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8 Letter Words Starting with A

There are 1,616 8-letter English words that start with A, ranging alphabetically from AARDVARK to AZYGOSES. Top Scrabble® scorers on this list: ALBIZZIA (28), AZOTIZED (27), AZOTIZES (26). 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 1,616 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
1albizzia2830
2azotized2727
3azotizes2626
4adequacy2324
5amazedly2324
6asphyxia2322
7abjectly2226
8activize2224
9affixing2224
10apoplexy2224

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 8-letter words start with A?

1,616 valid 8-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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