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7 Letter Words Starting with A

There are 1,243 7-letter English words that start with A, ranging alphabetically from AARRGHH to AZYGOUS. Top Scrabble® scorers on this list: AZOTIZE (25), ASPHYXY (25), ADZUKIS (21). The longest entry here is AARRGHH at 7 letters.

Word list

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Showing the first 600 of 1,243 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
1azotize2525
2asphyxy2523
3adzukis2122
4azimuth2122
5affixed2121
6apprize2022
7affixal2021
8azygous2021
9affixer2020
10affixes2020

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 7-letter words start with A?

1,243 valid 7-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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