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5-Letter Words Starting with A (53 words)
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abaca (9 points)
Type of hemp
Philippine rope-making fiber
Fiber from a banana stalk
A·1+B·3+A·1+C·3+A·1 = 9 pts
abaci (9 points)
Early summers (wordplay)
Wooden counters (wordplay)
Summers of old (wordplay)
A·1+B·3+A·1+C·3+I·1 = 9 pts
aback (13 points)
Surprised (with "taken")
Surprising way to be taken (wordplay)
Where the offended are taken (wordplay)
A·1+B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5 = 13 pts
acari (7 points)
Little creatures I found under a vehicle
Mites ticks etc
Mites, ticks, etc.
A·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+I·1 = 7 pts
acerb (9 points)
Like lemon juice (var.)
Cause celebre cause of some back-biting!
Tart of tone
A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+B·3 = 9 pts
aceta (7 points)
Vinegars
Vinegars.
A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+A·1 = 7 pts
ached (11 points)
Wanted Bengay, say
Had a bad gut feeling (wordplay)
Needed a chiropractor, say
A·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
aches (10 points)
Needs ice, say
Pa in for them (wordplay)
Distress signals (wordplay)
A·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
achoo (10 points)
Blessing preceder perhaps
Sound in a dusty attic maybe
Cause for a blessing (wordplay)
A·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+O·1 = 10 pts
acids (8 points)
Heartburn causes maybe
Lab flask contents perhaps
Lab flask contents, perhaps
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+S·1 = 8 pts
acidy (11 points)
Sour as a stomach
Having a lot of reflux
Sour or sharp-tasting
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+Y·4 = 11 pts
acing (8 points)
Getting no returns (wordplay)
Giving great service (wordplay)
Allowing no returns, say
A·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 8 pts
acini (7 points)
Grape-seeds (Lat.)
Some berries in Cognac inimitable!
Grape seeds, for example
A·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+I·1 = 7 pts
ackee (11 points)
National fruit of Jamaica
West African fruit
Tropical fruit related to the lychee
A·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+E·1 = 11 pts
acmes (9 points)
High tops (wordplay)
Tip-top locales
The highest points.
A·1+C·3+M·3+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
acmic (11 points)
Relating to the highest point
A·1+C·3+M·3+I·1+C·3 = 11 pts
acned (8 points)
Spotted at the prom, perhaps (wordplay)
Benefiting from benzoyl peroxide, say
Red in the face (wordplay)
A·1+C·3+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 8 pts
acnes (7 points)
Teen-agers' woes
Some teenagers' ailments
Rosacea and others
A·1+C·3+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
acock (13 points)
Ready to fire
Turned up, as a hat.
A familiar chap's stuck up
A·1+C·3+O·1+C·3+K·5 = 13 pts
acold (8 points)
'Poor Tom's - - ' (Shak.)
Thing to feed (wordplay)
Wind in August movie
A·1+C·3+O·1+L·1+D·2 = 8 pts
acorn (7 points)
Part of a winter stash maybe
Bigtime Obama supporters (abbreviation)
The fruit of the shoetree (wordplay)
A·1+C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 7 pts
acred (8 points)
Having much land
Wealthy in land
Owning lots of lots
A·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 8 pts
acres (7 points)
Landowning count (wordplay)
Some of a lot perhaps
Fourty in back (wordplay)
A·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
acrid (8 points)
Bringing tears to your eyes, maybe
Bill free of bitterness (wordplay)
Like the smell of burning rubber
A·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+D·2 = 8 pts
acted (8 points)
Was a whole new person (wordplay)
Employed the Stanislavski method, say
Created some drama (wordplay)
A·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 8 pts
actin (7 points)
Role play (wordplay)
Be a part of a play
Join the cast as of a movie
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 7 pts
actor (7 points)
Role call answerer (wordplay)
Paul Newman for one
Cue user, maybe
A·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 7 pts
acute (7 points)
Not quite right (wordplay)
Eighty-five degrees, say
Not right (wordplay)
A·1+C·3+U·1+T·1+E·1 = 7 pts
acyls (10 points)
Acyl
A·1+C·3+Y·4+L·1+S·1 = 10 pts
adunc (8 points)
Curving inward as a beak
Curved inward, as a parrot's beak.
Curving inward, as a beak
A·1+D·2+U·1+N·1+C·3 = 8 pts
aecia (7 points)
Rust-fungi spores
Fungal spore sacs
Spore clusters of rust fungi
A·1+E·1+C·3+I·1+A·1 = 7 pts
aitch (10 points)
Honorable silence (wordplay)
Either of two hearth borders (wordplay)
Head start (wordplay)
A·1+I·1+T·1+C·3+H·4 = 10 pts
alack (11 points)
A need to regret to say this
Such a shortage - oh, dear!
A jet won't start, I'm sad to say
A·1+L·1+A·1+C·3+K·5 = 11 pts
alcid (8 points)
A diving sea bird
A·1+L·1+C·3+I·1+D·2 = 8 pts
alecs (7 points)
Smart ones (wordplay)
Smart, sarcastic guys (wordplay)
'Smart' guys (wordplay)
A·1+L·1+E·1+C·3+S·1 = 7 pts
amice (9 points)
Worn under the alb
Priest's vestment
Priest's neckcloth
A·1+M·3+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 9 pts
amnic (9 points)
Of a river.
Of a river
Riverine
A·1+M·3+N·1+I·1+C·3 = 9 pts
amuck (13 points)
Wild way to run (wordplay)
Bad way to run (Var.)
One way to run (wordplay)
A·1+M·3+U·1+C·3+K·5 = 13 pts
ancon (7 points)
Suburb of Panama.
The elbow: Anat
Part of Panama City.
A·1+N·1+C·3+O·1+N·1 = 7 pts
antic (7 points)
April Fools joke maybe
What a caper for an insect, I see!
Caper; grotesque (arch.)
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 7 pts
apace (9 points)
A quiet one, but fast!
Speedily, to the Bard
Quickly becomes a leading polo expert
A·1+P·3+A·1+C·3+E·1 = 9 pts
arced (8 points)
Traveled on a parabola say
Jumped a gap say
Curved in current fashion (wordplay)
A·1+R·1+C·3+E·1+D·2 = 8 pts
arcus (7 points)
Caesar's bow
Roll-shaped cloud
Caesars bow
A·1+R·1+C·3+U·1+S·1 = 7 pts
areca (7 points)
Tropical palm tree
Palm with red nuts
Another name for the betel nut
A·1+R·1+E·1+C·3+A·1 = 7 pts
areic (7 points)
Pertaining to a region of the earth
A·1+R·1+E·1+I·1+C·3 = 7 pts
ascot (7 points)
Course for Angus, say (wordplay)
Berkshire racecourse - coast (anagram)
Place for one of a northern race
A·1+S·1+C·3+O·1+T·1 = 7 pts
ascus (7 points)
Fungal spore sac
Sac in which seed spores grow.
Botanical sac
A·1+S·1+C·3+U·1+S·1 = 7 pts
asdic (8 points)
Early echo-sounder; a disc (anagram)
Sonar in Soho
Sonar to Brits
A·1+S·1+D·2+I·1+C·3 = 8 pts
aspic (9 points)
Jelly, when still (wordplay)
Mold-y food (wordplay)
Bonded stock formation (wordplay)
A·1+S·1+P·3+I·1+C·3 = 9 pts
attic (7 points)
Web site, perhaps (wordplay)
Story of past glories, maybe (wordplay)
Web developer (wordplay)
A·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 7 pts
aulic (7 points)
Of royal courts
Of a royal court
Of a court
A·1+U·1+L·1+I·1+C·3 = 7 pts
auric (7 points)
Goldfinger, in "Goldfinger"
Goldfingers first name
Ians greedy villain
A·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+C·3 = 7 pts
azoic (16 points)
Time before life
Lifeless geological period
Word before period, era or eon
A·1+Z·10+O·1+I·1+C·3 = 16 pts

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