16,118
Total words
1,282
5-letter words
43
Best Scrabble score

5-Letter Words Ending With A

Use these when Wordle shows position 5 as A (green). There are 1,282 options. Use Wordle Solver to add more clues.

HUZZA26PIZZA25JIZYA24TAZZA23ZANZA23ZIZIA23AJAJA19HAMZA19JINJA19JUXTA19KHAJA19KHOJA19KOUZA18QUBBA18CHAJA17DJUKA17MAZDA17ORYZA17BAIZA16BALZA16

Top Scrabble Words Ending With A

WordLengthScrabbleWWF
ZYZZYVA74342
MYXOTHALLOPHYTA153838
CZECHOSLOVAKIA143740
PYRENOPEZIZA123739
LYMPHOMYXOMA123638
TACHYPHYLAXIA133635
ZANTHORRHIZA123635
AZYGOBRANCHIATA153537
HYPOCHLORHYDRIA153533
MYXOENCHONDROMA153538

By Length

CategoryCount
2-letter words ending with A22
3-letter words ending with A114
4-letter words ending with A566
5-letter words ending with A1,282
6-letter words ending with A1,966
7-letter words ending with A2,398
8-letter words ending with A2,219
9-letter words ending with A2,029
10-letter words ending with A1,835
11-letter words ending with A1,427
12-letter words ending with A1,064
13-letter words ending with A621
14-letter words ending with A357
15-letter words ending with A218

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Hook Plays: Using -A Endings in Scrabble

Words ending in A are valuable for hook plays - placing your word so that its last letter connects with or extends an existing board word. This scores multiple words simultaneously. Knowing all 16,118 words that end in A gives you the maximum number of available hook positions on any board state.

How many words end with A?
There are 16,118 English words ending with A in the standard dictionary.
What 5-letter words end in A?
There are 1,282 five-letter words ending in A. Top examples: HUZZA, PIZZA, JIZYA, TAZZA, ZANZA, ZIZIA. These are key for Wordle when position 5 shows A as a green clue.