5-Letter Words Ending in A
There are 95 common five-letter words ending in A in Hintwordo's list, and 260 more that are valid but rarely used. The most familiar are EXTRA, DRAMA, MEDIA, PIZZA, ARENA, CHINA. Words are ranked by how often they appear in real-world writing, so the ones at the top are the likeliest answers in a daily five-letter puzzle.
Apart from the letter in the name, the most common letters in this list are R (in 27% of words), M (25%) and L (24%) — good letters to test next.
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Common words (95)
Type a pattern with ? for unknown letters (s?a?e), or letters the word must contain (ae).
Showing 95 of 95
- very common: extra
- very common: drama
- very common: media
- very common: pizza
- very common: arena
- very common: china
- very common: opera
- very common: alpha
- very common: ultra
- very common: pasta
- very common: plaza
- very common: karma
- very common: ninja
- very common: vodka
- very common: omega
- very common: vista
- very common: gamma
- common: panda
- common: cocoa
- common: circa
- common: quota
- common: salsa
- common: fauna
- common: cobra
- common: sigma
- common: fella
- common: kappa
- common: mania
- common: villa
- common: zebra
- common: junta
- common: delta
- common: scuba
- common: comma
- common: dogma
- common: sauna
- common: aroma
- common: polka
- common: magma
- common: samba
- common: theta
- common: pasha
- common: aloha
- common: supra
- common: koala
- common: mafia
- common: larva
- common: mocha
- common: tiara
- common: edema
- common: llama
- common: senna
- common: voila
- common: aorta
- common: flora
- common: infra
- common: tibia
- common: enema
- common: henna
- common: manta
- common: hyena
- common: manna
- common: sepia
- common: parka
- common: viola
- common: lemma
- common: tetra
- common: cuppa
- common: fatwa
- common: septa
- common: sacra
- common: conga
- common: cilia
- common: yucca
- common: mamba
- common: rumba
- common: taiga
- common: guava
- common: mecca
- common: fossa
- less common: curia
- less common: hydra
- less common: sabra
- less common: balsa
- less common: umbra
- less common: calla
- less common: krona
- less common: tabla
- less common: copra
- less common: dacha
- less common: dicta
- less common: phyla
- less common: uvula
- less common: sulfa
- less common: pukka
Letter patterns in these words
Most common other letters
- r27%
- m25%
- l24%
- o22%
- i21%
- e20%
Most common letter by position
| Position 1 | Position 2 | Position 3 | Position 4 | Position 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| s13% | a27% | n9% | r16% | a100% |
A strong first guess from this list: opera
Puzzle tips
- Many words ending in A share their last two or three letters. If several fit, pick a guess that tests their different first letters at once.
- Remember that plurals and simple past tenses are rarely used as answers in daily puzzles; they're listed under less common words.
- The solver can suggest a next guess that splits the remaining words as evenly as possible.
Less common valid words (260)
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