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15 Letter Words Starting with A

There are 221 15-letter English words that start with A, ranging alphabetically from ABSORBABILITIES to AZIDOTHYMIDINES. Top Scrabble® scorers on this list: AZIDOTHYMIDINES (34), AXIOMATIZATIONS (33), ARCHAEOPTERYXES (32). Roughly 4% of these words end in E, so an E-hook on the board is worth watching for.

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

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
1azidothymidines3434
2axiomatizations3335
3archaeopteryxes3232
4adenohypophyses3231
5adenohypophysis3231
6alphabetization3134
7anagrammatizing3036
8acclimatization3035
9aggrandizements2934
10apocalyptically2934

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 15-letter words start with A?

221 valid 15-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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