4-letter words ending with A
Dive into the specific realm of 4-letter words that conclude with the letter A. This focused section reveals the fascinating ways in which words of this particular length, ending with A, contribute to the richness of the English language. Whether it's for expanding your vocabulary, solving puzzles, or simply for the love of words, discover how these terms uniquely blend length and ending sound.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| idea | 5 | (music) melodic subject of a musical composition | the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it |
| whoa | 10 | - | - |
| mama | 8 | informal terms for a mother | - |
| area | 4 | a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve | - |
| papa | 8 | an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk | - |
| anna | 4 | a former copper coin of Pakistan and India | - |
| data | 5 | a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn | statistical data |
| emma | 8 | - | - |
| maya | 9 | a family of American Indian languages spoken by Mayas | - |
| tina | 4 | - | - |
| soda | 5 | a sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and paper | - |
| coma | 8 | a state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness; usually the result of disease or injury | - |
| tara | 4 | a village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin); seat of Irish kings until 6th century | - |
| sofa | 7 | an upholstered seat for more than one person | - |
| mona | 6 | an island to the northwest of Wales | - |
| visa | 7 | an endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing it | - |
| baba | 8 | a small cake leavened with yeast | - |
| nana | 4 | - | - |
| yoga | 8 | a system of physical, breathing and meditation exercises practiced to promote control of the body and mind | - |
| raja | 11 | a prince or king in India | - |
| cola | 6 | carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts (`dope' is a southernism in the United States) | - |
| mina | 6 | tropical Asian starlings | - |
| tuna | 4 | tropical American prickly pear of Jamaica | - |
| luna | 4 | (Roman mythology) the goddess of the Moon; counterpart of Greek Selene | - |
| mara | 6 | hare-like rodent of the pampas of Argentina | - |
| beta | 6 | beets | - |
| plea | 6 | a humble request for help from someone in authority | - |
| lava | 7 | rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos; lava is what magma is called when it reaches the surface | - |
| coca | 8 | a South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes; a source of cocaine | - |
| flea | 7 | any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap | - |
| lana | 4 | - | - |
| nova | 7 | a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and becomes more luminous in the process | - |
| lama | 6 | llamas | - |
| casa | 6 | - | - |
| viva | 10 | an examination conducted by spoken communication | - |
| rhea | 7 | larger of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Brazil to Patagonia | - |
| alma | 6 | - | - |
| para | 6 | port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta; main port and commercial center for the Amazon River basin | - |
| roma | 6 | capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire | - |
| dona | 5 | a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for a woman | - |
| lima | 6 | capital and largest city and economic center of Peru; located in western Peru; was capital of the Spanish empire in the New World until the 19th century | - |
| kana | 8 | - | - |
| dada | 6 | a nihilistic art movement (especially in painting) that flourished in Europe early in the 20th century; based on irrationality and negation of the accepted laws of beauty | - |
| abba | 8 | - | - |
| nada | 5 | a quantity of no importance | - |
| duma | 7 | a legislative body in the ruling assembly of Russia and of some other republics in the former USSR | - |
| sima | 6 | rock that form the continuous lower layer of the earth's crust; rich in silicon and magnesium | - |
| bora | 6 | - | - |
| gala | 5 | a gay festivity | - |
| lyra | 7 | a small constellation in the northern hemisphere near Cygnus and Draco; contains the star Vega | - |
| saga | 5 | a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled Iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account | - |
| aida | 5 | - | - |
| aqua | 13 | a shade of blue tinged with green | - |
| hula | 7 | a Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman | - |
| shea | 7 | - | - |
| alfa | 7 | - | - |
| diva | 8 | a distinguished female operatic singer; a female operatic star | - |
| zeta | 13 | the 6th letter of the Greek alphabet | - |
| vega | 8 | prolific Spanish playwright (1562-1635) | - |
| pita | 6 | usually small round bread that can open into a pocket for filling | - |
| naga | 5 | Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma | - |
| lira | 4 | the basic unit of money in Turkey | - |
| mora | 6 | - | - |
| kaka | 12 | - | - |
| pika | 10 | small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America | - |
| deva | 8 | - | - |
| vita | 7 | - | - |
| sera | 4 | - | - |
| puma | 8 | large American feline resembling a lion | - |
| maha | 9 | a member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in northeastern Nebraska | - |
| alba | 6 | - | - |
| masa | 6 | an independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages | - |
| mesa | 6 | flat tableland with steep edges | the tribe was relatively safe on the mesa but they had to descend into the valley for water |
| bona | 6 | - | - |
| tuba | 6 | the lowest brass wind instrument | - |
| java | 14 | a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans | - |
| soma | 6 | alternative names for the body of a human being | - |
| capa | 8 | - | - |
| rana | 4 | type genus of the Ranidae | - |
| kama | 10 | Hindu god of love and erotic desire; opposite of Mara | - |
| tana | 4 | - | - |
| tala | 4 | the basic unit of money in Western Samoa | - |
| soya | 7 | erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia | - |
| mana | 6 | - | - |
| aria | 4 | an elaborate song for solo voice | - |
| bura | 6 | a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad | - |
| sena | 4 | - | - |
| sora | 4 | - | - |
| taka | 8 | the basic unit of money in Bangladesh; equal to 100 paisa | - |
| gaga | 6 | intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with | gaga over the rock group's new album |
| vara | 7 | a Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities | - |
| puja | 13 | - | - |
| jura | 11 | - | - |
| napa | 6 | plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery; used as a vegetable in east Asia | - |
| tora | 4 | - | - |
| fora | 7 | - | - |
| noma | 6 | acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals; often seen in undernourished children | - |
| rima | 6 | a narrow elongated opening or fissure between two symmetrical parts | - |
| iota | 4 | a tiny or scarcely detectable amount | - |
| lota | 4 | burbot | - |
| toga | 5 | a one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome | - |
| pula | 6 | the basic unit of money in Botswana | - |
| sura | 4 | the muscular back part of the shank | - |
| raya | 7 | - | - |
| wawa | 10 | - | - |
| pipa | 8 | type genus of the Pipidae | - |
| sida | 5 | large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances | - |
| raga | 5 | - | - |
| offa | 10 | - | - |
| gama | 7 | - | - |
| gila | 5 | a river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River | - |
| loca | 6 | - | - |
| meta | 6 | - | - |
| caca | 8 | - | - |
| rota | 4 | a roster of names showing the order in which people should perform certain duties | - |
| agha | 8 | title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey) | - |
| pica | 8 | a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing | - |
| pupa | 8 | an insect in the inactive stage of development (when it is not feeding) intermediate between larva and adult | - |
| gena | 5 | - | - |
| vena | 7 | a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart | - |
| okra | 8 | long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews | - |
| mura | 6 | - | - |
| atma | 6 | - | - |
| zona | 13 | (anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure | - |
| orca | 6 | predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas | - |
| loma | 6 | - | - |
| coda | 7 | the closing section of a musical composition | - |
| etna | 4 | a gas burner used in laboratories; has an air valve to regulate the mixture of gas and air | - |
| ulna | 4 | the inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm | - |
| mica | 8 | any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity | - |
| hora | 7 | - | - |
| bola | 6 | a cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie | - |
| rata | 4 | - | - |
| mela | 6 | - | - |
| disa | 5 | a combat support agency in the Department of Defense responsible for developing and operating and supporting information systems to serve the needs of the President and the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff | - |
| ursa | 4 | - | - |
| dura | 5 | the outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges | - |
| sola | 4 | - | - |
| kola | 8 | a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad | - |
| feta | 7 | - | - |
| weta | 7 | - | - |
| dika | 9 | African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos; valued for its oil-rich seed and hardy green wood that resists termites | - |
| alga | 5 | primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves | - |
| riza | 13 | - | - |
| dita | 5 | evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes; bark formerly used medicinally | - |
| vasa | 7 | - | - |
| juba | 13 | - | - |
| vina | 7 | - | - |
| olla | 4 | leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper | - |
| mola | 6 | among the largest bony fish; pelagic fish having an oval compressed body with high dorsal and anal fins and caudal fin reduced to a rudder-like lobe; worldwide in warm waters | - |
| urea | 4 | the chief solid component of mammalian urine; synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as fertilizer and in animal feed and in plastics | - |
| nona | 4 | - | - |
| ilia | 4 | - | - |
| ilka | 8 | - | - |
| geta | 5 | footwear usually with wooden soles | - |
| myna | 9 | tropical Asian starlings | - |
| boma | 8 | - | - |
| waka | 11 | - | - |
| paca | 8 | large burrowing rodent of South America and Central America; highly esteemed as food | - |
| hoya | 10 | any plant of the genus Hoya having fleshy leaves and usually nectariferous flowers | - |
| kula | 8 | - | - |
| jota | 11 | - | - |
| buna | 6 | made by polymerizing butadiene | - |
| pima | 8 | a member of the North American Indian people living in southern Arizona and northern Mexico | - |
| leva | 7 | - | - |
| bota | 6 | a wine bottle made of leather | - |
| tola | 4 | - | - |
| uvea | 7 | the part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid | - |
| puka | 10 | small roundheaded New Zealand tree having large resinous leaves and panicles of green-white flowers | - |
| kina | 8 | the basic unit of money in Papua New Guinea | - |
| nipa | 6 | monotypic genus of palms of Australasia | - |
| dopa | 7 | amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain | - |
| asea | 4 | in the direction of the sea | - |
| tufa | 7 | a soft porous rock consisting of calcium carbonate deposited from springs rich in lime | - |
| tapa | 6 | a paperlike cloth made in the South Pacific by pounding tapa bark | - |
| vela | 7 | a constellation in the southern hemisphere between Carina and Pyxis | - |
| seta | 4 | a stiff hair or bristle | - |
| soja | 11 | erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia | - |
| paua | 6 | - | - |
| ossa | 4 | - | - |
| raia | 4 | - | - |
| outa | 4 | - | - |
| maca | 8 | - | - |
| umra | 6 | - | - |
| umma | 8 | the Muslim community or people, considered to extend from Mauritania to Pakistan | - |
| zeda | 14 | - | - |
| cria | 6 | - | - |
| koka | 12 | - | - |
| diya | 8 | - | - |
| dosa | 5 | - | - |
| huia | 7 | - | - |
| huma | 9 | - | - |
| hyla | 10 | the type genus of the Hylidae; tree toads | - |
| isna | 4 | - | - |
| isba | 6 | - | - |
| ixia | 11 | a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae | - |
| jafa | 14 | - | - |
| jaga | 12 | - | - |
| ilea | 4 | - | - |
| inia | 4 | - | - |
| haka | 11 | - | - |
| haha | 10 | - | - |
| hiya | 10 | - | - |
| hoha | 10 | - | - |
| homa | 9 | - | - |
| hoka | 11 | a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan languages | - |
| hila | 7 | - | - |
| kiva | 11 | - | - |
| keta | 8 | - | - |
| kora | 8 | - | - |
| koha | 11 | - | - |
| kuia | 8 | - | - |
| kuna | 8 | - | - |
| kuta | 8 | - | - |
| kapa | 10 | - | - |
| kara | 8 | - | - |
| kata | 8 | - | - |
| kava | 11 | an alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub | - |
| kawa | 11 | - | - |
| juga | 12 | - | - |
| fila | 7 | - | - |
| fava | 10 | - | - |
| epha | 9 | an ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel | - |
| ekka | 12 | - | - |
| eina | 4 | - | - |
| egma | 7 | - | - |
| eyra | 7 | long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat | - |
| gora | 5 | - | - |
| glia | 5 | sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system; glial and neural cells together compose the tissue of the central nervous system | - |
| gula | 5 | eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins) | - |
| guga | 6 | - | - |
| giga | 6 | - | - |
| luma | 6 | - | - |
| mala | 6 | - | - |
| lipa | 6 | - | - |
| nala | 4 | - | - |
| mowa | 9 | - | - |
| moxa | 13 | - | - |
| moya | 9 | - | - |
| nema | 6 | - | - |
| miha | 9 | - | - |
| mega | 7 | - | - |
| cyma | 11 | (architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex) | - |
| coxa | 13 | the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum | - |
| cama | 8 | - | - |
| cava | 9 | - | - |
| caba | 8 | - | - |
| ceca | 8 | - | - |
| chia | 9 | - | - |
| duka | 9 | - | - |
| arba | 6 | - | - |
| anta | 4 | - | - |
| amla | 6 | - | - |
| ansa | 4 | - | - |
| anoa | 4 | small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns | - |
| anga | 5 | - | - |
| amia | 6 | type genus of the Amiidae | - |
| aura | 4 | an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint | - |
| aula | 4 | - | - |
| atua | 4 | - | - |
| arpa | 6 | - | - |
| arna | 4 | - | - |
| agma | 7 | - | - |
| acta | 6 | - | - |
| acca | 8 | - | - |
| aiga | 5 | - | - |
| boba | 8 | - | - |
| buda | 7 | - | - |
| buba | 8 | - | - |
| bima | 8 | - | - |
| biga | 7 | - | - |
| bema | 8 | area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing | - |
| yuga | 8 | - | - |
| yuca | 9 | - | - |
| zoea | 13 | - | - |
| zyga | 17 | - | - |
| zupa | 15 | - | - |
| zila | 13 | - | - |
| yaba | 9 | - | - |
| tosa | 4 | - | - |
| ulva | 7 | type genus of the family Ulvaceae; green seaweed having a thallus two cells thick: sea lettuce | - |
| tepa | 6 | - | - |
| tela | 4 | - | - |
| tava | 7 | - | - |
| tawa | 7 | - | - |
| taxa | 11 | - | - |
| tika | 8 | - | - |
| toea | 4 | 100 toea equal 1 kina in Papua New Guinea | - |
| weka | 11 | flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting | - |
| wena | 7 | - | - |
| upta | 6 | - | - |
| urva | 7 | - | - |
| vola | 7 | - | - |
| vera | 7 | - | - |
| viga | 8 | - | - |
| sama | 6 | - | - |
| shwa | 10 | a neutral middle vowel; occurs in unstressed syllables | - |
| riva | 7 | - | - |
| riba | 6 | - | - |
| rusa | 4 | - | - |
| ruga | 5 | (anatomy) a fold or wrinkle or crease | rugae of the stomach |
| stoa | 4 | - | - |
| suba | 6 | - | - |
| taha | 7 | - | - |
| skua | 8 | gull-like jaeger of northern seas | - |
| sika | 8 | small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers | - |
| soba | 6 | - | - |
| soca | 6 | - | - |
| ouma | 6 | - | - |
| oupa | 6 | - | - |
| peba | 8 | having nine hinged bands of bony plates; ranges from Texas to Paraguay | - |
| pawa | 9 | - | - |
| pela | 6 | - | - |
| obia | 6 | - | - |
| octa | 6 | - | - |
| odea | 5 | - | - |
| nota | 4 | - | - |
| orra | 4 | - | - |
| okta | 8 | - | - |
| olea | 4 | evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits | - |
| ohia | 7 | - | - |
| raca | 6 | - | - |
| puna | 6 | - | - |
| pina | 6 | - | - |
| pila | 6 | - | - |
| proa | 6 | - | - |
| puha | 9 | - | - |
