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6-Letter Words Starting with A: page 2

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All 485 six-letter words that start with A: page 2 of 2

AS

  • assman8n. Someone who rides a donkey.
  • assort6v. To sort or arrange according to characteristic or class.
  • assume8v. To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true...
  • assure6v. To make sure and secure; ensure.
  • astern6adv. Behind (a vessel); in the rear.
  • asthma11n. A long-term respiratory condition, in which the airways may...
  • astore6v. To store; to furnish with stores.
  • astral6adj. Relating to or resembling the stars; starry.
  • astray9adv. Away from the proper path; in a wrong or unknown direction.
  • astute6adj. Quickly and critically discerning.
  • aswang10n. A shapeshifting evil creature in Philippine mythology.
  • asylee9n. A non-citizen of a country who has been granted asylum in that country.
  • asylum11n. A place of safety or refuge.

AT

  • ataman8n. A title of Cossack and haidamak leaders of various kinds. The term was...
  • ataxia13n. Lack of coordination while performing voluntary movements, which may...
  • ataxic15adj. Pertaining to ataxia.
  • ataxin13n. Any of several proteins, found in several organs of the body, that have...
  • athame11n. A ceremonial pointed knife or dagger, used especially in Wicca and...
  • atlatl6n. A spearthrower consisting of a wooden stick with a thong or...
  • atomic10adj. Of or relating to atoms; composed of atoms; monatomic.
  • atonal6adj. Lacking a tonal center or key.
  • atonia6n. Lack of muscle tone.
  • atonic8adj. Unstressed.
  • atopic10adj. Pertaining to or suffering from atopy.
  • atrial6adj. Of or pertaining to an atrium, especially the atrium of the heart.
  • atrium8n. A central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the...
  • attach11v. To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).
  • attack12n. An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of an opponent or enemy.
  • attain6v. To come to or reach (a place) by motion or progression.
  • attend7v. To care for (someone requiring attention); specifically, of a doctor...
  • attent6adj. Attentive, heedful; intent.
  • attest6v. To affirm to be correct, true, or genuine.
  • attila6n. A short, fringed cape worn as part of traditional Hungarian costume.
  • attire6n. One's dress; what one wears; one's clothes.
  • attorn6v. To transfer one's obligations from one person to another person.
  • attune6v. To bring into musical accord.
  • atypia11n. Abnormality in a cell (the state of being atypical).

AU

  • aubade9n. A poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning.
  • auburn8n. A dark reddish-brown colour, often used to describe hair colour.
  • audial7adj. Of or relating to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing.
  • audion7n. An early electronic amplifying tube consisting of a partially evacuated...
  • aughts10n. The first decade of a century, such as 1900 to 1909 or 2000 to 2009...
  • augite7n. A variety of pyroxene, usually of a black or dark green color...
  • augury10n. A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals.
  • august7adj. Awe-inspiring, majestic, noble, venerable.
  • auntie6n. Term of familiarity or respect for a middle-aged or elderly woman.
  • aureus6n. A gold coin, minted in the Roman Empire from approximately 100 B.C.E....
  • aurora6n. An atmospheric phenomenon created by charged particles from the sun...
  • auspex15n. An officiating priest in Ancient Rome.
  • auteur6n. A creative artist, especially a film director, seen as having a...
  • author9n. The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary...
  • autism8n. Autism spectrum disorder, a condition characterized by impairment in...
  • autist6n. An autistic person, a person with autism.
  • autumn8n. Traditionally the third of the four seasons, when deciduous trees lose...

AV

  • avatar9n. An incarnation of a deity, particularly Vishnu.
  • avaunt9interj. Begone; depart; used in contempt or abhorrence.
  • avenge10v. To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the...
  • avenue9n. A broad street, especially one bordered by trees or, in cities laid out...
  • averse9adj. Having a repugnance or opposition of mind.
  • avgeek14n. An aviation enthusiast.
  • aviary12n. A house, enclosure, large cage, or other place for keeping birds...
  • aviate9v. To operate an aircraft.
  • avidin10n. A tetrameric protein produced in the oviducts of birds, reptiles and...
  • avidly13adv. In an avid manner; greedily; eagerly.
  • avidya13n. Ignorance or delusion.
  • avital9adj. Relating to a grandfather or ancestor.
  • avocat11n. An advocate; a lawyer.
  • avocet11n. Any of four species of wading birds in the genus Recurvirostra, with...
  • avouch14v. To declare freely and openly; to assert.
  • avowal12n. An open declaration of affirmation or admission of knowledge.
  • avowed13adj. Openly acknowledged.

AW

  • awaken13v. To cause to become awake.
  • aweary12adj. Weary, tired.
  • aweigh13adj. Of a ship's anchor: Having been lifted off the sea bed in preparation...
  • awhile12adv. For some time; for a short time.
  • awning10n. A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place...

AX

  • axeman15n. A man who wields an axe.
  • axenic15adj. Containing only a single species of microorganism.
  • axilla13n. The armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.
  • axonal13adj. Of or pertaining to an axon.

AZ

  • azalea15n. A plant of the obsolete genus Azalea.
  • azerty18adj. Having or using the layout of a French/Francophone keyboard.
  • azolla15n. Synonym of mosquito fern (“any of several species of small floating...
  • azonto15n. A Ghanaian style of music and dance with accompanying hand movements.
  • azygos19n. In anatomy, a structure that is unpaired. This is relatively unusual...

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Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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