Browse 6-Letter Words by Starting Letter

Most Common 6-Letter Words Starting With A

The most frequently used words in everyday English, most common first.

All 828 6-Letter Words Starting With A (A–Z)

The words come from the ENABLE word list (15,232 six-letter words), the open dictionary that many word games, including Words With Friends, are based on. Official Scrabble dictionaries accept nearly all of them but can differ slightly.

Starting with AA (3)

Starting with AB (61)

Starting with AC (43)

Starting with AD (48)

Starting with AE (16)

Starting with AF (18)

Starting with AG (41)

Starting with AH (4)

Starting with AI (27)

Starting with AJ (3)

Starting with AK (3)

Starting with AL (102)

Starting with AM (59)

Starting with AN (81)

Starting with AO (6)

Starting with AP (30)

Starting with AR (100)

Starting with AS (54)

Starting with AT (32)

Starting with AU (34)

Starting with AV (22)

Starting with AW (14)

Starting with AX (14)

Starting with AZ (13)

About 6-Letter Words Starting With A

828
Total words
353
No repeated letters
1 pt
Scrabble value of A

There are 828 six-letter words that start with A. The words come from the ENABLE word list (15,232 six-letter words), the open dictionary that many word games, including Words With Friends, are based on. Official Scrabble dictionaries accept nearly all of them but can differ slightly.

The letters that most often follow A are L (102), R (100), N (81), B (61) and M (59). The biggest groups are words beginning with AL-, AR- and AN-, so if you know the second letter you can jump straight to that group in the list above.

Highest-Scoring Words for Scrabble and Words With Friends

Using standard Scrabble tile values (before bonus squares), the highest-scoring well-known words here are AMAZED (18 points), AMAZON (17 points), AMAZES (17 points), ABJECT (17 points), ANYWAY (15 points). A itself is worth 1 point. To search by the exact tiles on your rack, use the word finder or the anagram solver.

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There are 828 six-letter words that start with A in our list (based on the ENABLE word list). The most common are AROUND, ALWAYS, ALMOST, ANYONE, ACROSS, ACTION, ANSWER, AMOUNT.
With standard Scrabble tile values: AMAZED (18), AMAZON (17), AMAZES (17), ABJECT (17), ANYWAY (15). Bonus squares on the board can increase these scores.
353 of the 828 words use 6 different letters.