5 Letter Words Ending in A

242 words Words by letter Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are all 242 5 letter words ending in A, from a standard word-game dictionary, with everyday words first. 38 of them are common words; the rest are rarer but still valid in most word games. Use the Wordle helper to add the letters you know.

Most of these words start with S, M, P. Good picks with five different letters include media, china, extra, opera.

Words found: 242
Most used: media
Most common first letter: S

Wordle helper: 5 letter words ending in A

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Common 5 letter words ending in A

#	Word	Meaning
1	media	a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
2	china	a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world
3	extra	more than is needed, desired, or required
4	drama	a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
5	pizza	Italian open pie made of thin bread dough spread with a spiced mixture of e.g. tomato sauce and cheese
6	maria	a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon
7	arena	a particular environment or walk of life
8	opera	a drama set to music
9	alpha	the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet
10	ultra	(used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm
11	villa	Mexican revolutionary leader (1877-1923)
12	costa	a riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing)
13	delta	a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water
14	pasta	a dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient
15	plaza	a public square with room for pedestrians
16	karma	(Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation
17	ninja	a member of the ninja who were trained in martial arts and hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations
18	donna	an Italian woman of rank
19	mafia	a crime syndicate in the United States
20	vodka	unaged colorless liquor originating in Russia
21	omega	the ending of a series or sequence; --Revelation
22	silva	the forest trees growing in a country or region
23	tesla	a unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter
24	vista	the visual percept of a region
25	flora	all the plant life in a particular region or period
26	gamma	the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet
27	panda	large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet
28	cocoa	a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot
29	erica	any plant of the genus Erica
30	viola	any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola
31	quota	a prescribed number
32	salsa	spicy sauce of tomatoes and onions and chili peppers to accompany Mexican foods
33	fauna	all the animal life in a particular region or period
34	cobra	venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood
35	sigma	the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet
36	fella	a boy or man
37	kappa	the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet
38	mania	an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
39	momma	informal terms for a mother
40	zebra	any of several fleet black-and-white striped African equines

5 letter words ending in a, by first letter

A (17)

arena
alpha
aroma
aloha
apnea
aorta
anima
amiga
agora
atria
aliya
asana
agama
areca
akela
abaca
ameba

B (9)

betta
brava
bursa
biota
balsa
bulla
bacca
bwana
babka

C (20)

china
costa
cocoa
circa
cobra
comma
cotta
cuppa
conga
cilia
curia
culpa
canna
calla
copra
cella
chela
ceiba
ceria
cobia

D (13)

drama
delta
donna
dogma
douma
dacha
derma
dicta
donga
dagga
dorsa
dumka
dolma

E (4)

extra
erica
edema
enema

F (9)

flora
fauna
fella
fatwa
fossa
feria
fovea
folia
facia

G (10)

gamma
gemma
genoa
ganja
guava
gutta
gamba
grama
galea
grana

H (9)

honda
hydra
hamza
henna
hyena
holla
hansa
hosta
halva

I (1)

infra

J (2)

junta
jnana

K (7)

karma
kappa
koala
krona
kurta
kasha
kalpa

L (12)

laura
larva
llama
libra
lemma
labia
liana
lamia
linga
lutea
lyssa
logia

M (24)

media
maria
mafia
mania
momma
mecca
mamma
magma
moira
massa
mocha
mirza
manta
manna
mensa
mamba
mudra
mulla
micra
moola
menta
milia
musca
mbira

N (5)

ninja
naira
nubia
noria
nyala

O (3)

opera
omega
ostia

P (23)

pizza
pasta
plaza
panda
prima
polka
playa
pasha
parka
poppa
pacha
paisa
pampa
penna
pinna
pinta
phyla
pieta
pukka
perea
plena
panga
presa

Q (1)

quota

R (3)

rumba
rioja
recta

S (30)

silva
salsa
sigma
shiva
scuba
sauna
samba
supra
senna
sutra
summa
sepia
septa
sacra
sabra
spica
stupa
sutta
stoma
selva
stela
sunna
sylva
sanga
saiga
sulfa
schwa
sensa
stria
scena

T (17)

tesla
terra
theta
tonga
tiara
tibia
tetra
taiga
testa
tinea
tanka
tabla
trona
thuja
telia
tazza
tsuba

U (5)

ultra
umbra
ulama
ulema
uvula

V (13)

villa
vodka
vista
viola
volta
voila
varna
vesta
vanda
varia
veena
vinca
virga

W (1)

walla

X (1)

xenia

Y (2)

yucca
yerba

Z (1)

zebra

Questions people ask

How many 5 letter words ending in A are there?

This list has 242, taken from a standard word-game dictionary and limited to words seen in real English text.

What are common 5 letter words ending in A?

media, china, extra, drama, pizza, maria, arena, opera.

Which 5 letter words ending in A are good Wordle guesses?

media, china, extra, opera, ultra, costa use five different letters, so each guess tests more of the alphabet.

Source: the ENABLE word list (a public-domain dictionary used for word games), ranked by how often each word appears in English text (the open wordfreq project), with short meanings from Princeton WordNet. Offensive words are left out.

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