed8/9
  • aside6/6
  • asked10/10
  • avoid9/10
  • awake12/12
  • aware8/8
  • awful11/13
  • badly11/12
  • balls7/10
  • based8/9
  • beach12/13
  • beast7/8
  • began8/11
  • black13/16
  • blame9/12
  • board8/9
  • brain7/9
  • brave10/12
  • bravo10/12
  • bread8/9
  • break11/12
  • cabin9/12
  • cable9/12
  • calls7/10
  • candy11/12
  • cards8/9
  • cares7/8
  • carol7/9
  • carry10/10
  • cases7/8
  • catch12/13
  • cause7/9
  • chain10/11
  • chair10/10
  • chase10/10
  • cheap12/13
  • china10/11
  • claim9/12
  • class7/9
  • clean7/10
  • clear7/9
  • coach12/13
  • coast7/8
  • crack13/15
  • crane7/9
  • crash10/10
  • crazy19/19
  • cream9/11
  • daddy11/10
  • dance8/10
  • death9/8
  • donna6/8
  • drama8/9
  • dream8/9
  • early8/8
  • earth8/7
  • exact14/15
  • extra12/12
  • faces10/11
  • facts10/11
  • faith11/10
  • falls8/10
  • false8/9
  • fancy13/14
  • fault8/10
  • favor11/12
  • fella8/10
  • final8/10
  • frank12/13
  • freak12/12
  • games8/10
  • giant6/8
  • glass6/8
  • grace8/10
  • grade7/8
  • grand7/9
  • grant6/8
  • grave9/11
  • great6/7
  • guard7/9
  • hands9/9
  • happy15/15
  • harry11/9
  • hated9/8
  • hates8/7
  • haven11/12
  • heads9/8
  • heard9/8
  • heart8/7
  • heavy14/13
  • human10/12
  • ideas6/6
  • image8/10
  • large6/8
  • later5/6
  • laugh9/11
  • laura5/7
  • leads6/7
  • learn5/7
  • least5/6
  • leave8/10
  • legal6/9
  • local7/10
  • logan6/9
  • madam10/12
  • magic10/13
  • major14/17
  • makes11/12
  • march12/13
  • maria7/8
  • marks11/12
  • marry10/10
  • match12/13
  • maybe12/13
  • mayor10/10
  • means7/9
  • meant7/9
  • media8/9
  • metal7/9
  • naked10/11
  • named8/10
  • names7/9
  • nancy10/12
  • nasty8/8
  • ocean7/9
  • paint7/9
  • panic9/12
  • pants7/9
  • paper9/11
  • paris7/8
  • parts7/8
  • party10/10
  • peace9/11
  • piano7/9
  • pizza25/26
  • place9/12
  • plain7/10
  • plane7/10
  • plans7/10
  • plant7/10
  • plate7/9
  • plays10/11
  • radar6/6
  • radio6/6
  • raise5/5
  • range6/8
  • reach10/10
  • ready9/8
  • relax12/13
  • royal8/8
  • sally8/9
  • sandy9/9
  • saved9/10
  • scare7/8
  • scary10/10
  • seats5/5
  • shake12/11
  • shall8/9
  • shame10/10
  • shape10/10
  • share8/7
  • sharp10/10
  • small7/10
  • smart7/8
  • snake9/10
  • space9/11
  • spare7/8
  • speak11/12
  • squad15/16
  • staff11/11
  • stage6/7
  • stand6/7
  • stars5/5
  • start5/5
  • state5/5
  • stays8/7
  • steal5/6
  • sugar6/8
  • swear8/8
  • sweat8/8
  • table7/9
  • taken9/10
  • takes9/9
  • talks9/10
  • taste5/5
  • teach10/10
  • tears5/5
  • texas12/12
  • thank12/12
  • toast5/5
  • today9/8
  • total5/6
  • trace7/8
  • track11/12
  • trade6/6
  • trail5/6
  • train5/6
  • trash8/7
  • treat5/5
  • trial5/6
  • usual5/8
  • value8/11
  • walls8/10
  • wants8/9
  • waste8/8
  • watch13/13
  • water8/8
  • woman10/12
  • years8/7

6-letter words 163

  • aboard9/10
  • accept12/15
  • access10/12
  • across8/9
  • acting9/12
  • action8/10
  • advice12/14
  • affair12/12
  • afford13/13
  • afraid10/10
  • agency12/14
  • agents7/9
  • agreed8/9
  • almost8/10
  • always12/12
  • amount8/11
  • animal8/11
  • answer9/10
  • anyone9/10
  • anyway15/14
  • appear10/12
  • around7/9
  • arrest6/6
  • artist6/6
  • asking11/13
  • asleep8/10
  • assume8/10
  • assure6/7
  • attack12/13
  • babies10/12
  • barely11/12
  • battle8/10
  • beauty11/12
  • became12/15
  • brains8/10
  • breaks12/13
  • breath11/11
  • called9/12
  • camera10/12
  • cancer10/13
  • cannot8/11
  • career8/9
  • carter8/9
  • casino8/10
  • castle8/10
  • caught12/14
  • caused9/11
  • chance13/15
  • change12/14
  • charge12/13
  • create8/9
  • damage10/12
  • danger8/10
  • dating8/10
  • detail7/8
  • dollar7/9
  • dragon8/10
  • dreams9/10
  • easier6/6
  • easily9/9
  • eating7/9
  • escape10/12
  • estate6/6
  • failed10/11
  • family14/15
  • famous11/13
  • faster9/9
  • father12/11
  • fellas9/11
  • female11/13
  • garage8/10
  • garden8/10
  • german9/12
  • guards8/10
  • handle10/11
  • happen13/15
  • harder10/9
  • hardly13/12
  • having13/15
  • headed11/10
  • health12/11
  • hearts9/8
  • heaven12/13
  • insane6/8
  • island7/9
  • jacket19/22
  • jordan14/17
  • ladies7/8
  • lately9/10
  • latest6/7
  • laughs10/12
  • launch11/14
  • lawyer12/12
  • leader7/8
  • leaves9/11
  • madame11/13
  • making13/16
  • manage9/12
  • market12/13
  • martin8/10
  • master8/9
  • matter8/9
  • mental8/11
  • morgan9/12
  • nation6/8
  • nature6/8
  • nearly9/10
  • normal8/11
  • orange7/9
  • palace10/13
  • papers10/12
  • pardon9/11
  • parker12/13
  • passed9/10
  • paying12/14
  • places10/13
  • planet8/11
  • played12/13
  • player11/12
  • please8/10
  • rabbit10/12
  • raised7/7
  • rather9/8
  • really9/10
  • reason6/7
  • recall8/11
  • remain8/10
  • repeat8/9
  • safety12/11
  • saving10/13
  • saying10/11
  • scared9/10
  • scream10/12
  • search11/11
  • season6/7
  • shadow13/12
  • signal7/10
  • social8/10
  • speaks12/13
  • spread9/10
  • square15/16
  • stairs6/6
  • stands7/8
  • starts6/6
  • states6/6
  • stayed10/9
  • steady10/9
  • taking11/13
  • talent6/8
  • talked11/12
  • target7/8
  • taught10/11
  • thanks13/13
  • threat9/8
  • throat9/8
  • toward10/10
  • travel9/11
  • valley12/14
  • waited10/10
  • walked14/15
  • wallet9/11
  • wanted10/11
  • weapon11/13

7-letter words 159

  • ability12/13
  • account11/15
  • address9/9
  • against8/10
  • airport9/10
  • allowed11/13
  • already11/11
  • alright11/12
  • amazing19/22
  • ancient9/12
  • animals9/12
  • another10/10
  • answers10/11
  • anybody16/16
  • anymore12/13
  • anytime12/13
  • appears11/13
  • arrived11/12
  • article9/11
  • ashamed13/13
  • attempt11/13
  • awesome12/13
  • awfully16/18
  • beating10/13
  • because11/14
  • breathe12/12
  • calling10/15
  • capable13/17
  • captain11/14
  • careful12/15
  • carried10/11
  • central9/12
  • certain9/11
  • chances14/16
  • changed14/16
  • changes13/15
  • channel12/15
  • charges13/14
  • charlie12/13
  • clearly12/14
  • command14/18
  • company16/19
  • contact11/14
  • courage10/13
  • created10/11
  • dancing11/15
  • darling9/12
  • dealing9/12
  • details8/9
  • diamond11/13
  • disease8/8
  • dollars8/10
  • earlier7/8
  • engaged10/13
  • escaped12/14
  • exactly19/20
  • example18/21
  • explain16/19
  • failure10/12
  • falling11/15
  • fashion13/13
  • federal11/12
  • finally13/15
  • forward14/14
  • frankly17/18
  • funeral10/13
  • garbage11/14
  • general8/11
  • glasses8/10
  • goddamn12/15
  • grandma11/14
  • grandpa11/14
  • hanging12/15
  • happens14/16
  • heading12/13
  • healthy16/14
  • hearing11/12
  • holiday14/13
  • husband13/15
  • illegal8/12
  • imagine10/13
  • instead8/9
  • jealous14/18
  • laundry11/13
  • lawyers13/13
  • leading9/12
  • learned8/10
  • leaving11/15
  • library12/13
  • machine14/16
  • majesty19/21
  • manager10/13
  • married10/11
  • matters9/10
  • meaning10/14
  • medical12/15
  • message10/12
  • miracle11/14
  • mistake13/14
  • natural7/10
  • nuclear9/13
  • package16/19
  • parents9/11
  • parking14/17
  • parties9/10
  • partner9/11
  • passing10/13
  • passion9/11
  • patient9/11
  • perhaps14/15
  • planned10/14
  • plastic11/14
  • playing13/16
  • pleased10/12
  • popular11/15
  • prepare11/13
  • private12/14
  • program12/15
  • quarter16/17
  • reached13/13
  • reading9/11
  • reality10/10
  • realize16/17
  • reasons7/8
  • regular8/11
  • release7/8
  • scratch14/15
  • senator7/8
  • several10/12
  • someday13/13
  • special11/14
  • staring8/10
  • started8/8
  • station7/8
  • staying11/12
  • stomach14/15
  • strange8/10
  • talking12/15
  • teacher12/12
  • theater10/9
  • totally10/11
  • towards11/11
  • traffic15/16
  • trained8/9
  • trapped12/14
  • treated8/8
  • unusual7/12
  • usually10/13
  • village11/15
  • waiting11/13
  • walking15/18
  • wanting11/14
  • warning11/14
  • warrant10/11
  • wasting11/13
  • watched16/16
  • weapons12/14
  • wearing11/13
  • weather13/12

8-letter words 89

  • accident13/16
  • actually13/16
  • although15/16
  • anything15/16
  • anywhere17/16
  • approach17/19
  • arrested9/9
  • attacked15/16
  • attitude9/10
  • attorney11/11
  • audience11/14
  • baseball12/16
  • basement12/15
  • bathroom15/16
  • behavior16/17
  • birthday17/16
  • breaking15/18
  • carrying14/16
  • champion17/20
  • changing15/19
  • charming16/19
  • cleaning11/16
  • contract12/15
  • creature10/12
  • criminal12/16
  • daughter13/14
  • distance11/13
  • elevator11/13
  • exchange21/23
  • fabulous13/17
  • familiar13/15
  • families13/15
  • favorite14/15
  • football13/16
  • grateful12/15
  • greatest9/10
  • handsome14/15
  • happened16/18
  • hospital13/14
  • language10/15
  • laughing13/17
  • learning9/13
  • location10/13
  • magazine20/23
  • marriage11/13
  • marshall13/15
  • material10/12
  • military13/14
  • mistakes14/15
  • mountain10/14
  • national8/11
  • negative12/15
  • official16/18
  • ordinary12/12
  • original9/12
  • painting11/15
  • partners10/12
  • pathetic15/16
  • patients10/12
  • personal10/13
  • physical18/19
  • planning11/17
  • pleasant10/13
  • pleasure10/13
  • practice14/17
  • pregnant11/15
  • prepared13/15
  • probably17/20
  • realized18/19
  • research13/13
  • romantic12/15
  • sandwich17/18
  • separate10/11
  • sergeant9/11
  • speaking15/18
  • standing10/13
  • starting9/11
  • stealing9/12
  • straight12/12
  • stranger9/11
  • teaching14/16
  • thousand12/13
  • training9/12
  • transfer11/12
  • treasure8/9
  • upstairs10/12
  • vacation13/16
  • watching17/19
  • whatever17/17

9-letter words 54

  • according15/19
  • advantage14/17
  • afternoon12/14
  • ambulance15/21
  • apartment13/16
  • apologize21/24
  • assistant9/10
  • attention9/11
  • authority15/14
  • available14/18
  • basically16/19
  • beautiful14/18
  • breakfast18/19
  • breathing15/17
  • brilliant11/15
  • carefully17/20
  • celebrate13/16
  • certainly14/16
  • challenge15/19
  • champagne19/23
  • character16/17
  • charlotte14/15
  • chocolate16/18
  • cigarette12/14
  • commander16/20
  • dangerous11/14
  • desperate12/13
  • disappear14/16
  • education12/15
  • emotional11/14
  • fantastic14/16
  • gentleman12/17
  • guarantee10/13
  • happening17/21
  • happiness16/18
  • important13/16
  • insurance11/15
  • miserable13/16
  • naturally12/15
  • necessary14/15
  • newspaper16/19
  • nightmare15/17
  • operation11/13
  • political13/17
  • potential11/14
  • screaming14/18
  • secretary14/14
  • situation9/11
  • someplace15/19
  • statement11/13
  • thousands13/14
  • treatment11/13
  • underwear13/15
  • yesterday16/14

10-letter words 16

  • absolutely15/18
  • apparently17/20
  • appreciate16/19
  • attractive15/17
  • basketball18/22
  • department15/18
  • downstairs14/15
  • especially17/20
  • eventually16/20
  • lieutenant10/14
  • particular14/18
  • personally15/18
  • reputation12/15
  • restaurant10/12
  • sweetheart16/15
  • understand12/15

11-letter words 12

  • appointment17/22
  • comfortable20/24
  • complicated20/25
  • disappeared17/19
  • embarrassed16/18
  • explanation20/24
  • grandfather19/20
  • grandmother18/20
  • immediately19/21
  • information16/19
  • performance20/24
  • practically20/24

12-letter words 6

  • conversation17/21
  • disappointed18/21
  • embarrassing17/21
  • professional17/20
  • relationship17/19
  • unbelievable19/26

13-letter words 4

  • circumstances21/27
  • investigation17/21
  • understanding16/21
  • unfortunately19/23

15-letter words 1

  • congratulations18/24

Longest: ETHYLENEDIAMINETETRAACETATES (28 letters).

Questions people ask

How many words that contain the letter A are there?

Our word list has 93,739 words that contain the letter A.

Which words that contain the letter A score the most points?

In Scrabble it is RAZZAMATAZZES with 51 points. In Words With Friends it is ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHICALLY with 55 points. Bonus squares are not counted.

What are common words that contain the letter A?

The most used in everyday English are THAT, AND and WHAT.