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5-letter words with B as the 3rd letter and D as the 5th letter

Twenty-three 5-letter words with B as the 3rd letter and D as the 5th letter exist, and 17 are past-tense spellings that end in -ed.

23 wordsTop pick RABIDHighest score JIBED 15

1 of 23 are everyday words (4%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

With B in 3rd place, S is the most common 5th letter (75 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 23 · most-used first

  • RABID8
  • EMBED10
  • LOBED8
  • CUBED10
  • ROBED8
  • EBBED10
  • LUBED8
  • TUBED8
  • REBID8
  • VIBED11
  • IMBED10
  • ORBED8
  • JIBED15
  • TABID8
  • UNBID8
  • GYBED12
  • GIBED9
  • ABBED10
  • CEBID10
  • DEBUD9
  • JOBED15
  • SABED8
  • UNBED8
All valid words 23

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

  • ABBED10
  • CEBID10
  • CUBED10
  • DEBUD9
  • EBBED10
  • EMBED10
  • GIBED9
  • GYBED12
  • IMBED10
  • JIBED15
  • JOBED15
  • LOBED8
  • LUBED8
  • ORBED8
  • RABID8
  • REBID8
  • ROBED8
  • SABED8
  • TABID8
  • TUBED8
  • UNBED8
  • UNBID8
  • VIBED11
Letters by positionIn 74% of these words the 4th letter is E.
1st letter
  1. R13%
  2. C9%
  3. E9%
2nd letter
  1. E13%
  2. U13%
  3. I13%
4th letter
  1. E74%
  2. I22%
  3. U4%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 8 in Scrabble; JIBED tops the list with 15. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 88 points: 11 words
  2. 9 points: 2 words
  3. 1010 points: 6 words
  4. 11 points: 1 words
  5. 1212 points: 1 words
  6. 13 points: 0 words
  7. 1414 points: 0 words
  8. 15 points: 2 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
JIBED1518All three
JOBED1518Collins only
GYBED1213All three
VIBED1113NWL only
EMBED1012All three
CUBED1013All three
EBBED1012All three
IMBED1012All three
ABBED1012Collins only
CEBID1012All three
GIBED911All three
DEBUD911Collins only

The middle B and final D lock the shape to ??B?D, so the second and fourth letters decide the word. Seventeen matches put E in that fourth slot, making past-tense forms such as cubed, ebbed, jibed and robed the core of the list. Only rabid counts as a common word, and just embed joins it among the Wordle answers.

B-third, D-fifth words at a glance

  • Twenty-three matches appear in the tournament dictionaries.
  • Seventeen end in -ed and share an E in the fourth slot.
  • Only rabid ranks as a common word; the rest sit outside everyday speech.
  • Embed and rabid are the two Wordle answers.
  • Jibed and jobed top the scoring at 15 points apiece.
  • Collins holds 22, NWL2023 19 and ENABLE 17.

Which B-third, D-fifth words are Wordle answers?

Just two matches double as Wordle answers, and both are everyday words: embed and rabid. Every other entry, from cubed and ebbed to cebid and tabid, plays as an obscure pick rather than a likely solution.

Embed leans on its doubled opening E, while rabid spreads R, B and D across the frame. If your grid already fixes the fourth letter as I, only five words remain, and none of them is an answer.

Why almost every match is an -ed word

Seventeen of the 23 words are past-tense verbs ending in -ed, including cubed, ebbed, jibed, lobed, robed, tubed and vibed. The other six are oddities: cebid, debud, rabid, rebid, tabid and unbid.

The E in the fourth slot is the giveaway. Only five words break the pattern with I there, and debud stands alone with U, so a confirmed I or U immediately shrinks the list to a handful of options.

One familiar word in a rare pattern

Tip

Rabid is the only common word here and one of the two answers, so it is the obvious first pick. Embed follows on both score and fame, while jibed and jobed reach 15 but rarely suit a Wordle grid.

Questions people ask

How many five-letter words have B third and D fifth?
There are 23, and 17 of them are past-tense -ed words. Collins lists 22, NWL2023 19 and ENABLE 17, so a few entries change with the dictionary you play.
Which B-third, D-fifth words are in the Wordle answer list?
Only two, embed and rabid. Both are familiar words, and 22 of the 23 matches are accepted guesses, so the group still helps when you are testing the B and D positions.
What is the highest-scoring word with B third and D fifth?
Jibed and jobed tie at 15 points on their J tiles. Gybed follows at 12 and vibed at 11, while embed, cubed, ebbed, imbed, abbed and cebid each score 10.

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