Five5 Letter Words

5 Letter Words Starting with A

Found 717 5-letter words starting with A. Skim the list below, or stack on more filters to narrow things down further.

Quick answers

How many 5-letter words starting with A are there?

There are 717 5-letter words starting with A in our list right now.

What's the highest-scoring 5-letter word starting with A?

"abuzz" tops the list starting with A at 25 points in Scrabble.

What's a common 5-letter word starting with A?

"about" is one you'll recognize — it's among the more frequently used 5-letter words starting with 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.

Keep exploring

Want 5-letter words starting with A? There are 717 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: "abuzz", worth 25 points in Scrabble and Words With Friends.

Reach for these first if you want something no scorekeeper will argue with: about, above, abuse, added, admin, adobe. 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, E, S, R, I show up most often in this group — worth remembering when you're deciding which tiles to hang onto. X, J, Q turn up far less, and they're usually what pushes a word's score higher when they do.