Common 9-letter words that start with A
With their Scrabble points and, for the first 16, a short meaning, most used first.
- available★14not otherwise in use
- agreement★12an act of agreeing
- advertise★13to advertize
- according★15to bring into agreement
- authority★15the power or right to give orders or make decisions
- attention★9selectively concentrating on one aspect of the environment while ignoring other things
- affiliate★15to keep company with
- adventure★13a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
- assistant★9one who assists
- advantage★14the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
- anonymous★14not named
- associate★11to be part of a group with
- apartment★13a room or suite of rooms designed as a residence and generally located in a building…
- addresses★11the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored
- announced★12to make known publicly
- automatic★13operating with minimal human intervention
All 2,584 words
9-letter words starting with AA (2)
Top score: AARDVARKS, 17 points. an African mammal of species Orycteropus afer*
9-letter words starting with AB (141)
Top score: ABJECTING, 21 points
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9-letter words starting with AC (213)
Top score: ACQUIGHTS, 24 points (tied with one other)
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9-letter words starting with AD (145)
Top score: ADJUVANCY, 25 points
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9-letter words starting with AE (62)
Top score: AEQUORINS, 18 points (tied with one other). a protein secreted by jellyfish
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9-letter words starting with AF (67)
Top score: AFFLUENZA, 24 points (tied with two others). unhealthy preoccupation with an affluent lifestyle
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9-letter words starting with AG (69)
Top score: AGONIZING, 20 points (tied with two others). to suffer extreme pain
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9-letter words starting with AH (3)
Top score: AHURUHURU, 15 points
9-letter words starting with AI (38)
Top score: AIRCHECKS, 20 points. a recording made from a radio broadcast
9-letter words starting with AK (6)
Top score: AKARYOTIC, 18 points
9-letter words starting with AL (257)
Top score: ALBIZZIAS, 29 points. a tropical tree
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9-letter words starting with AM (147)
Top score: AMBERJACK, 26 points. any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water carangid fishes
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9-letter words starting with AN (443)
Top score: ANONYMIZE, 23 points (tied with two others). to remove identifying information from
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9-letter words starting with AP (182)
Top score: APPLEJACK, 26 points. brandy distilled from hard cider
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9-letter words starting with AQ (26)
Top score: AQUAPHOBE, 25 points
9-letter words starting with AR (217)
Top score: ARCHAIZED, 24 points. to use archaisms
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9-letter words starting with AS (192)
Top score: ASPHYXIED, 25 points
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9-letter words starting with AT (123)
Top score: ATMOLYZED, 24 points
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9-letter words starting with AU (160)
Top score: AUTOLYZED, 22 points. to break down tissue by the action of self-contained enzymes
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9-letter words starting with AV (58)
Top score: AVIZANDUM, 24 points (tied with one other)
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9-letter words starting with AW (11)
Top score: AWKWARDLY, 23 points. in an awkward manner
9-letter words starting with AX (5)
Top score: AXIOMATIC, 20 points (tied with three others). pertaining to axioms
9-letter words starting with AY (6)
Top score: AYURVEDIC, 18 points. pertaining to ayurveda
9-letter words starting with AZ (11)
Top score: AZOTIZING, 28 points. to treat with nitrogen
About these words
- 2,584 of the 43,178 9-letter words start with A (6%), the fourth most of any letter.
- 1,951 are good in NWL2023, 2,580 in Collins Scrabble Words, 1,947 in WOW24 and 1,577 in the Words With Friends list. 227 are everyday words.
- In Scrabble points, albizzias scores the most (29), then azotizing (28), then amberjack and applejack (26 each), then six words on 25.