If you have too many letter As, there are plenty of short words to help get you out of trouble:
AA – a type of volcanic lava
AAH – exclamation of surprise, pleasure, etc.
AAL – an Asian shrub or tree
AAS – plural of AA
ABA – type of cloth made from goat or camel hair
AGA – Muslim ruler
AHA – exclamation of triumph or surprise
AIA – a maid or nanny
AKA – a type of vine
ALA – a wing
AMA – a vessel for water
ANA – a collection (e.g. Victoriana)
AUA – yellow-eye mullet
AVA – a Polynesian shrub
AWA – away
BAA – sound made by a sheep
CAA – Scots for call
FAA – Scots for fall
MAA – sound made by a goat
By Barry Grossman
Barry is a leading UK Scrabble player and winner of several tournaments. He is the author of Scrabble for Beginners (Chambers), Need to Know Scrabble, Scrabble – Play to Win and The Little Book of Scrabble Trickster. He has also contributed to numerous other books on the subject of words and word-games, has been a series champion of Channel 4’s Countdown, and has written four comedy series for BBC Radio 4. He lives in Hertford.
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