Top 20 Most Famous A Words

Of the 1000 most commonly used English words, 81 start with A. Which 20 of those have been named most often in these quizzes?
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Source quiz: Oxford Dictionaries Top 1000 Words Starting With A by PSTSCCH
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Last updated: December 7, 2014
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First submittedDecember 6, 2014
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word
100
a
53
able
47
about
40
above
57
act
57
add
57
after
32
again
47
age
32
aim
36
air
81
all
92
and
34
answer
47
any
43
arm
53
art
96
as
55
ask
91
at
2 Comments
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Level 90
Dec 7, 2014
No are?
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Level 76
Dec 7, 2014
No, and it's not even in the 81 Top-1000 A words. (On Wiktionary's Top 1000 word frequency list, are is ranked at number 36). I've just written to Oxford Dictionaries to ask if that omission is deliberate or a mistake. If they reply, I'll post the response here.