Yes. AA is a valid word.
AA is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
AA is in the NASPA Word List 2023 (NWL2023), the North American list that Tileside uses for challenges and the one used in club and tournament play.
About AA
Hawaiian has two words for lava: aa, the rough, clinkery kind that is painful to walk on, and pahoehoe, the smooth, ropy kind. Only the short one is a word-game favorite, because it turns a pair of A tiles into points.
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AA scores 2 points
Before any bonus squares: A 1 + A 1 = 2. On a double-word square that's 4, on a triple-word 6, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.
Example: AA as the first play
Later in the game, put the A on a 3L square and AA is worth 4 before any word bonus.
Hooks: one tile makes a new word
Longer words from AA
Other forms of AA (1):
- AASform of AA: a dry form of lava resembling clinkers
Words that start with AA:
- AAHSform of AAH: express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
- AALS
- AAHEDform of AAH: express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
- AALIIa tropical tree
- AARGH
- AAHINGform of AAH: express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
- AALIISform of AALII: a small Hawaiian tree with hard dark wood
- AARRGH
Change one tile
Swap any one letter of AA and these are still words:
Same letters, other words
Memory tip
AA is rough Hawaiian lava; say “ah-ah” as you hop across it barefoot. It is the classic way to dump two A tiles at once, and it takes S for AAS.
On these lists
Other two-letter words starting with A
Check words at the table, free
Tileside keeps score, checks words like this one during a challenge, tracks the tiles left in the bag and times turns. It runs in your phone's browser with no account and works offline.
Tileside checks words against the North American list, the NASPA Word List 2023. Your group's chosen dictionary always wins. Playing the international (Collins) list? Turn on its 20 extra two-letter words in Setup.
Word list: NASPA Word List 2023, used under license. NASPA Word List 2023 Edition © NASPA 2023. The copy included in this app is licensed for personal use. You may not use it for any commercial purposes.
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