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5 Letter Words Ending in A

Found 649 5-letter words ending in A. Skim the list below, or stack on more filters to narrow things down further.

Quick answers

How many 5-letter words ending in A are there?

There are 649 5-letter words ending in A in our list right now.

What's the highest-scoring 5-letter word ending in A?

"huzza" tops the list ending in A at 26 points in Scrabble.

What's a common 5-letter word ending in A?

"alpha" is one you'll recognize — it's among the more frequently used 5-letter words ending in A.

Will these words hold up in Scrabble or Words With Friends?

They're drawn from a broad English word list, not a single tournament dictionary. If you're playing competitively, double-check against your game's official list (TWL or SOWPODS) before you commit to a play.

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Want 5-letter words ending in A? There are 649 words here, pulled from a broad English word list and run through every filter on this page. Five-letter words carry extra weight thanks to Wordle — one puzzle, six guesses — so this list moonlights as a solver whenever you're stuck. Top of the scoreboard: "huzza", worth 26 points in Scrabble and Words With Friends.

Reach for these first if you want something no scorekeeper will argue with: alpha, china, delta, extra, gamma, india. Common words like these show up in most game dictionaries, so they're safe, low-risk plays. Want something sneakier — harder to guess, less likely to get challenged — use the filters below to narrow by extra letters.

A, R, I, O, N show up most often in this group — worth remembering when you're deciding which tiles to hang onto. W, Q, X turn up far less, and they're usually what pushes a word's score higher when they do.