5-letter words starting with B
There are 582 five-letter words starting with B in our word list. 140 of them are common everyday words, such as BASED, BEING, BEGAN and BELOW.
- Words
- 582
- Common words
- 140
- Top score
- BOOZY
- 19 points
B is a common first letter but a rare last one. When B ends a word it often follows M and is silent, as in CLIMB, LAMB and THUMB.
Five-letter words are the format of the most popular daily word guessing games. A strong first guess uses five different common letters.
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5-letter words (582)
- based
- being
- began
- below
- black
- blood
- board
- books
- break
- bring
- brown
- build
- built
- balls
- banks
- basic
- basis
- beach
- begin
- bible
- bills
- birds
- birth
- blame
- blind
- block
- brain
- brand
- bread
- brief
- broad
- broke
- bunch
- backs
- bacon
- badge
- badly
- baker
- bands
- bases
- basin
- beans
- beard
- bears
- beast
- beats
- begun
- belly
- bench
- billy
- blade
- blank
- blast
- bless
- blown
- blows
- blues
- boats
- bobby
- bombs
- bonds
- bones
- bonus
- boost
- booth
- boots
- bored
- bound
- boxes
- brass
- brave
- breed
- brick
- bride
- brush
- bucks
- buddy
- burns
- burnt
- burst
- buses
- buyer
- baked
- barge
- baron
- basil
- batch
- bates
- baths
- baton
- beads
- beams
- beers
- belle
- bells
- belts
- benny
- berry
- bikes
- binge
- bingo
- birch
- bites
- bland
- blaze
- bleed
- blend
- blink
- bliss
- blitz
- bloke
- blond
- bloom
- bluff
- blunt
- blush
- boast
- bolts
- booty
- booze
- borne
- bowel
- bowls
- boxer
- brace
- brake
- bravo
- brawl
- brent
- bribe
- brink
- brits
- brock
- brook
- bulbs
- bulls
- bully
- bumps
- bunny
- burke
- babes
- bagel
- baggy
- banco
- bangs
- banjo
- barks
- barns
- barre
- basal
- bathe
- bayou
- beech
- beets
- beige
- bends
- berth
- beset
- bigot
- biker
- binds
- bison
- bleak
- bleep
- bogus
- boils
- booed
- booms
- bosom
- bouts
- bowed
- bower
- boxed
- braid
- brill
- brine
- brisk
- britt
- brood
- broom
- broth
- brows
- brunt
- brute
- budge
- buffs
- buffy
- buggy
- bulge
- bulky
- bumpy
- busts
- butch
- butte
- bytes
- babel
- bails
- baits
- bakes
- baldy
- bales
- bally
- balmy
- banal
- bandy
- barbs
- bards
- bared
- bares
- batik
- batty
- bawdy
- bazar
- beaks
- beaut
- beaux
- bebop
- beefy
- beeps
- begum
- bendy
- beret
- beryl
- bests
- betel
- betta
- bevel
- bezel
- bidet
- bight
- bilbo
- bilge
- bimbo
- biome
- biter
- bitty
- blimp
- bloat
- blobs
- blocs
- blume
- blurb
- blurs
- boars
- bodes
- bogan
- bogey
- boing
- bolus
- boned
- boney
- bongo
- bonne
- bonny
- boozy
- borer
- bores
- boron
- boson
- bossy
- bough
- brags
- brant
- brash
- brats
- brava
- brawn
- bream
- brees
- brews
- briar
- bruin
- bugle
- bunks
- buoys
- burgh
- burly
- bursa
- busby
- bushy
- butyl
- bylaw
- bacca
- bairn
- baler
- balks
- balms
- balsa
- banes
- banns
- barbe
- barmy
- baser
- bassi
- basso
- baste
- bated
- batts
- baulk
- beady
- beano
- becks
- beefs
- beery
- befit
- begat
- beget
- belay
- belch
- belie
- benes
- berms
- betas
- biddy
- biffy
- bigly
- bijou
- biked
- biles
- bindi
- biota
- biped
- bipod
- birks
- bitsy
- blain
- blare
- blase
- bleat
- blest
- blips
- bloop
- blots
- blued
- bluer
- bluey
- blurt
- bocce
- boggy
- bogie
- bogle
- bolas
- boles
- bongs
- boons
- boras
- borax
- boric
- botch
- bothy
- boule
- bourg
- bourn
- bozos
- brach
- braes
- breve
- brier
- brims
- briny
- broil
- brome
- bromo
- bronc
- bubby
- bucko
- bulla
- bundt
- burbs
- burps
- burro
- burrs
- burry
- bused
- buxom
- byway
- babas
- babka
- baboo
- babul
- babus
- baddy
- baize
- balas
- baled
- balky
- barer
- barfs
- barky
- barny
- basks
- bassy
- bawls
- bayed
- beaky
- beaus
- bedel
- begot
- benne
- benni
- bents
- bergs
- besom
- beton
- bhang
- bibbs
- bided
- bides
- bifid
- bikie
- bines
- blahs
- blini
- blowy
- boche
- boded
- boffo
- boite
- bolar
- bolos
- bombe
- bonks
- boomy
- boors
- boral
- bortz
- bosun
- botas
- botts
- boyar
- boyos
- bract
- brads
- brans
- brays
- braze
- brede
- brigs
- brose
- bruit
- brume
- bulgy
- bulks
- bunco
- bunds
- bungs
- bunko
- bunts
- buran
- burgs
- burin
- burls
- burse
- buteo
- bwana
- byres
- baals
- bahts
- baith
- balds
- banty
- barde
- baric
- barye
- basts
- bawds
- bazoo
- beamy
- belga
- beths
- bevor
- bhoot
- bialy
- bield
- biers
- biffs
- bimah
- birse
- bitts
- blabs
- blebs
- blent
- blubs
- bluet
- boart
- bocci
- bocks
- bolds
- bolls
- bonze
- boogy
- borts
- bosky
- bouse
- bovid
- brail
- brank
- bravi
- brens
- broos
- brugh
- buffo
- bunya
- buras
- burds
- buret
- busks
- baaed
- baffs
- baffy
- baiza
- baned
- barms
- battu
- bauds
- bawty
- becap
- bedew
- bedim
- befog
- beigy
- bemas
- bemix
- berme
- besot
- bewig
- bezil
- bhuts
- biali
- bices
- bider
- bilgy
- bilks
- bimas
- binal
- binit
- bints
- biont
- birle
- birls
- birrs
- bises
- bisks
- bizes
- blams
- blate
- blats
- blawn
- blaws
- blear
- blets
- blimy
- blite
- blype
- boffs
- bohea
- borty
- bosks
- botel
- bousy
- bowse
- boyla
- braky
- braws
- braxy
- braza
- bries
- brins
- brios
- brosy
- brusk
- bubal
- buffi
- buhls
- buhrs
- bumfs
- bumph
- bunns
- butle
- butut
- byrls
- byssi
Darker borders mark common everyday words. Rarer words follow in each group.
Good first guesses
These common words use five different letters that appear often in five-letter words, so they rule out the most letters in one guess:
- beast
- based
- basin
- blast
- beard
Questions
How many five-letter words starting with B are there?
Our word list has 582 five-letter words starting with B. 140 of them are common everyday words.
What are some common five-letter words starting with B?
The most common are BASED, BEING, BEGAN, BELOW, BLACK and BLOOD.
Which five-letter word starting with B scores the most points?
Using standard letter tile values, BOOZY scores 19 points, the most of any five-letter word starting with B in our list.
What is a good first guess in a five-letter word game?
Words with five different, frequent letters give you the most information. Good choices from this list are BEAST, BASED, BASIN and BLAST.
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