5-letter words with B as the 1st letter and S as the 3rd letter

The pattern is B?S??: B stays in the opening slot, S stays in the middle, and the other three letters can vary. Of the 51 matches, 10 are common English words. BASED, BASIC, BASIS, BASES, and BASIN are recognizable candidates; BOSKY and BUSKY show how quickly the list moves into less familiar territory.

5-letter words with B as the 1st letter and S as the 3rd letter

• Collins lists 51 words matching B?S??, the full tournament-dictionary total for this pattern.
• ENABLE has 35 matches and NWL2023 has 36, so the same clue yields different accepted lists.
• Just 10 matches are common by frequency; BASIC, BASIS, and BASIN are among the familiar choices.
• The final S leads with 12 words, ahead of Y with 7 and N with 6.

How many matches can you use in Wordle?

Twelve matches are Wordle answers, and all 12 also appear in a tournament dictionary. The allowed-guess count is 51, so every tournament-list match fits the Wordle guess set; the answer subset is much narrower. That distinction matters when you are solving from feedback rather than simply checking whether a guess is permitted.

Word endings help sort candidates. Final S is the largest group, with 12 words; BASES, BASIS, and BUSES fit that ending. If S is ruled out, Y, with 7 words, and N, with 6, are the next most frequent endings.

Which matching words score highest?

BOSKY and BUSKY tie for the top tile score at 14. BUSHY scores 13, BUSBY scores 12, and BASKS, BUSKS, BOSKS, and BISKS each score 11. The average score across the set is 8.3.

For 5-letter words with B as the 1st letter and S as the 3rd letter, separate points from practicality. The top scorers are less familiar choices than BASIC and BASIN, so a high score alone does not make a strong puzzle guess. Only 10 matches are common by frequency.

Keep B and S fixed, then test the remaining slots against familiar candidates such as BASED, BASIC, and BASIN. The list has 51 Collins matches, but ENABLE and NWL2023 include fewer; check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar entry.