5 Letter Words Ending in A
Need five-letter words that end in A? There are 649 valid 5 letter words ending in A, and 53 of them are common everyday words. The most used is media. Use the finder for your Wordle clues, or browse the lists below. To search all words at once, use the 5 letter word finder.
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Shows every 5 letter word you can make using only these letters. Each letter can be used as many times as you type it.
5 letter words ending in A at a glance
- Valid words
- 649
- Common words
- 53
- Most common
- media
- Top Scrabble score (common)
- pizza 25 pts
- Top Scrabble score (all)
- huzza 26 pts
- Best Wordle guess in this set
- aroma
- The 1st letter is M in 13% of common words.
- The 2nd letter is A in 28% of common words.
- The 3rd letter is N in 13% of common words.
- The 4th letter is M in 21% of common words.
Common 5 letter words ending in A (53)
The words with 5 letters ending in A you're most likely to know, most used first.
- media8
- extra12
- drama8
- pizza25
- arena5
- opera7
- alpha10
- ultra5
- villa8
- delta6
- manga8
- pasta7
- plaza16
- karma11
- ninja12
- donna6
- mafia10
- vodka13
- omega8
- vista8
- flora8
- gamma10
- panda8
- cocoa9
- viola8
- quota14
- salsa5
- fauna8
- cobra9
- sigma8
- fella8
- kappa13
- mania7
- momma11
- zebra16
- junta12
- gemma10
- mamma11
- hydra12
- scuba9
- comma11
- dogma9
- sauna5
- aroma7
- polka11
- magma10
- samba9
- theta8
- pasha10
- aloha8
- supra7
- koala9
- apnea7
How to find a five-letter word that ends in an A
Looking for 5 letter words that end with A to solve a Wordle? The finder above already has A in the last green box; add your other clues.
A real example from our word list: the answer is PANDA, and all you know is that it ends in A, which leaves 53 common words. Open with AROMA, the guess that splits this set most evenly.
Guess 1: AROMA A is green and A is yellow, and the rest are grey. That leaves 8 possible answers.
Guess 2: PASTA P, A and A are green, and the rest are grey. That leaves 1 possible answer.
Guess 3: PANDA All five letters are green. Solved in 3.
What comes before the final A?
The most common endings are -MA (21%), -RA (15%) and -TA (11%). If you know the last letter is A, these pairs are the best place to start for the fourth letter.
| Ends in | Number of common words | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| -MA | 11 | drama, karma, gamma, sigma |
| -RA | 8 | extra, opera, ultra, flora |
| -TA | 6 | delta, pasta, vista, quota |
| -NA | 4 | arena, donna, fauna, sauna |
| -LA | 4 | villa, viola, fella, koala |
| -IA | 3 | media, mafia, mania |
What the most common ones mean
- extra
- adjectivemore than is needed, desired, or required
- drama
- nouna dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- pizza
- nounItalian open pie made of thin bread dough spread with a spiced mixture of e.g. tomato sauce and cheese
- arena
- nouna particular environment or walk of life
- opera
- nouna drama set to music
- alpha
- nounthe 1st letter of the Greek alphabet
- ultra
- adjective(used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm
- villa
- nounMexican revolutionary leader (1877-1923)
- delta
- nouna low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water
- manga
- noungraphic novel that originated in Japan, usually intended for adults and characterized by highly stylized art
- pasta
- nouna dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient
- plaza
- nouna public square with room for pedestrians
- karma
- noun(Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation
- ninja
- nouna member of the ninja who were trained in martial arts and hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations
- donna
- nounan Italian woman of rank
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
About 5 letter words ending in A
Many 5 letter words ending in A are borrowed from other languages: pizza and pasta from Italian, sauna from Finnish, koala from an Australian language, drama from Greek. Others are scientific or musical terms, like alpha, gamma, delta and opera. Because so many A-ending words are borrowed, they often have unusual letter combinations, like the double Z in pizza or the KA in vodka. In Wordle, A is a less common last letter than E, Y or T, so only move A to the end when your other guesses rule out those spots.
A ranks seventh out of 26 as a last letter for 5 letter words.
Common endings with A
-MA is the most common ending for A words, as in karma, comma, dogma, magma and sigma. -RA and -TA come next: cobra, extra, hydra, quota and theta. Many A-ending words are names of foods, animals, music or Greek letters, which makes them easy to group in your head: pizza and salsa; panda and zebra; polka and samba; alpha and sigma. In Wordle, if A is green last, test M, R and T in the fourth spot. For the many words where A sits in the middle instead, see 5 letter words with A, or use the 5 letter word finder to add your other clues.
Vowels in 5 letter words ending in A
A is the most common vowel here, appearing in 100% of the common words, followed by O (30%) and E (21%). The least common is U (13%).
2% have just one vowel, like hydra. At the other end, media, arena and opera have three or more.
Nouns, verbs and adjectives
By main meaning (WordNet), there are 49 nouns, 2 adjectives and 1 adverb.
Nouns include drama, pizza and arena. Adjectives include extra and ultra. Adverbs include supra.
Best Wordle guesses that end in A
Top guesses, with the average number of the 53 common words each leaves: OPERA (8.4), MEDIA (9.0), OMEGA (9.7), FLORA (10.3) and DOGMA (10.6).
62% repeat a letter, and 10 have a double letter, like pizza, villa, donna and gamma.
Highest-scoring 5 letter words ending in A in Scrabble
Top common words: pizza (25), plaza (16) and zebra (16). All valid words: huzza (26), pizza (25) and tazza (23). 46 words reach 15 points or more.
All 649 valid 5 letter words ending in A596 rarer words accepted in Scrabble and Wordle, not shown above. Plurals are marked.
- gonna6
- china10
- india6
- wanna8
- gotta6
- kinda10
- maria7
- laura5
- costa7
- honda9
- silva8
- tesla5
- circa9
- erica7
- terra5
- barca9
- mecca11
- prima9
- norma7
- shiva11
- intra5
- bubba11
- sorta5
- genoa6
- playa10
- moira7
- massa7
- forza17
- sabha10
- tonga6
- scala7
- banda8
- larva8
- fonda9
- jaffa18
- mocha12
- tiara5
- volta8
- edema8
- llama7
- sansa5
- senna5
- simba9
- libra7
- voila8
- aorta5
- porta7
- walla8
- carta7
- serra5
- sutra5
- infra8
- pooja14
- tibia7
- barra7
- hamza19
- mirza16
- garda7
- cotta7
- enema7
- henna8
- chara10
- manta7
- summa9
- hyena11
- manna7
- betta7
- sepia7
- varna8
- chica12
- anima7
- parka11
- lemma9
- ouija12
- amiga8
- agora6
- ganja13
- tetra5
- cuppa11
- fatwa11
- septa7
- wagga10
- sacra7
- conga8
- spina7
- mensa7
- cilia7
- lycra10
- padma10
- parra7
- sitka9
- yucca12
- mamba11
- naira5
- rumba9
- moria7
- taiga6
- brava10
- guava9
- bursa7
- wicca12
- burka11
- vespa10
- vesta8
- burqa16
- fossa8
- missa7
- curia7
- hasta8
- holla8
- poppa11
- causa7
- culpa9
- liana5
- tikka13
- sabra7
- shura8
- nanna5
- rasta5
- testa5
- akita9
- biota7
- canna7
- balsa7
- gabba10
- nyssa8
- xenia12
- melba9
- basta7
- nubia7
- festa8
- pitta7
- rioja12
- pacha12
- umbra9
- atria5
- gutta6
- lamia7
- sheva11
- calla7
- flava11
- zilla14
- tonka9
- yerba10
- chola10
- chana10
- spica9
- ostia5
- paisa7
- prana7
- stupa7
- vanda9
- sella5
- gamba10
- pampa11
- tanga6
- doula6
- nappa9
- ulama7
- abaya10
- bulla7
- douma8
- grama8
- aliya8
- asana5
- hansa8
- mudra8
- sutta5
- varia8
- krona9
- mulla7
- penna7
- kurta9
- laika9
- stoma7
- thana8
- feria8
- hatha11
- tanna5
- tinea5
- veena8
- selva8
- tanka9
- senza14
- tabla7
- chaya13
- kanga10
- ranga6
- copra9
- dacha11
- targa6
- ulema7
- chota10
- linga6
- longa6
- micra9
- finca10
- jirga13
- stela5
- bacha12
- cella7
- pinna7
- sunna5
- wonga9
- derma8
- sylva11
- hijra15
- shola8
- dicta8
- lutea5
- pinta7
- anata5
- morra7
- phyla13
- rueda6
- sanga6
- scapa9
- shama10
- torta5
- galea6
- fovea11
- kasha12
- sopra7
- thema10
- dinna6
- malwa10
- nulla5
- pieta7
- saiga6
- bacca11
- pakka15
- grana6
- agama8
- chela10
- uvula8
- bwana10
- laksa9
- signa6
- areca7
- cauda8
- lyssa8
- sulfa8
- zonda15
- gyoza18
- kalpa11
- qibla16
- raita5
- vinca10
- korma11
- pukka15
- taira5
- whata11
- aroha8
- perea7
- dabba10
- molla7
- ceiba9
- doona6
- ragga7
- halfa11
- moola7
- plena7
- akela9
- folia8
- schwa13
- cheka14
- palla7
- bocca11
- logia6
- panga8
- menta7
- yabba12
- donga7
- jnana12
- kerma11
- milia7
- namma9
- presa7
- banya10
- borna7
- fitna8
- ratha8
- abaca9
- trona5
- musca9
- musha10
- wuxia15
- aldea6
- anana5
- sensa5
- subha10
- urena5
- babka13
- facia10
- hosta8
- quina14
- recta7
- thuja15
- pooka11
- araba7
- khaya15
- malva10
- telia5
- batta7
- benga8
- buffa13
- sessa5
- ceria7
- mulga8
- kofta12
- nalla5
- roosa5
- bania7
- dagga8
- ponga8
- gompa10
- cobia9
- hakea12
- marka11
- shaya11
- stipa7
- stria5
- talma7
- verra8
- scena7
- scopa9
- hurra8
- dorsa6
- lavra8
- khoja19
- mekka15
- renga6
- ameba9
- talpa7
- dumka12
- ngoma8
- tazza23
- bajra14
- halva11
- noria5
- dolma8
- nyala8
- virga9
- arepa7
- kippa13
- tulpa7
- guana6
- keema11
- tsuba7
- mbira9
- hevea11
- plica9
- herma10
- reata5
- regna6
- loofa8
- milpa9
- phoca12
- tenia5
- cesta7
- faena8
- lehua8
- limba9
- matza16
- riata5
- theca10
- tappa9
- coria7
- mahua10
- alula5
- vitta8
- winna8
- yakka16
- luffa11
- hodja16
- kacha14
- agita6
- bonza16
- dobra8
- kheda13
- flota8
- podia8
- bunya10
- idola6
- lepra7
- munga8
- caeca9
- surra5
- gumma10
- pacta9
- agila6
- rakia9
- bigha11
- genua6
- gaita6
- hooka12
- vacua10
- bakra11
- murra7
- belga8
- halma10
- hamba12
- jhala15
- palea7
- salpa7
- ossia5
- gleba8
- bhuna10
- doura6
- fetta8
- hypha16
- usnea5
- volva11
- myoma12
- zamia16
- koura9
- saola5
- yenta8
- antra5
- durra6
- inula5
- ixora12
- furca10
- trema7
- crura7
- tecta7
- wigga10
- zanza23
- ajuga13
- labra7
- nabla7
- pilea7
- agria6
- darga7
- motza16
- uncia7
- hovea11
- limpa9
- nerka9
- punga8
- sigla6
- abuna7
- mugga9
- ruana5
- bunia7
- koppa13
- colza16
- entia5
- frena8
- dulia6
- zanja21
- haoma10
- quena14
- vigia9
- talea5
- patka11
- sadza15
- terga6
- wilga9
- abaka11
- aboma9
- aceta7
- adyta9
- aecia7
- afara8
- aguna6
- ainga6
- ajiva15
- alapa7
- amnia7
- aroba7
- asyla8
- baiza16
- bivia10
- bohea10
- boyla10
- braza16
- calpa9
- chufa13
- cnida8
- coala7
- cobza18
- conia7
- couta7
- crena7
- diota6
- divna9
- dobla8
- dolia6
- dorba8
- downa9
- dukka14
- erbia7
- etyma10
- fanga9
- fetwa11
- gogga8
- gonia6
- goura6
- groma8
- gusla6
- haika12
- hejra15
- hudna9
- hutia8
- huzza26
- jagra13
- jarta12
- jibba16
- kaama11
- kaika13
- kehua12
- kibla11
- kokra13
- kwela12
- labda8
- lepta7
- lezza23
- limma9
- louma7
- lubra7
- lycea10
- lytta8
- mahwa13
- mikra11
- mohua10
- mowra10
- murva10
- nakfa12
- nanua5
- ngana6
- nucha10
- ocrea7
- oidia6
- omasa7
- orgia6
- orixa12
- pelma9
- pelta7
- pepla9
- picra9
- poaka11
- pruta7
- psora7
- pucka13
- pulka11
- punka11
- purda8
- qorma16
- redia6
- regma8
- repla7
- retia5
- rhyta11
- rupia7
- rusma7
- sakia9
- sauba7
- scuta7
- sidha9
- sirra5
- softa8
- sorda6
- sorra5
- sputa7
- taata5
- tafia8
- tagma8
- tayra8
- tegua6
- thuya11
- ticca9
- tomia7
- trefa8
- tryma10
- tugra6
- tuina5
- urbia7
- vifda12
- vivda12
- voema10
- wilja15
- wirra8
- wisha11
- wokka16
- xoana12
- yacca12
- yacka14
- yarfa11
- yarta8
- yurta8
- zabra16
- zerda15
- zoaea14
- zooea14
- zoppa18
Questions people ask
How many 5 letter words ending in A are there?
649 valid words; 53 of them are common everyday words.
What is a five-letter word that ends in an A?
The most common is media. Other everyday examples are extra, drama and pizza.
What is the best Wordle guess that ends in A?
aroma, leaving about 4.6 possible answers on average.
Which 5 letter word ending in A scores the most in Scrabble?
Among common words, pizza scores 25 points. Among all valid words, huzza scores 26.
What 5 letter words start with M and end in A?
M is the most common first letter for these words (7 of the common words). Examples: media, manga, mafia and mania.
Do more 5 letter words end with A or start with A?
649 valid 5 letter words end with A, compared with 717 that start with it. See 5 letter words starting with A.
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