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9 Letter Words Starting With A

This verified list contains 687 CORE words starting with A, plus 574 entries in the broader extended tier.

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687CORE words
574extended words
1261verified matches
13.7average CORE score

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12 deterministic CORE selections

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What the A list contains

Most common letters immediately after A

  1. N107 words
  2. B61 words
  3. D59 words
  4. S58 words
  5. C56 words

Vowels per word

  1. 2 vowels8 words
  2. 3 vowels222 words
  3. 4 vowels363 words
  4. 5 vowels92 words
  5. 6 vowels2 words

Repeated letters

93%

637 of 687 CORE words repeat at least one letter.

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9 Letter Words With Two-Letter Patterns

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9 Letter Words Starting with AA1 CORE · 0 extendedaardvarks9 Letter Words Starting with AB61 CORE · 26 extendedabandoned, abdicated, abdicates, abdominal9 Letter Words Starting with AC56 CORE · 53 extendedacademics, academies, accenting, accepting9 Letter Words Starting with AD59 CORE · 27 extendedadaptable, addicting, addiction, addictive9 Letter Words Starting with AE7 CORE · 13 extendedaerospace, aesthetic, aerialist, aesthetes9 Letter Words Starting with AF21 CORE · 14 extendedaffecting, affection, affidavit, affiliate9 Letter Words Starting with AG16 CORE · 12 extendedaggravate, aggregate, aggressor, agitating9 Letter Words Starting with AI11 CORE · 9 extendedaimlessly, airfields, airliners, airmailed9 Letter Words Starting with AL51 CORE · 74 extendedalarmists, alcoholic, algebraic, algorithm9 Letter Words Starting with AM42 CORE · 40 extendedamazement, amazingly, ambiances, ambiguity9 Letter Words Starting with AN107 CORE · 101 extendedanalgesic, analogies, analogous, analyzing9 Letter Words Starting with AP50 CORE · 43 extendedapartheid, apartment, apathetic, apertures9 Letter Words Starting with AQ6 CORE · 4 extendedaquariums, aqueducts, aquanauts, aquaplane9 Letter Words Starting with AR52 CORE · 51 extendedarbitrary, arbitrate, architect, archiving9 Letter Words Starting with AS58 CORE · 41 extendedascending, ascension, ascertain, ascribing9 Letter Words Starting with AT29 CORE · 25 extendedatheistic, athletics, atonement, atrocious9 Letter Words Starting with AU38 CORE · 28 extendedauctioned, audacious, audiences, auditions9 Letter Words Starting with AV11 CORE · 8 extendedavailable, avalanche, averaging, aversions9 Letter Words Starting with AW8 CORE · 0 extendedawakening, awareness, awfullest, awkwarder9 Letter Words Starting with AX2 CORE · 0 extendedaxiomatic, axletrees9 Letter Words Starting with AY1 CORE · 0 extendedayatollah9 Letter Words Starting with AZ0 CORE · 5 extended

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How to use words starting with A

This page starts from 687 CORE 9-letter words whose first letter is A. The preset fixes those opening positions while leaving the remaining tiles available for refinement.

Use Contains for letters that may appear anywhere, Excludes to remove impossible letters, or Sequence pattern when order and exact gaps matter. The broader view adds 574 extended entries after the CORE results.

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How many 9-letter words start with A?

This verified set contains 687 CORE words and 574 extended words, for 1261 total matches.

What is the average Scrabble score for this A group?

The 687 CORE words average 13.7 base Scrabble points. Board multipliers are not included.

Do these A words often repeat letters?

637 of 687 CORE words repeat at least one letter.