Nine-letter words starting with A
1,575 nine-letter words begin with the letter A. The complete list is below in alphabetical order, grouped by second letter so you can scan straight to the ones that fit your puzzle.
Most common nine-letter words starting with A
Ranked by how often they appear in written English.
- available
- agreement
- advertise
- according
- authority
- attention
- affiliate
- adventure
- assistant
- advantage
- anonymous
- associate
- apartment
- addresses
- announced
- automatic
- amendment
- awareness
- applicant
- alexander
- accessory
- afternoon
- attorneys
- appointed
Highest-scoring nine-letter words starting with A
Standard Scrabble tile values, before any board multipliers.
- albizzias 29
- azotizing 28
- amberjack 26
- applejack 26
- alchemize 25
- apoenzyme 25
- activized 24
- adjacency 24
- affixable 24
- affixment 24
- amazingly 24
- aphorized 24
- archaized 24
- asphyxias 24
- asphyxies 24
- activizes 23
- alkalized 23
- amphioxus 23
- aphorizes 23
- appliqued 23
- apprizing 23
- archaizes 23
- archduchy 23
- awkwardly 23
All 1,575 nine-letter words starting with A
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- aardvarks
- aasvogels
- abamperes
- abandoned
- abandoner
- abasement
- abashment
- abatement
- abattises
- abattoirs
- abbotcies
- abdicable
- abdicated
- abdicates
- abdicator
- abdominal
- abducting
- abduction
- abductors
- abelmosks
- aberrance
- aberrancy
- aberrants
- aberrated
- abetments
- abeyances
- abhenries
- abhorrent
- abhorrers
- abhorring
- abidances
- abidingly
- abilities
- abiogenic
- abjection
- ablations
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Common questions
How many nine-letter words start with A?
There are 1,575 nine-letter words beginning with A, all listed on this page in alphabetical order.
What are the most common nine-letter words starting with A?
Ranked by how often they appear in written English, the most common are: available, agreement, advertise, according, authority, attention, affiliate, adventure. The full "most common" list is near the top of this page.
What is the highest-scoring nine-letter word starting with A in Scrabble?
albizzias scores 29 points on plain tiles, before any double- or triple-word squares. Premium squares and the 50-point bingo bonus can change the ranking completely.
Are proper nouns and abbreviations included?
No. The list only contains words from the ENABLE lexicon, which excludes proper nouns, abbreviations and hyphenated forms — the same rule tournament Scrabble and most word games follow. Read more on the methodology page.
Counted from a 172,749-word public-domain lexicon, last reviewed 2026-08-01. How this list was built.