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10 Letter Words Starting with A

There are 1,308 10-letter English words that start with A, ranging alphabetically from AARDWOLVES to AZEOTROPES. Top Scrabble® scorers on this list: AXIOMATIZE (28), APPLEJACKS (27), AMBERJACKS (27). The list is ordered alphabetically; use the filter box below to jump to a specific starting letter.

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Point values shown are Scrabble® (letters only, before board bonuses). Browse deeper via the word-lists hub.

Showing the first 600 of 1,308 words. Use the pattern search to narrow further, or filter with the unscrambler.

Top 10 highest-scoring words

Scored on letters only (no board bonuses). WWF uses different tile values from Scrabble — J, Q and Z are worth 10 points in WWF; X is worth 8.

#WordScrabbleWWF
1axiomatize2829
2applejacks2733
3amberjacks2732
4alchemized2729
5antihijack2629
6alchemizes2628
7amphimixes2628
8amphimixis2628
9apoenzymes2628
10activizing2529

Strategy for this list

A is the most flexible starting letter in Scrabble — over 15,000 English words begin with A and dozens of two-letter A-words (AA, AB, AD, AE, AG, AH, AI, AL, AM, AN, AR, AS, AT, AW, AY) fuel parallel plays. The highest-scoring A-word plays use A as a launchpad for AZURE, AXES, AJAR or AQUA, but the everyday value of the letter is in short setup words that keep the A on the board for future hooks. In Wordle, A appears in more answers than any other letter — testing it in position 2 or 3 is often the highest-information move.

FAQs

How many 10-letter words start with A?

1,308 valid 10-letter English words begin with A in the ENABLE English word list.

Are these valid in Wordle and Scrabble?

Words on this page come from the ENABLE English word list. UK Scrabble (Collins Scrabble Words) accepts the overwhelming majority; a handful may not be legal in the North American NASPA Word List (NWL2023).

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