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5 Letter Words With A in the middle

Found 1 219 5-letter words with A in the middle. Skim the list below, or stack on more filters to narrow things down further.

Quick answers

How many 5-letter words with A in the middle are there?

There are 1 219 5-letter words with A in the middle in our list right now.

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

"pzazz" tops the list with A in the middle at 34 points in Scrabble.

What's a common 5-letter word with A in the middle?

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

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 with A in the middle? There are 1 219 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: "pzazz", worth 34 points in Scrabble and Words With Friends.

Reach for these first if you want something no scorekeeper will argue with: again, award, beach, black, board, brain. 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, S, R, E, L show up most often in this group — worth remembering when you're deciding which tiles to hang onto. Q, X, J turn up far less, and they're usually what pushes a word's score higher when they do.