261 words
4 Letter Words Starting With A
There are 261 4-letter words that start with A. The highest-scoring word is AZYM, worth 18 points, valid in SOWPODS/CSW. 69 of these words — including ABAC, ABBS, ABID — aren't valid across all three major Scrabble dictionaries (TWL, SOWPODS/CSW and WWF).
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The highest-scoring 4-letter word for this list.
A1Z10Y4M3
18 ptsFull word list
AAHS7
AALS4
ABAC8
CSWABAS6
ABBA8
ABBE8
ABBS8
CSWABED7
ABET6
ABID7
CSWABLE6
ABLY9
ABOS6
ABRI6
ABUT6
ABYE9
ABYS9
ACAI6
CSWACCA8
CSWACED7
ACER6
CSWACES6
ACHE9
ACHY12
ACID7
ACME8
ACNE6
ACRE6
ACTA6
ACTS6
ACYL9
ADAW8
CSWADDS6
ADDY9
CSWADIT5
ADOS5
ADRY8
CSWADZE14
AEON4
AERO4
AERY7
AESC6
CSWAFAR7
AFFY13
CSWAFRO7
CSWAGAR5
AGAS5
AGED6
AGEE5
AGEN5
CSWAGER5
AGES5
AGHA8
AGIN5
AGIO5
AGLU5
CSWAGLY8
AGMA7
AGOG6
AGON5
AGUE5
AHED8
TWL+CSWAHEM9
AHIS7
TWL+CSWAHOY10
AIAS4
CSWAIDE5
AIDS5
AIGA5
CSWAILS4
AIMS6
AINE4
CSWAINS4
AIRN4
AIRS4
AIRT4
AIRY7
AITS4
AITU4
CSWAJAR11
AJEE11
AKED9
CSWAKEE8
AKES8
CSWAKIN8
ALAE4
ALAN4
ALAP6
CSWALAR4
ALAS4
ALAY7
CSWALBA6
ALBE6
CSWALBS6
ALCO6
CSWALEC6
ALEE4
ALEF7
ALES4
ALEW7
CSWALFA7
ALFS7
CSWALGA5
ALIF7
ALIT4
ALKO8
CSWALKY11
ALLS4
ALLY7
ALMA6
ALME6
ALMS6
ALOD5
CSWALOE4
ALOW7
ALPS6
ALSO4
ALTO4
ALTS4
ALUM6
AMAH9
AMAS6
AMBO8
AMEN6
AMIA6
AMID7
AMIE6
AMIN6
AMIR6
AMIS6
AMLA6
CSWAMMO8
AMOK10
AMPS8
AMUS6
AMYL9
ANAL4
ANAN4
CSWANAS4
ANCE6
CSWANDS5
ANES4
ANEW7
ANGA5
ANIL4
ANIS4
ANKH11
ANNA4
ANNO4
CSWANNS4
CSWANOA4
ANON4
ANOW7
CSWANSA4
ANTA4
ANTE4
ANTI4
ANTS4
ANUS4
APAY9
CSWAPED7
APER6
APES6
APEX13
APOD7
APOS6
TWL+CSWAPPS8
TWL+CSWAPSE6
APSO6
CSWAPTS6
CSWAQUA13
ARAK8
ARAR4
CSWARBA6
CSWARBS6
ARCH9
ARCO6
ARCS6
ARDS5
CSWAREA4
ARED5
CSWAREG5
CSWARES4
ARET4
CSWAREW7
CSWARFS7
ARIA4
ARID5
ARIL4
ARIS4
CSWARKS8
ARLE4
CSWARMS6
ARMY9
ARNA4
CSWAROW7
CSWARPA6
CSWARSE4
ARSY7
CSWARTI4
CSWARTS4
ARTY7
ARUM6
ARVO7
ARYL7
ASAR4
CSWASCI6
ASEA4
ASHY10
ASKS8
ASPS6
ATAP6
ATES4
ATMA6
ATOC6
CSWATOK8
CSWATOM6
ATOP6
ATUA4
CSWAUFS7
CSWAUKS8
AULA4
CSWAULD5
AUNE4
CSWAUNT4
AURA4
AUTO4
AVAL7
CSWAVAS7
CSWAVEL7
CSWAVER7
AVES7
AVID8
AVOS7
AVOW10
AWAY10
AWDL8
CSWAWED8
AWEE7
AWES7
AWLS7
AWNS7
AWNY10
AWOL7
AWRY10
AXAL11
AXED12
AXEL11
AXES11
AXIL11
AXIS11
AXLE11
AXON11
AYAH10
AYES7
AYIN7
AYRE7
CSWAYUS7
CSWAZAN13
AZON13
AZYM18
CSWThe number on each tile is its Scrabble point value. Words without a tag are valid in TWL, SOWPODS (Collins/CSW) and ENABLE (Words with Friends); tagged words (e.g. "CSW", "TWL+WWF") are only valid under the dictionaries shown.