Words that contain 'et' and end in 'a'


With so many words to choose from (545 entries), there's no shortage of options to choose from.

3 letter words

  • eta

4 letter words

  • beta
  • etna
  • etta
  • etua
  • feta
  • geta
  • yeta
  • keta
  • meta
  • seta
  • veta
  • weta
  • zeta

5 letter words

  • aceta
  • betta
  • creta
  • etyma
  • fetwa
  • fleta
  • greta
  • ideta
  • metra
  • pieta
  • preta
  • retia
  • saeta
  • tetra
  • theta

6 letter words

  • acetla
  • apheta
  • bayeta
  • betoya
  • betula
  • bletia
  • cajeta
  • cetera
  • chaeta
  • chueta
  • emetia
  • getspa
  • goetia
  • yareta
  • yetapa
  • isleta
  • ketuba
  • ketupa
  • metepa
  • metria
  • muleta
  • naveta
  • nepeta
  • netcha
  • peseta
  • petara
  • peteca
  • petrea
  • pineta
  • psetta
  • quieta
  • retama
  • retina
  • setula
  • tapeta
  • valeta
  • veleta
  • zabeta

7 letter words

  • achaeta
  • acineta
  • aethusa
  • alethea
  • ametria
  • amreeta
  • anareta
  • arietta
  • ascetta
  • baffeta
  • baretta
  • beretta
  • beteela
  • bettina
  • bezetta
  • biretta
  • bonetta
  • caretta
  • carreta
  • cetacea
  • cetonia
  • clethra
  • codetta
  • determa
  • egretta
  • ehretia
  • etheria
  • etruria
  • excreta
  • faretta
  • feretra
  • floreta
  • galleta
  • garetta
  • genetta
  • ghebeta
  • godetia
  • hetaera
  • hetaira
  • juletta
  • kareeta
  • lagetta
  • lametta
  • letitia
  • lettiga

8 letter words

  • achmetha
  • aethalia
  • animetta
  • arboreta
  • arethusa
  • asfetida
  • asyndeta
  • aubretia
  • aubrieta
  • bassetta
  • batetela
  • berretta
  • bethesda
  • betonica
  • bettonga
  • birretta
  • bletilla
  • burletta
  • cabretta
  • caripeta
  • carmetta
  • carretta
  • cetraria
  • chaetura
  • chaqueta
  • colletia
  • cophetua
  • cotsetla
  • cretoria
  • dimetria
  • equiseta
  • escopeta
  • etcetera
  • ethiopia
  • faldetta
  • farcetta
  • feterita
  • fughetta
  • gambetta
  • gazzetta
  • genetika
  • helvetia
  • heretoga
  • hetaeria
  • hetairia

9 letter words

  • acetabula
  • acinetina
  • acrotreta
  • ametabola
  • ametropia
  • anachueta
  • anchietea
  • anchoveta
  • asafetida
  • aubrietia
  • bethabara
  • bettongia
  • bretwalda
  • cabaletta
  • cafeteria
  • carretela
  • carretera
  • chiavetta
  • cometaria
  • dysmetria
  • elettaria
  • erethisia
  • ethopoeia
  • fruticeta
  • henrietta
  • heteromya
  • heteropia
  • jettatura
  • ketonemia
  • ketonuria
  • martineta
  • metabolia
  • metapodia
  • metastoma
  • metaxenia
  • metralgia
  • mycetozoa
  • millettia
  • nesonetta
  • osmeteria
  • panetella
  • peripetia
  • pernettia
  • petiolata
  • petiveria

10 letter words

  • acetylurea
  • acetonemia
  • acetonuria
  • acinetaria
  • aethionema
  • allochetia
  • ametabolia
  • ammochaeta
  • anacletica
  • argyroneta
  • asafoetida
  • assafetida
  • buettneria
  • canzonetta
  • catalineta
  • cetomorpha
  • chaetifera
  • chaetopoda
  • chaetosema
  • chaetosoma
  • comedietta
  • diaceturia
  • digenetica
  • drugeteria
  • ectoretina
  • emmetropia
  • endometria
  • entoretina
  • etheostoma
  • ethnoflora
  • gametangia
  • geometrina
  • gynethusia
  • gondoletta
  • groceteria
  • heterocera
  • heterodera
  • heterogyna
  • heteromera
  • heteromita
  • heteropoda
  • hydrometra
  • ketembilla
  • ketonaemia
  • kinetonema

11 letter words

  • acetonaemia
  • anerethisia
  • assafoetida
  • cetiosauria
  • chaetochloa
  • chaetophora
  • clinometria
  • emetophobia
  • enetophobia
  • eremochaeta
  • freycinetia
  • glossopetra
  • hematometra
  • heteradenia
  • heteralocha
  • heterocoela
  • heterodonta
  • heterolalia
  • heteroneura
  • heteroousia
  • heterophaga
  • heteroptera
  • heterotaxia
  • heterotopia
  • hyperotreta
  • isometropia
  • lethologica
  • lochiometra
  • macchinetta
  • macrochaeta
  • mantelletta
  • metaphragma
  • metasequoia
  • metastomata
  • metrectasia
  • metrectopia
  • metroneuria
  • metropathia
  • metroptosia
  • microchaeta
  • oligochaeta
  • perichaetia
  • peripetasma
  • periplaneta
  • petalomania

12 letter words

  • acetabularia
  • antimetropia
  • balletomania
  • bertholletia
  • broussonetia
  • chaetognatha
  • chaetophobia
  • diacetonuria
  • dyserethisia
  • drapetomania
  • emetatrophia
  • endarteteria
  • gametophagia
  • gametophobia
  • geometroidea
  • glaucionetta
  • hemimetabola
  • heteromyaria
  • heteromorpha
  • heterophasia
  • heterophobia
  • heterophoria
  • heteroplasia
  • heterosomata
  • heterostraca
  • heterotricha
  • heterotropia
  • hypometropia
  • holometabola
  • kinetophobia
  • kosteletzkya
  • metacercaria
  • metagastrula
  • metencephala
  • methylolurea
  • metrofibroma
  • metromalacia
  • metrorrhagia
  • monogenetica
  • ommetaphobia
  • orthoptetera
  • pyrenochaeta
  • polymetochia
  • tetracoralla
  • tetradynamia

13 letter words

  • anisometropia
  • ankylurethria
  • betsimisaraka
  • diabetophobia
  • herpetophobia
  • heterochromia
  • heteroclitica
  • heterocotylea
  • heterokinesia
  • hypermetropia
  • metallophobia
  • metencephalla
  • metromalacoma
  • oligometochia
  • pantoplethora
  • paurometabola
  • physeteroidea
  • pycnometochia
  • spirochetemia
  • suovetaurilia
  • tetrabranchia
  • tetradecapoda
  • tetrapneumona
  • trautvetteria
  • trigonometria
  • ureterectasia
  • urethratresia
  • urethrorrhoea

14 letter words

  • brachymetropia
  • chrometophobia
  • heterometabola
  • heterotrichida
  • metamorphopsia
  • metrocarcinoma
  • retinoblastoma
  • symmetrophobia
  • stachytarpheta
  • tetrasporangia
  • ureterophlegma
  • ureterorrhagia
  • ureterostenoma
  • urethrorrhagia

15 letter words

  • hydrophysometra
  • hypermetaplasia
  • icositetrahedra
  • microbacteteria
  • phenylketonuria
  • pseudotetramera
  • tetractinellida

16 letter words

  • clavicythetheria

17 letter words

  • methemoglobinemia
  • methemoglobinuria
  • sympatheticotonia

18 letter words

  • diethylmalonylurea
  • urethroblennorrhea

22 letter words

  • phenylethylmalonylurea

What's a strange word from this page?
'Taffeta' definitely ranks as the most unusual word in our list of words that have 'et' in and end with 'a'. According to the Oxford dictionary, 'taffeta' means "A fine, smooth stuff of silk, having usually the wavy luster called watering. The term has also been applied to different kinds of silk goods, from the 16th century to modern times. Lined with taffeta and with sendal. Chaucer.".

In Scrabble, what's the highest possible score possible from this list of words that have 'et' in and end with 'a'?
Given there are a sizeable 545 entries, it's best to pick 'mozzetta' scoring 28 points.

Is there a word on this page that jumps out as the most popular?
As far as well-known words go, there's 'retina', which ranks as the 46070th most popular word.

In total, how many words are possible to make using the combination of letters specified?
There are 545 words available for any word that has 'et' in and ends with 'a'.

Which word from this list has the highest letter count?
The word 'phenylethylmalonylurea' contains 22 characters.