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


With so much choice (163 entries), there's no shortage of options.

5 letter words

  • aught
  • naght

6 letter words

  • adight
  • alight
  • anight
  • aright
  • caught
  • haught
  • maught
  • naught
  • raught
  • saught
  • taught
  • waught

7 letter words

  • abought
  • aflight
  • afright
  • aheight
  • almight
  • alright
  • bonaght
  • claught
  • creaght
  • draught
  • flaught
  • fraught
  • spaught
  • thaught

8 letter words

  • aeolight
  • affright
  • airlight
  • airtight
  • albright
  • bonaught
  • catfight
  • daylight
  • fanlight
  • farsight
  • gaslight
  • gastight
  • laylight
  • retaught
  • straight
  • straught
  • uncaught
  • unsaught
  • untaught
  • upcaught
  • upraught

9 letter words

  • affreight
  • aleknight
  • arkwright
  • autosight
  • backsight
  • befraught
  • campfight
  • connaught
  • dawnlight
  • deadlight
  • extraught
  • fanwright
  • headlight
  • headright
  • indraught
  • jacklight
  • lamplight
  • landright
  • lashlight
  • mistaught
  • nearsight
  • onslaught
  • outasight
  • outcaught
  • outraught
  • pretaught
  • radknight
  • rainlight
  • raintight
  • safelight
  • starlight
  • taillight
  • traplight
  • unfraught
  • updraught
  • wandought

10 letter words

  • afterlight
  • afternight
  • airfreight
  • bestraught
  • blacklight
  • boatwright
  • cartwright
  • catchlight
  • costraight
  • deadweight
  • distraught
  • earthlight
  • fearnaught
  • fearnought
  • flashlight
  • gatewright
  • handyfight
  • hardbought
  • makeweight
  • outdraught
  • overraught
  • overtaught
  • playwright
  • spaewright
  • starbright
  • steamtight
  • translight
  • unstraight
  • upstraight
  • vaportight
  • wainwright
  • watertight
  • worldaught

11 letter words

  • candlelight
  • catchweight
  • coachwright
  • downdraught
  • dreadnaught
  • dreadnought
  • fireflaught
  • forstraught
  • handwrought
  • heavyweight
  • overdraught
  • overfraught
  • paperweight
  • predaylight
  • searchlight
  • spaceflight
  • stagefright
  • stagewright
  • undertaught
  • wagonwright
  • withdraught

12 letter words

  • aforethought
  • afterthought
  • antitwilight
  • bantamweight
  • bellyflaught
  • breastheight
  • candlewright
  • featherlight
  • overstraight
  • quarterlight
  • quarternight
  • twatterlight
  • underdraught
  • undistraught
  • waggonwright
  • weathertight

13 letter words

  • featherweight
  • noncostraight
  • nonwatertight

14 letter words

  • overdistraught
  • predreadnought
  • thousandweight

15 letter words

  • photoplaywright

16 letter words

  • superdreadnought

How many viable words are possible to make using the combination you've searched for?
In total, you can construct exactly 163 words.

What is the highest possible score you can get in Scrabble from this list of words that have 'a' in and end with 'ght'?
As there are an enormous 163 entries, we would suggest selecting 'affright' which scores 18 points overall.

Which word on this page stands out as the most common?
There's 'caught' which is the 874th most popular word.

Is there an example of a word from this page which might be deemed as interesting?
By far the most unusual word in this list is 'cartwright'. The definition of 'cartwright' is as follows: "An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker.".

How many characters are in the largest word on this list?
There are 16 characters in the word 'superdreadnought', making it the longest word on this list.