5-letter words starting with A
721 5-letter words starting with A, sorted alphabetically with Scrabble & Words With Friends scores.
Here are 721 5-letter words that begin with A, pulled from our 270,000-word dictionary. They're handy when you've locked the opening letter in Wordle, or when A is the only tile you can lead with on a Scrabble or Words With Friends board.
Each word shows its Scrabble and Words With Friends point values so you can spot the highest-scoring openers at a glance.
The strongest Scrabble play in this list is ABUZZ (25 points).
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noisy like the sound of a bee
a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form
affect with wonder
before the appearance of life
mix or mingle
(used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder
inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait
a chemical compound containing the azido group combined with an element or radical
relating to or containing the azido group N3
large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of northern Africa
a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits
an obsolete name for nitrogen
a light shade of blue
having the wind against the forward side of the sails
a durable synthetic resin widely used in adhesives and paints
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Definitions from Open English WordNet 2025 (CC BY 4.0), incorporating Princeton WordNet data