5-letter words 3rd letter is A

These five-letter words have A in the third position. Read each word slowly and underline the third letter. Talk about how the middle letters affect the vowel sounds and practice writing a few together.

  • abatenoun

    Abatement.

    Grade Grade 5Scrabble 7
  • adagenoun

    An old saying which has obtained credit by long use

    Grade Grade 4Scrabble 7
  • adaptverb

    To make fit (as for a new use) often by modification

    2 syllablesGrade Grade 4
  • againadverb

    Another time : once more : anew

    2 syllables
  • againadverb

    Another time : once more : anew

    2 syllablesGrade Grade 1
  • againadverb

    Another time : once more : anew

    2 syllablesGrade Grade 1
  • amazeverb

    To fill with wonder : astound

    2 syllables
  • apaceadverb

    Quickly, rapidly, with speed.

    Grade Grade 6Scrabble 9
  • beachnoun

    Shore pebbles : shingle

    1 syllables
  • blackadjective

    Having the very dark color of the night sky or the eye's pupil : of the color black

    1 syllablesGrade Kindergarten
  • blackadjective

    Having the very dark color of the night sky or the eye's pupil : of the color black

    1 syllablesGrade Kindergarten
  • blackadjective

    Having the very dark color of the night sky or the eye's pupil : of the color black

    1 syllablesGrade Kindergarten
  • bladenoun

    The sharp cutting edge of a knife, chisel, or other tool, a razor blade/sword.

    Grade Grade 1Scrabble 8
  • bracenoun

    Armor for the arm; vambrace.

    Grade Grade 3Scrabble 9
  • brakenoun

    A fern; bracken.

    1 syllables
  • ceaseverb

    To cause to come to an end especially gradually : no longer continue

    1 syllables
  • chairnoun

    An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. Compare stool, couch, sofa, settee, loveseat and bench.

    Grade KScrabble 10
  • chaosnoun

    The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony.

    1 syllables
  • claimverb

    To ask for especially as a right

    1 syllables
  • claimverb

    To ask for especially as a right

    1 syllables
  • classnoun

    A body of students meeting regularly to study the same subject

    1 syllablesGrade Grade 1
  • classnoun

    A body of students meeting regularly to study the same subject

    1 syllablesGrade Grade 1
  • coastnoun

    The land near a shore : seashore

    1 syllablesGrade Grade 3
  • dwarfnoun

    Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves.

    Grade Grade 3Scrabble 12
  • exactverb

    To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.

    2 syllables
  • feastnoun

    An elaborate and usually abundant meal often accompanied by a ceremony or entertainment : banquet

    1 syllables
  • framenoun

    The structural elements of a building or other constructed object.

    Grade Grade 1Scrabble 10
  • giantnoun

    A legendary humanlike being of great stature and strength

    2 syllablesGrade Grade 2
  • glareverb

    To shine with a harsh uncomfortably brilliant light

    1 syllables
  • glassnoun

    A usually transparent or translucent material consisting typically of a mixture of silicates

    1 syllables
  • gradenoun

    A rating.

    1 syllables
  • graphnoun

    A diagram (such as a series of one or more points, lines, line segments, curves, or areas) that represents the variation of a variable in comparison with that of one or more other variables

    1 syllablesGrade Grade 1
  • graphnoun

    A diagram (such as a series of one or more points, lines, line segments, curves, or areas) that represents the variation of a variable in comparison with that of one or more other variables

    1 syllablesGrade Grade 3
  • graphnoun

    A diagram (such as a series of one or more points, lines, line segments, curves, or areas) that represents the variation of a variable in comparison with that of one or more other variables

    1 syllablesGrade Grade 3
  • grassnoun

    Herbage suitable or used for grazing animals

    1 syllables
  • guardnoun

    A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.

    1 syllables
  • heardnoun

    A word meaning heard

    1 syllables
  • heartnoun

    A hollow muscular organ of vertebrate animals that by its rhythmic contraction acts as a force pump maintaining the circulation of the blood

    1 syllables
  • heartnoun

    A hollow muscular organ of vertebrate animals that by its rhythmic contraction acts as a force pump maintaining the circulation of the blood

    1 syllables
  • heavyadjective

    Having great weight; also : characterized by mass or weight

    2 syllablesGrade Grade 1
  • Idahogeographical name

    State of the northwestern U.S. bordering on British Columbia, Canada; capital Boise area 83,557 square miles (217,248 square kilometers), population 1,567,582

    3 syllablesGrade Grade 4
  • imagenoun

    An optical or other representation of a real object; a graphic; a picture.

    Grade Grade 1Scrabble 8
  • isaacnoun

    A male given name of Hebrew origin meaning "he will laugh"; in the Bible, the son of Abraham and Sarah.

    2 syllables
  • koalanoun

    A tree-dwelling marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, that resembles a small bear with a broad head, large ears and sharp claws, mainly found in eastern Australia.

    2 syllables
  • learnverb

    To gain knowledge or understanding of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience

    1 syllables
  • leaveverb

    To cause to remain as a trace or aftereffect

    1 syllables
  • leaveverb

    To cause to remain as a trace or aftereffect

    1 syllables
  • meansnoun

    Something intervening or intermediate

    1 syllables
  • meantverb

    To intend.

    1 syllables
  • ovalsnoun

    An elongated round shape resembling an egg or ellipse.

    Grade Grade 2Scrabble 8
  • ovarynoun

    A female reproductive organ, often paired, that produces ova and in mammals secretes the hormones estrogen and progesterone.

    Grade Grade 5Scrabble 11
  • peacenoun

    A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony; absence of violence. For instance, a state free from civil disturbance.

    Grade Grade 1Scrabble 9
  • placenoun

    Physical environment : space

    1 syllables
  • plainadjective

    Lacking ornament : undecorated

    1 syllables
  • planenoun

    Airplane

    1 syllables
  • plantverb

    To put or set in the ground for growth

    1 syllables
  • plantverb

    To put or set in the ground for growth

    1 syllables
  • pranknoun

    Trick:

    1 syllablesGrade Grade 3
  • quaffnoun

    The act of quaffing; a deep draught.

    Grade Grade 5Scrabble 20
  • quartnoun

    A unit of capacity equal to 1/4 gallon or 1/3₂ bushel

    1 syllables
  • reachnoun

    The act of stretching or extending; extension.

    Grade Grade 1Scrabble 10
  • readyadjective

    Prepared mentally or physically for some experience or action

    2 syllables
  • scalenoun

    An instrument or machine for weighing

    2 syllables
  • scantadjective

    Very little, very few.

    Grade Grade 4Scrabble 7
  • shallverb

    —used to express what is inevitable or seems likely to happen in the future

    1 syllables
  • shallverb

    —used to express what is inevitable or seems likely to happen in the future

    1 syllables
  • shapeverb

    Form, create; especially : to give a particular form or shape to

    1 syllables
  • shapeverb

    Form, create; especially : to give a particular form or shape to

    1 syllables
  • sharpadjective

    Adapted to cutting or piercing: such as

    1 syllables
  • smalladjective

    Having comparatively little size or slight dimensions

    1 syllables
  • smalladjective

    Having comparatively little size or slight dimensions

    1 syllables
  • smalladjective

    Having comparatively little size or slight dimensions

    1 syllables
  • snacknoun

    A light meal : food eaten between regular meals; also : food suitable for snacking

    1 syllables
  • spacenoun

    A period of time; also : its duration

    2 syllables
  • stairnoun

    A single step in a staircase.

    1 syllables
  • stampnoun

    An act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof.

    1 syllables
  • standnoun

    A stand is a piece of furniture or support that holds something up, like a table or a shelf.

    1 syllables
  • starenoun

    A persistent gaze.

    1 syllables
  • starsverb

    To play the most prominent or important role in a movie, play, etc.

    1 syllables
  • startverb

    To move suddenly and violently : spring

    1 syllables
  • startverb

    To move suddenly and violently : spring

    1 syllables
  • statenoun

    Mode or condition of being

    1 syllables
  • staysnoun

    Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time; sojourn.

    Grade Grade 1Scrabble 8
  • thankverb

    To express gratitude to —used in the phrase thank you usually without a subject to politely express gratitude or sometimes to emphasize a preceding statement especially by implying that it is not subject to question —used in such phrases as thank God, thank goodness usually without a subject to express gratitude or more often only the speaker's or writer's pleasure or satisfaction in something

    1 syllables
  • tradenoun

    The business of buying and selling or bartering commodities : commerce

    1 syllables
  • trainnoun

    A connected line of railroad cars with or without a locomotive

    1 syllables
  • trainnoun

    A connected line of railroad cars with or without a locomotive

    1 syllables
  • whalenoun

    Any of various very large, aquatic, marine mammals (order Cetacea) that have a torpedo-shaped body with a thick layer of blubber, paddle-shaped forelimbs but no hind limbs, a horizontally flattened tail, and nostrils that open externally at the top of the head; also : cetacean

    2 syllables
  • yearsnoun

    The period of about 3651/4 solar days required for one revolution of the earth around the sun

    1 syllables