5 letter words with A in the middle in numbers
- 899 words in total, of which 431 are everyday words.
- The most common first letter is s (187 words), followed by c (87).
- Letters found most often: a 100%, s 54%, r 34%, e 31%, l 28% of words.
Highest-scoring 5 letter words with a in the middle
Ranked by Scrabble tile values, before any bonus squares:
| Word | Points |
|---|---|
| pzazz | 34 |
| spazz | 25 |
| quaky | 21 |
| quack | 20 |
| quaff | 20 |
| crazy | 19 |
| quake | 18 |
| quark | 18 |
| flaxy | 18 |
| ghazi | 18 |
| glazy | 18 |
| kyack | 18 |
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All 5 letter words with a in the middle
All 899 words, A to Z.
a (54)
abaca, abaci, aback, abaft, abaka, abamp, abase, abash, abate, abaya, acais, acari, adage, adapt, afars, again, agama, agape, agars, agate, agave, agaze, alack, alamo, aland, alane, alang, alans, alant, alarm, alary, alate, amahs, amain, amass, amaze, apace, apart, araks, arame, asana, ataps, ataxy, avail, avant, avast, await, awake, award, aware, awash, ayahs, ayaya, azans
b (77)
baaed, baals, beach, beads, beady, beaks, beaky, beals, beams, beamy, beano, beans, beard, bears, beast, beats, beaus, beaut, beaux, bhaji, bhang, biali, bialy, blabs, black, blade, blaff, blags, blahs, blain, blame, blams, bland, blank, blare, blase, blast, blate, blats, blawn, blaws, blaze, board, boars, boart, boast, boats, brace, brach, bract, brads, braes, brags, braid, brail, brain, brake, braky, brand, brank, brans, brant, brash, brass, brats, brava, brave, bravi, bravo, brawl, brawn, braws, braxy, brays, braza, braze, bwana
c (87)
cease, chads, chafe, chaff, chaga, chain, chair, chais, chalk, champ, chams, chana, chang, chant, chaos, chape, chaps, chapt, chard, chare, chark, charm, charr, chars, chart, chary, chase, chasm, chats, chaws, chays, clach, clack, clade, clads, clags, claim, clamp, clams, clang, clank, clans, claps, clapt, claro, clary, clash, clasp, class, clast, clave, clavi, claws, clays, coach, coact, coady, coala, coals, coaly, coapt, coast, coati, coats, craal, crabs, crack, craft, crags, crake, cramp, crams, crane, crank, crape, craps, crash, crass, crate, crave, crawl, craws, craze, crazy, cyano, cyans, czars
d (38)
deads, deair, deals, dealt, deans, dears, deary, deash, death, deave, dhaks, dhals, dials, diary, diazo, doats, drabs, draff, draft, drags, drail, drain, drake, drama, drams, drank, drape, drats, drave, drawl, drawn, draws, drays, duads, duals, dwale, dwarf, dyads
e (16)
egads, elain, eland, elans, elate, email, enact, enate, epact, erase, etape, evade, exact, exalt, exams, eyass
f (44)
fears, fease, feast, feats, feaze, fiars, fiats, flabs, flack, flags, flail, flair, flake, flaks, flaky, flame, flams, flamy, flank, flans, flaps, flare, flash, flask, flats, flava, flaws, flawy, flaxy, flays, foals, foams, foamy, frack, frags, frail, frame, franc, frank, fraps, frass, frats, fraud, frays
g (64)
geans, gears, ghast, ghats, ghaut, ghazi, giant, glace, glade, glads, glady, glair, glamp, glams, gland, glans, glare, glary, glass, glaze, glazy, gnarl, gnarr, gnars, gnash, gnats, gnawn, gnaws, goads, goals, goats, goaty, graal, grabs, grace, grade, grads, graft, grail, grain, grama, gramp, grams, grana, grand, grans, grant, grape, graph, grapy, grasp, grass, grate, grave, gravy, grays, graze, guaco, guacs, guano, guans, guard, guars, guava
h (18)
haafs, haars, heads, heady, heals, heaps, heapy, heard, hears, heart, heath, heats, heave, heavy, hoagy, hoard, hoars, hoary
i (12)
ikats, image, imago, imams, imaum, inane, inapt, inarm, irade, irate, izard, izars
j (3)
jeans, jiaos, jnana
k (28)
kbars, khadi, khafs, khaki, khans, khaph, khats, kiack, kiang, knack, knaps, knars, knaur, knave, knawe, koala, koans, kraal, kraft, krais, krait, kraut, krays, kvass, kyack, kyaks, kyars, kyats
l (38)
laari, leach, leads, leady, leafs, leafy, leaks, leaky, leans, leant, leaps, leapt, learn, lears, leary, lease, leash, least, leave, leavy, liana, liane, liang, liard, liars, llama, llano, loach, loads, loafs, loams, loamy, loans, loath, luaus, lyard, lyart, lyase
m (15)
maars, meads, meals, mealy, means, meant, meany, meats, meaty, miaou, miaow, miasm, miaul, moans, moats
n (6)
naans, neaps, nears, neath, neats, nyala
o (16)
odahs, ogams, okapi, okays, omasa, opahs, opals, orach, oracy, orals, orang, orate, otaku, ovals, ovary, ovate
p (55)
paans, peace, peach, peage, peags, peaks, peaky, peals, peans, pearl, pears, peart, pease, peats, peaty, peavy, phage, phase, piani, piano, pians, place, plack, plage, plaid, plain, plait, plane, plank, plans, plant, plash, plasm, plate, plats, platy, playa, plays, plaza, poach, praam, prahu, prams, prana, prang, prank, praos, prase, prate, prats, praus, prawn, prays, psalm, pzazz
q (19)
quack, quads, quaff, quags, quail, quais, quake, quaky, quale, qualm, quant, quare, quark, quart, quash, quasi, quass, quate, quays
r (24)
reach, react, readd, reads, ready, reais, realm, reals, reams, reaps, rearm, rears, reata, reave, rials, riant, riata, roach, roads, roams, roans, roars, roast, ruana
s (187)
scabs, scads, scags, scald, scale, scall, scalp, scaly, scamp, scams, scans, scant, scape, scare, scarf, scarp, scars, scart, scary, scats, scatt, scaup, scaur, seals, seams, seamy, sears, seats, shack, shade, shads, shady, shaft, shags, shahs, shake, shako, shaky, shale, shall, shalt, shaly, shame, shams, shank, shape, shard, share, shark, sharn, sharp, shart, shaul, shave, shawl, shawm, shawn, shaws, shays, sials, skags, skald, skank, skate, skats, slabs, slack, slags, slain, slake, slams, slang, slank, slant, slaps, slash, slate, slats, slaty, slave, slaws, slays, smack, small, smalt, smarm, smart, smash, smaze, snack, snafu, snags, snail, snake, snaky, snaps, snare, snarf, snark, snarl, snash, snath, snaws, soaks, soaps, soapy, soars, soave, space, spacy, spade, spado, spaed, spaes, spahi, spail, spait, spake, spale, spall, spams, spang, spank, spans, spare, spark, spars, spasm, spate, spats, spawn, spays, spazz, stabs, stack, stade, staff, stage, stags, stagy, staid, staig, stain, stair, stake, stale, stalk, stall, stamp, stand, stane, stang, stank, stans, staph, stare, stark, stars, start, stash, state, stats, stave, stays, suave, swabs, swage, swags, swail, swain, swale, swami, swamp, swamy, swang, swank, swans, swaps, sward, sware, swarf, swarm, swart, swash, swath, swats, sways
t (50)
teach, teaks, teals, teams, tears, teary, tease, teats, thack, thali, thane, thang, thank, tharm, thaws, tians, tiara, toads, toady, toast, trace, track, tract, trade, trads, tragi, traik, trail, train, trait, tramp, trams, trank, tranq, trans, traps, trapt, trash, trass, trave, trawl, trayf, trays, tsade, tsadi, tsars, twaes, twain, twang, tzars
u (15)
ukase, ulama, ulans, umami, unais, unapt, unarm, unary, unaus, uraei, urare, urari, urase, urate, usage
v (4)
veals, vealy, vials, viand
w (22)
weald, weals, weans, wears, weary, weave, whack, whale, whamo, whams, whang, whaps, wharf, whats, whaup, woads, woald, wrack, wrang, wraps, wrapt, wrath
y (6)
yeahs, yeans, yearn, years, yeast, yuans
z (1)
zeals
Frequently asked questions
- How many 5 letter words have A as the middle letter?
- There are 899 in our game word list, and 431 of them are everyday words.
- Which of these words are good guesses in five-letter puzzles?
- Everyday words with five different, common letters test the most at once. Daily puzzles also tend to pick everyday words, so start with the list of everyday words on this page.