5-letter words starting with B

Collins has 871 5-letter words starting with B, and 173 of them are Wordle answers, third only to S and C.

887 wordsTop pick BEINGHighest score BUZZY 28

195 of 887 are everyday words (22%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

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S starts the most 5-letter words (1,547); X starts the fewest (15). B ranks #3 of 26. The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 195 · most-used first

Showing the top 48 of 195 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 887

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

BAAED₈
BAALS₇
BABAS₉
BABEL₉
BABES₉
BABKA₁₃
BABOO₉
BABUL₉
BABUS₉
BACCA₁₁
BACCO₁₁
BACCY₁₄
BACHA₁₂
BACHS₁₂
BACKS₁₃
BACON₉
BADDY₁₂
BADGE₉
BADLY₁₁
BAELS₇
BAFFS₁₃
BAFFY₁₆
BAFTS₁₀
BAGEL₈
BAGGY₁₂
BAGHS₁₁
BAGIE₈
BAHTS₁₀
BAHUT₁₀
BAILS₇
BAIRN₇
BAITH₁₀
BAITS₇
BAIZA₁₆
BAIZE₁₆
BAJAN₁₄
BAJRA₁₄
BAJRI₁₄
BAJUS₁₄
BAKED₁₂
BAKEN₁₁
BAKER₁₁
BAKES₁₁
BAKRA₁₁
BALAS₇
BALDS₈
BALDY₁₁
BALED₈
BALER₇
BALES₇
BALKS₁₁
BALKY₁₄
BALLS₇
BALLY₁₀
BALMS₉
BALMY₁₂
BALOO₇
BALSA₇
BALTI₇
BALUN₇
BALUS₇
BAMBI₁₁
BANAK₁₁
BANAL₇
BANCO₉
BANCS₉
BANDA₈
BANDH₁₁
BANDS₈
BANDY₁₁
BANED₈
BANES₇
BANGS₈
BANIA₇
BANJO₁₄
BANKS₁₁
BANNS₇
BANTS₇
BANTU₇
BANTY₁₀
BAPUS₉
BARBE₉
BARBS₉
BARBY₁₂
BARCA₉
BARDE₈
BARDO₈
BARDS₈
BARDY₁₁
BARED₈
BARER₇
BARES₇
BARFI₁₀
BARFS₁₀
BARGE₈
BARIC₉
BARKS₁₁
BARKY₁₄
BARMS₉
BARMY₁₂
BARNS₇
BARNY₁₀
BARON₇
BARPS₉
BARRA₇
BARRE₇
BARRO₇
BARRY₁₀
BARYE₁₀
BASAL₇
BASAN₇
BASED₈
BASER₇
BASES₇
BASHO₁₀
BASIC₉
BASIL₇
BASIN₇
BASIS₇
BASKS₁₁
BASON₇
BASSE₇
BASSI₇
BASSO₇
BASSY₁₀
BASTA₇
BASTE₇
BASTI₇
BASTO₇
BASTS₇
BATCH₁₂
BATED₈
BATES₇
BATHE₁₀
BATHS₁₀
BATIK₁₁
BATON₇
BATTA₇
BATTS₇
BATTU₇
BATTY₁₀
BAUDS₈
BAUKS₁₁
BAULK₁₁
BAURS₇
BAVIN₁₀
BAWDS₁₁
BAWDY₁₄
BAWKS₁₄
BAWLS₁₀
BAWNS₁₀
BAWRS₁₀
BAWTY₁₃
BAYED₁₁
BAYER₁₀
BAYES₁₀
BAYLE₁₀
BAYOU₁₀
BAYTS₁₀
BAZAR₁₆
BAZOO₁₆
BEACH₁₂
BEADS₈
BEADY₁₁
BEAKS₁₁
BEAKY₁₄
BEALS₇
BEAMS₉
BEAMY₁₂
BEANO₇
BEANS₇
BEANY₁₀
BEARD₈
BEARE₇
BEARS₇
BEAST₇
BEATH₁₀
BEATS₇
BEATY₁₀
BEAUS₇
BEAUT₇
BEAUX₁₄
BEBOP₁₁
BECAP₁₁
BECKE₁₃
BECKS₁₃
BEDAD₉
BEDEL₈
BEDES₈
BEDEW₁₁
BEDIM₁₀
BEDYE₁₁
BEECH₁₂
BEEDI₈
BEEFS₁₀
BEEFY₁₃
BEEPS₉
BEERS₇
BEERY₁₀
BEETS₇
BEFIT₁₀
BEFOG₁₁
BEGAD₉
BEGAN₈
BEGAR₈
BEGAT₈
BEGEM₁₀
BEGET₈
BEGIN₈
BEGOT₈
BEGUM₁₀
BEGUN₈
BEIGE₈
BEIGY₁₁
BEING₈
BEKAH₁₄
BELAH₁₀
BELAR₇
BELAY₁₀
BELCH₁₂
BELEE₇
BELGA₈
BELIE₇
BELLE₇
BELLS₇
BELLY₁₀
BELON₇
BELOW₁₀
BELTS₇
BEMAD₁₀
BEMAS₉
BEMIX₁₆
BEMUD₁₀
BENCH₁₂
BENDS₈
BENDY₁₁
BENES₇
BENET₇
BENIS₇
BENNE₇
BENNI₇
BENNY₁₀
BENTO₇
BENTS₇
BENTY₁₀
BEPAT₉
BERAY₁₀
BERES₇
BERET₇
BERGS₈
BERKO₁₁
BERKS₁₁
BERME₉
BERMS₉
BEROB₉
BERRY₁₀
BERTH₁₀
BERYL₁₀
BESAT₇
BESAW₁₀
BESEE₇
BESES₇
BESET₇
BESIT₇
BESOM₉
BESOT₇
BESTI₇
BESTS₇
BETAS₇
BETED₈
BETEL₇
BETES₇
BETHS₁₀
BETID₈
BETON₇
BETTA₇
BETTY₁₀
BEVEL₁₀
BEVER₁₀
BEVOR₁₀
BEVUE₁₀
BEVVY₁₆
BEWET₁₀
BEWIG₁₁
BEZEL₁₆
BEZES₁₆
BEZIL₁₆
BHAJI₁₇
BHANG₁₁
BHELS₁₀
BHOOT₁₀
BHUNA₁₀
BHUTS₁₀
BIALI₇
BIALY₁₀
BIBBS₁₁
BIBES₉
BIBLE₉
BICCY₁₄
BICEP₁₁
BICES₉
BIDDY₁₂
BIDED₉
BIDER₈
BIDES₈
BIDET₈
BIDIS₈
BIDON₈
BIELD₈
BIERS₇
BIFFO₁₃
BIFFS₁₃
BIFFY₁₆
BIFID₁₁
BIGAE₈
BIGGS₉
BIGGY₁₂
BIGHA₁₁
BIGHT₁₁
BIGLY₁₁
BIGOS₈
BIGOT₈
BIJOU₁₄
BIKED₁₂
BIKER₁₁
BIKES₁₁
BIKIE₁₁
BILBO₉
BILBY₁₂
BILED₈
BILES₇
BILGE₈
BILGY₁₁
BILKS₁₁
BILLS₇
BILLY₁₀
BIMAH₁₂
BIMAS₉
BIMBO₁₁
BINAL₇
BINDI₈
BINDS₈
BINER₇
BINES₇
BINGE₈
BINGO₈
BINGS₈
BINGY₁₁
BINIT₇
BINKS₁₁
BINTS₇
BIOGS₈
BIOME₉
BIONT₇
BIOTA₇
BIPED₁₀
BIPOD₁₀
BIRCH₁₂
BIRDS₈
BIRKS₁₁
BIRLE₇
BIRLS₇
BIROS₇
BIRRS₇
BIRSE₇
BIRSY₁₀
BIRTH₁₀
BISES₇
BISKS₁₁
BISON₇
BITCH₁₂
BITER₇
BITES₇
BITOS₇
BITOU₇
BITSY₁₀
BITTE₇
BITTS₇
BITTY₁₀
BIVIA₁₀
BIVVY₁₆
BIZES₁₆
BIZZO₂₅
BIZZY₂₈
BLABS₉
BLACK₁₃
BLADE₈
BLADS₈
BLADY₁₁
BLAER₇
BLAES₇
BLAFF₁₃
BLAGS₈
BLAHS₁₀
BLAIN₇
BLAME₉
BLAMS₉
BLAND₈
BLANK₁₁
BLARE₇
BLART₇
BLASE₇
BLASH₁₀
BLAST₇
BLATE₇
BLATS₇
BLATT₇
BLAUD₈
BLAWN₁₀
BLAWS₁₀
BLAYS₁₀
BLAZE₁₆
BLEAK₁₁
BLEAR₇
BLEAT₇
BLEBS₉
BLECH₁₂
BLEED₈
BLEEP₉
BLEES₇
BLEND₈
BLENT₇
BLERT₇
BLESS₇
BLEST₇
BLETS₇
BLEYS₁₀
BLIMP₁₁
BLIMY₁₂
BLIND₈
BLING₈
BLINI₇
BLINK₁₁
BLINS₇
BLINY₁₀
BLIPS₉
BLISS₇
BLIST₇
BLITE₇
BLITZ₁₆
BLIVE₁₀
BLOAT₇
BLOBS₉
BLOCK₁₃
BLOCS₉
BLOGS₈
BLOKE₁₁
BLOND₈
BLOOD₈
BLOOM₉
BLOOP₉
BLORE₇
BLOTS₇
BLOWN₁₀
BLOWS₁₀
BLOWY₁₃
BLUBS₉
BLUDE₈
BLUDY₁₁
BLUED₈
BLUER₇
BLUES₇
BLUET₇
BLUEY₁₀
BLUFF₁₃
BLUID₈
BLUME₉
BLUNK₁₁
BLUNT₇
BLURB₉
BLURS₇
BLURT₇
BLUSH₁₀
BLYPE₁₂
BOABS₉
BOAKS₁₁
BOARD₈
BOARS₇
BOART₇
BOAST₇
BOATS₇
BOBAC₁₁
BOBAK₁₃
BOBAS₉
BOBBY₁₄
BOBOL₉
BOBOS₉
BOCCA₁₁
BOCCE₁₁
BOCCI₁₁
BOCHE₁₂
BOCKS₁₃
BODED₉
BODES₈
BODGE₉
BODLE₈
BOEPS₉
BOETS₇
BOEUF₁₀
BOFFO₁₃
BOFFS₁₃
BOGAN₈
BOGEY₁₁
BOGGY₁₂
BOGIE₈
BOGLE₈
BOGUS₈
BOHEA₁₀
BOHOS₁₀
BOILS₇
BOING₈
BOINK₁₁
BOITE₇
BOKED₁₂
BOKEH₁₄
BOKES₁₁
BOKOS₁₁
BOLAR₇
BOLAS₇
BOLDS₈
BOLES₇
BOLIX₁₄
BOLLS₇
BOLOS₇
BOLTS₇
BOLUS₇
BOMAS₉
BOMBE₁₁
BOMBO₁₁
BOMBS₁₁
BONCE₉
BONDS₈
BONED₈
BONER₇
BONES₇
BONEY₁₀
BONGO₈
BONGS₈
BONIE₇
BONKS₁₁
BONNE₇
BONNY₁₀
BONUS₇
BONZA₁₆
BONZE₁₆
BOOBS₉
BOOBY₁₂
BOODY₁₁
BOOED₈
BOOFY₁₃
BOOGY₁₁
BOOHS₁₀
BOOKS₁₁
BOOKY₁₄
BOOLS₇
BOOMS₉
BOOMY₁₂
BOONG₈
BOONS₇
BOORD₈
BOORS₇
BOOSE₇
BOOST₇
BOOTH₁₀
BOOTS₇
BOOTY₁₀
BOOZE₁₆
BOOZY₁₉
BOPPY₁₄
BORAK₁₁
BORAL₇
BORAS₇
BORAX₁₄
BORDE₈
BORDS₈
BORED₈
BOREE₇
BOREL₇
BORER₇
BORES₇
BORGO₈
BORIC₉
BORKS₁₁
BORMS₉
BORNA₇
BORNE₇
BORON₇
BORTS₇
BORTY₁₀
BORTZ₁₆
BOSKS₁₁
BOSKY₁₄
BOSOM₉
BOSON₇
BOSSY₁₀
BOSUN₇
BOTAS₇
BOTCH₁₂
BOTEL₇
BOTHY₁₃
BOTOX₁₄
BOTTE₇
BOTTS₇
BOTTY₁₀
BOUGE₈
BOUGH₁₁
BOUKS₁₁
BOULE₇
BOULT₇
BOUND₈
BOUNS₇
BOURD₈
BOURG₈
BOURN₇
BOUSE₇
BOUSY₁₀
BOUTS₇
BOVID₁₁
BOWAT₁₀
BOWED₁₁
BOWEL₁₀
BOWER₁₀
BOWES₁₀
BOWET₁₀
BOWIE₁₀
BOWLS₁₀
BOWNE₁₀
BOWRS₁₀
BOWSE₁₀
BOXED₁₅
BOXEN₁₄
BOXER₁₄
BOXES₁₄
BOXLA₁₄
BOYAR₁₀
BOYAU₁₀
BOYED₁₁
BOYFS₁₃
BOYGS₁₁
BOYLA₁₀
BOYOS₁₀
BOYSY₁₃
BOZOS₁₆
BRAAI₇
BRACE₉
BRACH₁₂
BRACK₁₃
BRACT₉
BRADS₈
BRAES₇
BRAGS₈
BRAID₈
BRAIL₇
BRAIN₇
BRAKE₁₁
BRAKS₁₁
BRAKY₁₄
BRAME₉
BRAND₈
BRANK₁₁
BRANS₇
BRANT₇
BRASH₁₀
BRASS₇
BRAST₇
BRATS₇
BRAVA₁₀
BRAVE₁₀
BRAVI₁₀
BRAVO₁₀
BRAWL₁₀
BRAWN₁₀
BRAWS₁₀
BRAXY₁₇
BRAYS₁₀
BRAZA₁₆
BRAZE₁₆
BREAD₈
BREAK₁₁
BREAM₉
BREDE₈
BREDS₈
BREED₈
BREEM₉
BREER₇
BREES₇
BREID₈
BREIS₇
BREME₉
BRENS₇
BRENT₇
BRERE₇
BRERS₇
BREVE₁₀
BREWS₁₀
BREYS₁₀
BRIAR₇
BRIBE₉
BRICK₁₃
BRIDE₈
BRIEF₁₀
BRIER₇
BRIES₇
BRIGS₈
BRIKS₁₁
BRILL₇
BRIMS₉
BRINE₇
BRING₈
BRINK₁₁
BRINS₇
BRINY₁₀
BRIOS₇
BRISE₇
BRISK₁₁
BRISS₇
BRITH₁₀
BRITS₇
BRITT₇
BRIZE₁₆
BROAD₈
BROCH₁₂
BROCK₁₃
BRODS₈
BROEY₁₀
BROGH₁₁
BROGS₈
BROIL₇
BROKE₁₁
BROME₉
BROMO₉
BRONC₉
BROND₈
BROOD₈
BROOK₁₁
BROOL₇
BROOM₉
BROOS₇
BROSE₇
BROSY₁₀
BROTH₁₀
BROWN₁₀
BROWS₁₀
BRUGH₁₁
BRUHS₁₀
BRUIN₇
BRUIT₇
BRULE₇
BRUME₉
BRUNG₈
BRUNT₇
BRUSH₁₀
BRUSK₁₁
BRUST₇
BRUTE₇
BRUTS₇
BUATS₇
BUAZE₁₆
BUBAL₉
BUBAS₉
BUBBA₁₁
BUBBE₁₁
BUBBY₁₄
BUBUS₉
BUCHU₁₂
BUCKO₁₃
BUCKS₁₃
BUCKU₁₃
BUDAS₈
BUDDY₁₂
BUDGE₉
BUDIS₈
BUDOS₈
BUFFA₁₃
BUFFE₁₃
BUFFI₁₃
BUFFO₁₃
BUFFS₁₃
BUFFY₁₆
BUFOS₁₀
BUGGY₁₂
BUGLE₈
BUHLS₁₀
BUHRS₁₀
BUIKS₁₁
BUILD₈
BUILT₇
BUIST₇
BUKES₁₁
BULBS₉
BULGE₈
BULGY₁₁
BULKS₁₁
BULKY₁₄
BULLA₇
BULLS₇
BULLY₁₀
BULSE₇
BUMBO₁₁
BUMFS₁₂
BUMPH₁₄
BUMPS₁₁
BUMPY₁₄
BUNAS₇
BUNCE₉
BUNCH₁₂
BUNCO₉
BUNDE₈
BUNDH₁₁
BUNDS₈
BUNDT₈
BUNDU₈
BUNDY₁₁
BUNGS₈
BUNGY₁₁
BUNIA₇
BUNJE₁₄
BUNJY₁₇
BUNKO₁₁
BUNKS₁₁
BUNNS₇
BUNNY₁₀
BUNTS₇
BUNTY₁₀
BUNYA₁₀
BUOYS₁₀
BUPPY₁₄
BURAN₇
BURAS₇
BURBS₉
BURDS₈
BURET₇
BURFI₁₀
BURGH₁₁
BURGS₈
BURIN₇
BURKA₁₁
BURKE₁₁
BURKS₁₁
BURLS₇
BURLY₁₀
BURNS₇
BURNT₇
BUROO₇
BURPS₉
BURQA₁₆
BURRO₇
BURRS₇
BURRY₁₀
BURSA₇
BURSE₇
BURST₇
BUSBY₁₂
BUSED₈
BUSES₇
BUSHY₁₃
BUSKS₁₁
BUSKY₁₄
BUSSU₇
BUSTI₇
BUSTS₇
BUSTY₁₀
BUTCH₁₂
BUTEO₇
BUTES₇
BUTLE₇
BUTOH₁₀
BUTTE₇
BUTTS₇
BUTTY₁₀
BUTUT₇
BUTYL₁₀
BUXOM₁₆
BUYER₁₀
BUZZY₂₈
BWANA₁₀
BWAZI₁₉
BYDED₁₂
BYDES₁₁
BYKED₁₅
BYKES₁₄
BYLAW₁₃
BYRES₁₀
BYRLS₁₀
BYSSI₁₀
BYTES₁₀
BYWAY₁₆

Letters by positionIn 31% of these words the 5th letter is S.

2nd letter

O19%
A18%
E14%

3rd letter

A11%
R11%
N9%

4th letter

E14%
T9%
A7%

5th letter

S31%
Y12%
E12%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 7 in Scrabble; BUZZY tops the list with 28. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 263 words
8 points: 125 words
99 points: 86 words
10 points: 148 words
1111 points: 116 words
12 points: 40 words
1313 points: 35 words
14 points: 36 words
1515 points: 2 words
16 points: 28 words
1717 points: 3 words
18 points: 0 words
1919 points: 2 words
20 points: 0 words
2121 points: 0 words
22 points: 0 words
2323 points: 0 words
24 points: 0 words
2525 points: 1 words
26 points: 0 words
2727 points: 0 words
28 points: 2 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
BUZZY	28	29	Collins · NWL
BIZZY	28	28	Collins only
BIZZO	25	26	Collins only
BOOZY	19	19	All three
BWAZI	19	20	Collins only
BHAJI	17	19	Collins · NWL
BUNJY	17	21	Collins only
BRAXY	17	17	All three
BLAZE	16	18	All three
BOOZE	16	17	All three
BLITZ	16	18	All three
BUFFY	16	17	All three

B words reward players who think about the second square. Almost two in five B answers start with BL or BR, and doubled letters turn up far more than you might guess. Scrabble fans get a treat too, since B is worth 3 points on its own and the top B plays reach 28.

BL or BR, the first fork in a B answer

Place an R second first: BR opens 35 answers, such as BROWN, BRING and BREAK.
If R misses, try L, which opens 32 answers like BLACK, BLOOD and BLIND.
Neither one? Move to E, A or O, which lead most of the rest, as in BELOW, basic and board.
Save U and I for last, since they follow B less often, in words like build and birth.

Familiar B words versus deep-dictionary ones

Just 196 of the 871 B words count as common English. Those are the ones Wordle tends to pick, such as BEACH, BRAND, BIRTH and BEGAN.

The other 675 are rarer, and many of them are valid only in Collins. NWL keeps 621 B words, which leaves 250 that North American club players cannot use at all.

Why B answers so often repeat a letter

A full 35 of the 173 B answers contain a doubled letter. Some double a vowel, like BLOOD, BOOST and BREED. Others double a consonant in the middle, like BUDDY, BERRY and belly.

B itself can repeat too. BOBBY, BOOBY, BRIBE, blurb and bible all hold a second B, which trips up many solvers who assume the letter is used up.

Watch the OO pair in particular. It appears in booth, broom, brook and booze as well, so a single yellow O in a B word may really be two.

The Y ending in B answers

Tip

Y closes 26 B answers, nearly as many as E with 30. Pairs like BOSSY, BULKY and BEEFY follow the noun plus Y pattern, so test Y early if the last square is open.

5-letter words starting with B worth the most points

B words average 9.5 points, higher than most first letters because B itself is worth 3. The ceiling is BUZZY and BIZZY, both scoring 28, though each is valid only in Collins.

For NWL games, BOOZY at 19 points is the strongest pick, and it is a Wordle answer as well. BOOZE adds 16 points with just one Z, so it is the easier play to set up.

Two more Collins choices are worth learning. BWAZI scores 19 with no repeated letters, and BHAJI gets 17 by pairing H with a J.

Questions people ask

How many Wordle answers start with B?

B starts 173 of the 2,315 Wordle answers. Only S with 366 and C with 198 start more, so B is the third most likely opening letter on the answer list.

Do more B words start with BR or BL?

BR starts slightly more Wordle answers than BL, with 35 against 32. Together the two blends cover 67 of the 173 B answers, so testing R or L in second place is usually worthwhile.

Can a Wordle answer have two Bs?

Yes, five B answers contain a second B: bobby, booby, bribe, blurb and bible. Keep them in mind when a B is green in the first square and you still have a gap that fits.

What B word scores the most in Scrabble?

Buzzy and bizzy tie for the top at 28 points each, but only Collins accepts them. In North American play, boozy is the best B word at 19 points.

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