3-letter words containing A
Embark on an exploration of 3-letter words that contain the letter A. This segment uncovers the diverse range of words that incorporate A within this specific length, revealing the versatility and richness of language. Ideal for vocabulary enthusiasts and word-game aficionados.
Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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and | 4 | A particle which expresses the relation of connection or addition. It is used to conjoin a word with a word, a clause with a clause, or a sentence with a sentence. | - |
are | 3 | a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters | - |
was | 6 | - | - |
can | 5 | a buoy with a round bottom and conical top | - |
all | 3 | to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly') | a totally new situation |
man | 5 | someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force | - |
say | 6 | have or contain a certain wording or form | What does the law say? |
had | 7 | - | - |
has | 6 | - | - |
way | 9 | space for movement | make way for |
any | 6 | one or some or every or all without specification | give me any peaches you don't want |
day | 7 | the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside | the dawn turned night into day |
dad | 5 | an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk | - |
bad | 6 | with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly') | the injury hurt badly |
ask | 7 | consider obligatory; request and expect | Aren't we asking too much of these children? |
car | 5 | a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine | he needs a car to get to work |
may | 8 | thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America | - |
saw | 6 | a power tool for cutting wood | - |
eat | 3 | take in food; used of animals only | This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat |
pay | 8 | cancel or discharge a debt | pay up, please! |
ago | 4 | gone by; or in the past | two years ago |
ass | 3 | slang for sexual intercourse | - |
far | 6 | a terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again | - |
war | 6 | the waging of armed conflict against an enemy | thousands of people were killed in the war |
law | 6 | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system | he studied law at Yale |
air | 3 | expose to fresh air | - |
mad | 6 | roused to anger | she gets mad when you wake her up so early |
age | 4 | a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises | she was now of school age |
act | 5 | pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind | He acted the idiot |
bag | 6 | an activity that you like or at which you are superior | his bag now is learning to play golf |
sea | 3 | anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume | - |
tea | 3 | a tropical evergreen shrub or small tree extensively cultivated in e.g. China and Japan and India; source of tea leaves | tea has fragrant white flowers |
ran | 3 | - | - |
sad | 4 | bad; unfortunate | her clothes were in sad shape |
bar | 5 | a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine; used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War | - |
art | 3 | the products of human creativity; works of art collectively | an art exhibition |
fat | 6 | make fat or plump | - |
sam | 5 | a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target | - |
gay | 7 | homosexual or arousing homosexual desires | - |
cat | 5 | a large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work | - |
gas | 4 | a fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes | - |
ray | 6 | a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation | - |
san | 3 | - | - |
van | 6 | the leading units moving at the head of an army | - |
arm | 5 | any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting | - |
max | 12 | street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate | - |
lay | 6 | a narrative poem of popular origin | - |
hat | 6 | headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim | - |
aah | 6 | express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah' | They oohed and aahed when they unwrapped the presents |
pal | 5 | a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities | - |
fan | 6 | an enthusiastic devotee of sports | - |
add | 5 | determine the sum of | - |
ate | 3 | goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment | - |
map | 7 | (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function) | - |
rat | 3 | someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike | - |
sat | 3 | the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians | - |
lab | 5 | a workplace for the conduct of scientific research | - |
ear | 3 | the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear | - |
nah | 6 | - | - |
cab | 7 | a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money | - |
aye | 6 | - | - |
dan | 4 | - | - |
aim | 5 | the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies | - |
jay | 13 | United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829) | - |
tax | 10 | set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine) | - |
bat | 5 | (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit | he was at bat when it happened |
cap | 7 | a protective covering that is part of a plant | - |
aid | 4 | improve the condition of | - |
ana | 3 | a collection of anecdotes about a person or place | - |
bay | 8 | a small recess opening off a larger room | - |
raj | 10 | British dominion over India (1757-1947) | - |
lad | 4 | a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy) | - |
han | 6 | imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization | - |
ram | 5 | force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically | She rammed her mind into focus |
jam | 12 | informal terms for a difficult situation | - |
mac | 7 | a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric | - |
ann | 3 | - | - |
pan | 5 | cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel | - |
tap | 5 | draw from; make good use of | - |
ham | 8 | meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked) | - |
fag | 7 | exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress | - |
tae | 3 | - | - |
ace | 5 | a major strategic headquarters of NATO; safeguards an area extending from Norway to Turkey | - |
era | 3 | a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event | - |
pat | 5 | having only superficial plausibility | - |
lap | 5 | the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs | his lap was covered with food stains |
tag | 4 | a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc. | - |
raw | 6 | informal terms for nakedness | in the raw |
rap | 5 | the act of hitting vigorously | - |
yea | 6 | not only so, but | I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice |
bra | 5 | an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts | - |
cha | 8 | - | - |
nap | 5 | the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave | - |
ash | 6 | any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus | - |
sal | 3 | - | - |
jai | 10 | - | - |
dam | 6 | a metric unit of length equal to ten meters | - |
bam | 7 | a sudden very loud noise | - |
tai | 3 | of or relating to the languages of the Thai people | - |
aha | 6 | - | - |
nam | 5 | - | - |
via | 6 | A road way. | - |
pam | 7 | - | - |
tan | 3 | ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle | - |
gal | 4 | United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters | - |
yay | 9 | a branch of the Tai languages | - |
jar | 10 | a sudden jarring impact | all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers |
kay | 10 | - | - |
fax | 13 | duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio | - |
ant | 3 | social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers | - |
cal | 5 | - | - |
wax | 13 | increase in phase | the moon is waxing |
ape | 5 | someone who copies the words or behavior of another | - |
jaw | 13 | talk socially without exchanging too much information | - |
hay | 9 | convert (plant material) into hay | - |
wan | 6 | abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress | her wan face suddenly flushed |
axe | 10 | terminate | The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it |
spa | 5 | a health resort near a spring or at the seaside | - |
gap | 6 | an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity | there was a gap in his account |
pad | 6 | add details to | - |
hae | 6 | - | - |
hah | 9 | - | - |
goa | 4 | a state of southwestern India; a former Portuguese colony | - |
nat | 3 | - | - |
ail | 3 | cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed | - |
ban | 5 | forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper) | - |
nan | 3 | the mother of your father or mother | - |
mam | 7 | a Mayan language spoken by the Mam | - |
tab | 5 | sensationalist journalism | - |
yah | 9 | - | - |
rag | 4 | treat cruelly | - |
ark | 7 | (Judaism) sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments | - |
cam | 7 | a river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River | - |
oak | 7 | a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves | great oaks grow from little acorns |
lea | 3 | a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock | - |
lam | 5 | give a thrashing to; beat hard | - |
mat | 5 | twist together or entwine into a confusing mass | - |
mae | 5 | - | - |
sai | 3 | - | - |
ale | 3 | a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume | - |
hag | 7 | eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies | - |
paw | 8 | the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb | - |
tao | 3 | an adherent of any branch of Taoism | - |
tad | 4 | a slight amount or degree of difference | a tad too expensive |
mak | 9 | a terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in the 1980s to provide money and recruit fighters around the world; enlisted and transported thousands of men to Afghanistan to fight the Russians; a split in the group led bin Laden and the extremist faction of MAK to form al-Qaeda | - |
gag | 5 | prevent from speaking out | The press was gagged |
pea | 5 | a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds | - |
eta | 3 | a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional Basque party; want to create an independent homeland in Spain's western Pyrenees | - |
kat | 7 | the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant | in Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults |
mal | 5 | - | - |
awe | 6 | a feeling of profound respect for someone or something | - |
dah | 7 | the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code | - |
arc | 5 | electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field | - |
sha | 6 | - | - |
jab | 12 | stab or pierce | he jabbed the piece of meat with his pocket knife |
tam | 5 | a woolen cap of Scottish origin | - |
das | 4 | any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes | - |
nay | 6 | a negative | the nays have it |
tar | 3 | any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue | - |
bah | 8 | - | - |
nag | 4 | someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault | - |
yam | 8 | any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots | - |
taj | 10 | - | - |
ria | 3 | - | - |
ave | 6 | - | - |
par | 5 | a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced | on a par with the best |
pas | 5 | (ballet) a step in dancing (especially in classical ballet) | - |
hao | 6 | 10 hao equal 1 dong in Vietnam | - |
pap | 7 | the small projection of a mammary gland | - |
mar | 5 | a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body) | - |
sap | 5 | a person who lacks good judgment | - |
haw | 9 | a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus | - |
mag | 6 | a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it | it takes several years before a magazine starts to break even or make money |
dal | 4 | a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters | - |
rah | 6 | - | - |
nab | 5 | take into custody | the police nabbed the suspected criminals |
pak | 9 | - | - |
lag | 4 | lock up or confine, in or as in a jail | - |
ami | 5 | - | - |
abs | 5 | any of a class of composite plastics used to make car bodies and cases for computers and other appliances | - |
ava | 6 | - | - |
zap | 14 | cook or heat in a microwave oven | - |
yap | 8 | informal terms for the mouth | - |
pia | 5 | perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia; cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch | - |
boa | 5 | a long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur | - |
tau | 3 | the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet | - |
wad | 7 | (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | a wad of money |
sac | 5 | an enclosed space | - |
sae | 3 | - | - |
apt | 5 | being of striking appropriateness and pertinence | an apt reply |
fay | 9 | a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers | - |
ado | 4 | a rapid active commotion | - |
jap | 12 | (offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent | - |
wat | 6 | - | - |
hap | 8 | come to pass | What is happening? |
jag | 11 | a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing | - |
aft | 6 | at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane | stow the luggage aft |
sax | 10 | a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore | - |
amu | 5 | - | - |
ake | 7 | - | - |
amp | 7 | a nucleotide found in muscle cells and important in metabolism; reversibly convertible to ADP and ATP | - |
oaf | 6 | an awkward stupid person | - |
tat | 3 | a projective technique using black-and-white pictures; subjects tell a story about each picture | - |
fad | 7 | an interest followed with exaggerated zeal | he always follows the latest fads |
lax | 10 | emptying easily or excessively | - |
yak | 10 | noisy talk | - |
rad | 4 | the unit of plane angle adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to the angle at the center of a circle subtended by an arc equal in length to the radius (approximately 57.295 degrees) | - |
pax | 12 | (Roman Catholic Church) a greeting signifying Christian love for those assisting at the Eucharist | - |
wag | 7 | move from side to side | The happy dog wagged his tail |
alf | 6 | - | - |
faa | 6 | an agency in the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation | - |
pac | 7 | committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates | - |
ras | 3 | the network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function | - |
dag | 5 | 10 grams | - |
pah | 8 | - | - |
oar | 3 | an implement used to propel or steer a boat | - |
ala | 3 | a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism | the alae of the nose |
vat | 6 | a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production | - |
cad | 6 | someone who is morally reprehensible | - |
aba | 5 | a fabric woven from goat hair and camel hair | - |
gan | 4 | - | - |
oka | 7 | South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers | - |
kab | 9 | - | - |
aga | 4 | title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey) | - |
gab | 6 | light informal conversation for social occasions | - |
gar | 4 | primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth | - |
dab | 6 | apply (usually a liquid) to a surface | dab the wall with paint |
gat | 4 | a gangster's pistol | - |
fab | 8 | extremely pleasing | a fabulous vacation |
sag | 4 | a shape that sags | there was a sag in the chair seat |
ans | 3 | the part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands | - |
vas | 6 | a tube in which a body fluid circulates | - |
moa | 5 | extinct flightless bird of New Zealand | - |
als | 3 | thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord; results in progressive muscle atrophy that starts in the limbs | - |
apo | 5 | - | - |
gam | 6 | a herd of whales | - |
lah | 6 | the syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization | - |
nav | 6 | - | - |
tay | 6 | a branch of the Tai languages | - |
sau | 3 | - | - |
zag | 13 | an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions | - |
caf | 8 | - | - |
ora | 3 | - | - |
baa | 5 | cry plaintively | - |
sar | 3 | - | - |
qua | 12 | - | - |
eau | 3 | - | - |
nae | 3 | - | - |
tas | 3 | - | - |
vac | 8 | informal term for vacation | - |
awa | 6 | - | - |
lac | 5 | resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects; used in e.g. varnishes and sealing wax | - |
lat | 3 | a broad flat muscle on either side of the back | - |
uta | 3 | a reptile genus of Iguanidae | - |
lar | 3 | - | - |
bal | 5 | - | - |
ita | 3 | - | - |
fas | 6 | a congenital medical condition in which body deformation occurs or facial development or mental ability is impaired because the mother drinks alcohol during pregnancy | - |
ani | 3 | black tropical American cuckoo | - |
abo | 5 | - | - |
oat | 3 | annual grass of Europe and North Africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats') | - |
caw | 8 | the sound made by corvine birds | - |
ais | 3 | - | - |
gad | 5 | a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward | - |
yar | 6 | - | - |
maw | 8 | informal terms for the mouth | - |
ard | 4 | - | - |
nas | 3 | - | - |
alt | 3 | angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object) | - |
app | 7 | - | - |
yaw | 9 | an erratic deflection from an intended course | - |
lav | 6 | a room or building equipped with one or more toilets | - |
ait | 3 | - | - |
avo | 6 | 100 avos equal 1 pataca in Macao | - |
asp | 5 | of southern Europe; similar to but smaller than the adder | - |
fah | 9 | - | - |
opa | 5 | - | - |
pav | 8 | - | - |
sav | 6 | - | - |
taw | 6 | a large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles | - |
cay | 8 | a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida | - |
oba | 5 | - | - |
kea | 7 | large brownish-green New Zealand parrot | - |
haj | 13 | the fifth pillar of Islam is a pilgrimage to Mecca during the month of Dhu al-Hijja; at least once in a lifetime a Muslim is expected to make a religious journey to Mecca and the Kaaba | for a Muslim the hajj is the ultimate act of worship |
eas | 3 | a federal warning system that is activated by FEMA; enables the President to take over the United States airwaves to warn the whole country of major catastrophic events | - |
fra | 6 | - | - |
var | 6 | a unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere | - |
ane | 3 | used of a single unit or thing; not two or more | `ane' is Scottish |
alp | 5 | any high mountain | - |
jak | 14 | immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted | - |
yad | 7 | - | - |
awl | 6 | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes | - |
att | 3 | - | - |
ary | 6 | - | - |
ova | 6 | - | - |
sab | 5 | - | - |
waw | 9 | the 6th letter of the Hebrew alphabet | - |
daw | 7 | common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery | - |
oca | 5 | South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers | - |
kas | 7 | - | - |
wap | 8 | - | - |
dak | 8 | East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye | - |
aff | 9 | - | - |
aby | 8 | make amends for | - |
abb | 7 | an urban hit squad and guerrilla group of the Communist Party in the Philippines; formed in the 1980s | - |
bap | 7 | a small loaf or roll of soft bread | - |
arb | 5 | someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential) | - |
fae | 6 | a device consisting of a container of fuel and two explosive charges; the first charge bursts open the fuel container at a predetermined height and spreads the fuel in a cloud that mixes with atmospheric oxygen; the second charge detonates the cloud which creates an enormous blast wave and incinerates whatever is below | - |
alb | 5 | a white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves; worn by priests | - |
zas | 12 | - | - |
zoa | 12 | - | - |
zax | 19 | - | - |
zea | 12 | corn | - |
wha | 9 | - | - |
yae | 6 | - | - |
yag | 7 | - | - |
oda | 4 | - | - |
naw | 6 | - | - |
las | 3 | - | - |
koa | 7 | - | - |
kae | 7 | - | - |
kaf | 10 | - | - |
kai | 7 | - | - |
kak | 11 | - | - |
kam | 9 | - | - |
kaw | 10 | - | - |
mna | 5 | - | - |
mas | 5 | - | - |
maa | 5 | - | - |
tav | 6 | - | - |
tak | 7 | - | - |
vav | 9 | - | - |
vaw | 9 | - | - |
wab | 8 | - | - |
wae | 6 | - | - |
wai | 6 | - | - |
vau | 6 | - | - |
twa | 6 | - | - |
uva | 6 | - | - |
vae | 6 | - | - |
vag | 7 | - | - |
rax | 10 | - | - |
poa | 5 | chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions | - |
qat | 12 | the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant | - |
pya | 8 | 100 pyas equal 1 kyat in Myanmar | - |
rai | 3 | - | - |
ska | 7 | - | - |
sma | 5 | - | - |
rya | 6 | a shag rug made in Sweden | - |
saz | 12 | - | - |
cag | 6 | - | - |
caa | 5 | - | - |
dap | 6 | - | - |
dae | 4 | - | - |
caz | 14 | - | - |
aka | 7 | - | - |
ain | 3 | belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive | `ain' is Scottish |
aia | 3 | - | - |
ahs | 6 | - | - |
ach | 8 | - | - |
aas | 3 | an associate degree in applied science | - |
aal | 3 | - | - |
ahi | 6 | - | - |
ags | 4 | - | - |
adz | 13 | an edge tool used to cut and shape wood | - |
ads | 4 | - | - |
ama | 5 | - | - |
azo | 12 | relating to or containing the azo radical | - |
ayu | 6 | - | - |
ays | 6 | - | - |
awn | 6 | slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses | - |
bac | 7 | - | - |
bas | 5 | - | - |
auk | 7 | black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas | - |
arf | 6 | - | - |
ars | 3 | - | - |
auf | 6 | - | - |
aue | 3 | - | - |
aua | 3 | - | - |
gau | 4 | - | - |
gae | 4 | - | - |
hoa | 6 | - | - |
ean | 3 | - | - |
faw | 9 | - | - |
fap | 8 | - | - |
rav | 6 | - | - |
yas | 6 | - | - |
waz | 15 | - | - |
vax | 13 | - | - |
oma | 5 | - | - |
aji | 10 | - | - |
bao | 5 | - | - |
bae | 5 | - | - |
awk | 10 | - | - |
ats | 3 | - | - |
ame | 5 | - | - |
alu | 3 | - | - |
gak | 8 | - | - |
gaw | 7 | - | - |