4 letter words starting with A

192 words

There are 192 4-letter words starting with A in the ENABLE dictionary — 5% of all 3,903 words at this length. A is a one-point tile and the bag holds a lot of them, so these words are less about scoring than about shape: they are what clears a vowel-heavy rack, and in a daily guessing game they are how you test a vowel you have not placed yet.

The list divides into 25 groups by second letter, the largest being the 27 words with al. Scanning the right group is faster than reading the whole list, which is why it is broken up below rather than run alphabetically.

If you know more than one letter, this page stops being the fast way to find it. Enter what you have in the unscrambler — the Contains, Starts with and Ends with filters combine, and setting both length fields to 4 narrows this list to the handful your letters actually allow.

All 192 words, by second letter

AA… (2)

aahs aals

AB… (12)

abas abba abbe abed abet able ably abos abri abut abye abys

AC… (11)

aced aces ache achy acid acme acne acre acta acts acyl

AD… (4)

adds adit ados adze

AE… (3)

aeon aero aery

AF… (1)

afar

AG… (14)

agar agas aged agee ager ages agha agin agio agly agma agog agon ague

AH… (2)

ahem ahoy

AI… (10)

aide aids ails aims ains airn airs airt airy aits

AJ… (2)

ajar ajee

AK… (2)

akee akin

AL… (27)

alae alan alar alas alba albs alec alee alef ales alfa alga alif alit alky alls ally alma alme alms aloe alow alps also alto alts alum

AM… (15)

amah amas ambo amen amia amid amie amin amir amis ammo amok amps amus amyl

AN… (18)

anal anas ands anes anew anga anil anis ankh anna anoa anon ansa anta ante anti ants anus

AP… (6)

aped aper apes apex apod apse

AQ… (1)

aqua

AR… (20)

arak arbs arch arco arcs area ares arfs aria arid aril arks arms army arse arts arty arum arvo aryl

AS… (5)

asci asea ashy asks asps

AT… (5)

atap ates atma atom atop

AU… (5)

auks auld aunt aura auto

AV… (5)

aver aves avid avos avow

AW… (9)

away awed awee awes awls awns awny awol awry

AX… (8)

axal axed axel axes axil axis axle axon

AY… (3)

ayah ayes ayin

AZ… (2)

azan azon