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5 Letter Words Starting With A and Ending in S
Every five-letter word that fits A _ _ _ S — answer-eligible words are flagged in green, and you can tap any word to play it.
How Many 5-Letter Words Start With A and End in S?
Locking A at the front and S at the back still leaves 163 words — more than about 96% of the start/end shapes we track. 3 of those sit in the answer pool, and AMISS clears roughly 89.1% of the field in one guess.
No single second letter dominates: L leads with just 21 of 163 words (13%), R close behind at 20. Square two is a genuine unknown on this shape.
96% of these words carry two or more vowels, so the middle is vowel-rich — test consonants with your next probe.
Green-dotted words are answer-eligible — the everyday vocabulary the daily puzzle actually draws from — while hollow-dotted words are valid guesses you can play but that will never be the solution. Flip on Answers only to focus on the 3 words that could truly win the board.
Best Wordle Guesses That Fit A _ _ _ S
Once A and S are green, the strongest follow-up is a word that both fits the pattern and rules out as many remaining answers as possible. These three score highest, measured across all 2296 possible answers:
- 01 AMISS — eliminates about 89.1% of remaining answers on average.
- 02 ABYSS — eliminates about 85.7% of remaining answers on average.
- 03 AMASS — eliminates about 81.5% of remaining answers on average.
The Full List, Grouped by Second Letter
Second-letter groups run L (21), R (20), M (14), B (11) and a tail of 77 more. On a A···S board that grouping mirrors exactly the order the clues arrive in.
A···S Words That Have Been Wordle Answers
4 appearances in 1916 puzzles makes this a genuinely uncommon shape — ATLAS (#1298, 2025-01-07), AMASS (#1060, 2024-05-14), AMISS (#789, 2023-08-17), ABYSS (#126, 2021-10-23). Every answer-eligible word here has already had its turn.
| Puzzle | Date | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| #1298 | 2025-01-07 | ATLAS |
| #1060 | 2024-05-14 | AMASS |
| #789 | 2023-08-17 | AMISS |
| #126 | 2021-10-23 | ABYSS |
The other 160 words are valid guesses the game accepts but will never choose as a solution. They are still useful as probes — words you play to expose new letters — but when you are guessing to win, a green-dotted answer word is the smarter pick.
A···S Words by Vowel Count & Second Letter
Vowel structure is the fastest way to narrow the middle three squares. Here is how the 163 A···S words split by how many vowels they contain in total:
| Vowels | Words | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 or fewer | 7 | 4% |
| Exactly 2 | 123 | 75% |
| 3 or more | 33 | 20% |
And the most common second letters among A···S words — handy when a yellow tile hints at the square right after A:
| Pattern | Words |
|---|---|
| AL···S | 21 |
| AR···S | 20 |
| AM···S | 14 |
| AB···S | 11 |
| AC···S | 10 |
| AN···S | 10 |
How to Use These Words to Win Wordle
- Pin the second letter first. The square after A splits the list fastest — AL alone accounts for 21 of the 163 candidates, so fixing that tile drops most of the rest.
- Favor distinct letters early. 96 of the 163 words here use five different letters and 67 repeat one.
Full strategy lives in the how-to-play guide, and you can practice any time on the unlimited Wordle board.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many 5-letter words start with A and end in S?
There are 163 valid five-letter words that start with A and end in S in our Wordle dictionary, and 3 of them can appear as a daily answer. Turn on the "Answers only" filter above to narrow the A···S list to answer-eligible words.
What are the best A···S words for Wordle?
AMISS, ABYSS, AMASS are the strongest. AMISS eliminates about 89.1% of the answer pool on average, so if a clue has already fixed A and S, guessing AMISS both tests the pattern and rules out the most remaining words. See more best Wordle starting words.
Which A to S words have been Wordle answers?
4 of them, across 1916 puzzles. The most recent was ATLAS (#1298) on 2025-01-07, and the first was ABYSS on 2021-10-23. Every answer-eligible A···S word has already been used. Browse the full past Wordle answers archive.
Do these A···S words work in hard mode?
Yes. Once A and S are green you must keep them, so this list is exactly your hard-mode candidate set. 96 of the 163 words use five distinct letters and 67 repeat one — worth knowing, because hard mode will not let you drop a confirmed letter to probe elsewhere. See the how-to-play guide.
What is the most common second letter in A···S words?
L — AL accounts for 21 of the 163 words (13%), ahead of AR with 20. With both ends already green, square two is usually the tile worth testing first.
How many vowels do A···S words usually have?
96% of these 163 words carry two or more vowels — 123 have exactly two and 33 have three or more, against 7 with one or fewer. With A and S already fixed, that tells you how much vowel room the three middle squares still need. For a full clue-by-clue solve, send your board to the Wordle Solver.