6-letter words with B as the 1st letter and A as the 2nd letter

6-letter words with B first and A second total 303, from familiar BATTLE and BANANA to the 35-point leader BAZAZZ.

303 wordsTop pick BATTLEHighest score BAZAZZ 35

52 of 303 are everyday words (17%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

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2nd letter
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With B in 1st place, A is the most common 2nd letter (303 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 52 · most-used first

BATTLE₈
BARELY₁₁
BABIES₁₀
BANNED₉
BACKED₁₅
BATMAN₁₀
BACKUP₁₆
BARREL₈
BANNER₈
BASKET₁₂
BAILEY₁₁
BALLOT₈
BANANA₈
BALLET₈
BAKING₁₃
BASICS₁₀
BARBER₁₀
BANKER₁₂
BARRED₉
BAKERY₁₅
BAMBOO₁₂
BARTON₈
BARKER₁₂
BARBIE₁₀
BATTER₈
BAXTER₁₅
BARNEY₁₁
BADGES₁₀
BARLEY₁₁
BADGER₁₀
BANTER₈
BALLAD₉
BANGED₁₀
BARREN₈
BARROW₁₁
BANDIT₉
BAZAAR₁₇
BARLOW₁₁
BAILED₉
BARBED₁₁
BASINS₈
BASING₉
BATTED₉
BAGGED₁₁
BASQUE₁₇
BAKERS₁₂
BARONS₈
BANDED₁₀

Showing the top 48 of 52 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 303

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

BAAING₉
BAALIM₁₀
BAASES₈
BABACO₁₂
BABACU₁₂
BABBLE₁₂
BABBLY₁₅
BABELS₁₀
BABIED₁₁
BABIER₁₀
BABIES₁₀
BABKAS₁₄
BABLAH₁₃
BABOOL₁₀
BABOON₁₀
BABOOS₁₀
BABULS₁₀
BACCAE₁₂
BACCAS₁₂
BACCOS₁₂
BACHAS₁₃
BACHED₁₄
BACHES₁₃
BACKED₁₅
BACKER₁₄
BACKET₁₄
BACKIE₁₄
BACKRA₁₄
BACKUP₁₆
BACONS₁₀
BACULA₁₀
BADASS₉
BADDER₁₀
BADDIE₁₀
BADGED₁₁
BADGER₁₀
BADGES₁₀
BADMAN₁₁
BADMEN₁₁
BAETYL₁₁
BAFFED₁₅
BAFFLE₁₄
BAGASS₉
BAGELS₉
BAGFUL₁₂
BAGGED₁₁
BAGGER₁₀
BAGGIE₁₀
BAGGIT₁₀
BAGIES₉
BAGMAN₁₁
BAGMEN₁₁
BAGNIO₉
BAGUET₉
BAGUIO₉
BAGWIG₁₃
BAHADA₁₂
BAHUTS₁₁
BAIDAR₉
BAILED₉
BAILEE₈
BAILER₈
BAILEY₁₁
BAILIE₈
BAILLI₈
BAILOR₈
BAININ₈
BAIRNS₈
BAITED₉
BAITER₈
BAIZAS₁₇
BAIZED₁₈
BAIZES₁₇
BAJADA₁₆
BAJANS₁₅
BAJRAS₁₅
BAJREE₁₅
BAJRIS₁₅
BAKERS₁₂
BAKERY₁₅
BAKING₁₃
BAKKIE₁₆
BAKRAS₁₂
BALATA₈
BALBOA₁₀
BALDED₁₀
BALDER₉
BALDIE₉
BALDLY₁₂
BALEEN₈
BALERS₈
BALING₉
BALKED₁₃
BALKER₁₂
BALLAD₉
BALLAN₈
BALLAT₈
BALLED₉
BALLER₈
BALLET₈
BALLON₈
BALLOT₈
BALLOW₁₁
BALLSY₁₁
BALLUP₁₀
BALMED₁₁
BALOOS₈
BALSAM₁₀
BALSAS₈
BALTIS₈
BALUNS₈
BAMBIS₁₂
BAMBOO₁₂
BAMMED₁₃
BAMMER₁₂
BAMPOT₁₂
BANAKS₁₂
BANANA₈
BANCOS₁₀
BANDAR₉
BANDAS₉
BANDED₁₀
BANDER₉
BANDHS₁₂
BANDIT₉
BANDOG₁₀
BANGED₁₀
BANGER₉
BANGLE₉
BANIAN₈
BANIAS₈
BANING₉
BANISH₁₁
BANJAX₂₂
BANJOS₁₅
BANKED₁₃
BANKER₁₂
BANKET₁₂
BANKIT₁₂
BANNED₉
BANNER₈
BANNET₈
BANTAM₁₀
BANTED₉
BANTER₈
BANTUS₈
BANYAN₁₁
BANZAI₁₇
BAOBAB₁₂
BARAZA₁₇
BARBAL₁₀
BARBED₁₁
BARBEL₁₀
BARBER₁₀
BARBES₁₀
BARBET₁₀
BARBIE₁₀
BARBOT₁₀
BARBUT₁₀
BARCAS₁₀
BARDED₁₀
BARDES₉
BARDIC₁₁
BARDIE₉
BARDOS₉
BAREGE₉
BARELY₁₁
BAREST₈
BARFED₁₂
BARFIS₁₁
BARFLY₁₄
BARFUL₁₁
BARGED₁₀
BARGEE₉
BARGES₉
BARHOP₁₃
BARING₉
BARISH₁₁
BARITE₈
BARIUM₁₀
BARKAN₁₂
BARKED₁₃
BARKEN₁₂
BARKER₁₂
BARLEY₁₁
BARLOW₁₁
BARMAN₁₀
BARMEN₁₀
BARMIE₁₀
BARNED₉
BARNET₈
BARNEY₁₁
BAROCK₁₄
BAROLO₈
BARONG₉
BARONS₈
BARONY₁₁
BARQUE₁₇
BARRAS₈
BARRAT₈
BARRED₉
BARREL₈
BARREN₈
BARRES₈
BARRET₈
BARRIE₈
BARRIO₈
BARROW₁₁
BARTER₈
BARTON₈
BARYES₁₁
BARYON₁₁
BARYTA₁₁
BARYTE₁₁
BASALT₈
BASANS₈
BASELY₁₁
BASEST₈
BASHAW₁₄
BASHED₁₂
BASHER₁₁
BASHES₁₁
BASICS₁₀
BASIFY₁₄
BASILS₈
BASING₉
BASINS₈
BASION₈
BASKED₁₃
BASKET₁₂
BASNET₈
BASONS₈
BASQUE₁₇
BASSED₉
BASSER₈
BASSES₈
BASSET₈
BASSLY₁₁
BASSOS₈
BASTED₉
BASTER₈
BASTES₈
BASTIS₈
BASTLE₈
BASTOS₈
BASUCO₁₀
BATARD₉
BATATA₈
BATBOY₁₃
BATEAU₈
BATHED₁₂
BATHER₁₁
BATHES₁₁
BATHOS₁₁
BATIKS₁₂
BATING₉
BATLER₈
BATLET₈
BATMAN₁₀
BATMEN₁₀
BATONS₈
BATOON₈
BATTAS₈
BATTED₉
BATTEL₈
BATTEN₈
BATTER₈
BATTIK₁₂
BATTLE₈
BATTUE₈
BAUBEE₁₀
BAUBLE₁₀
BAUERA₈
BAUKED₁₃
BAULKS₁₂
BAULKY₁₅
BAVINS₁₁
BAWBEE₁₃
BAWBLE₁₃
BAWDRY₁₅
BAWLED₁₂
BAWLER₁₁
BAWLEY₁₄
BAWTIE₁₁
BAXTER₁₅
BAYAMO₁₃
BAYARD₁₂
BAYEST₁₁
BAYING₁₂
BAYLES₁₁
BAYMAN₁₃
BAYMEN₁₃
BAYOUS₁₁
BAYTED₁₂
BAYWOP₁₆
BAYYAN₁₄
BAZAAR₁₇
BAZARS₁₇
BAZAZZ₃₅
BAZOOM₁₉
BAZOOS₁₇
BAZZED₂₇
BAZZES₂₆

Letters by positionIn 37% of these words the 5th letter is E.

3rd letter

R21%
N11%
S11%

4th letter

L10%
T9%
I8%

5th letter

E37%
A13%
O10%

6th letter

S23%
D13%
R10%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 8 in Scrabble; BAZAZZ tops the list with 35. Scores before board bonuses.

88 points: 74 words
9 points: 41 words
1010 points: 47 words
11 points: 43 words
1212 points: 36 words
13 points: 18 words
1414 points: 13 words
15 points: 12 words
1616 points: 4 words
17 points: 9 words
1818 points: 1 words
19 points: 1 words
2020 points: 0 words
21 points: 0 words
2222 points: 1 words
23 points: 0 words
2424 points: 0 words
25 points: 0 words
2626 points: 1 words
27 points: 1 words
2828 points: 0 words
29 points: 0 words
3030 points: 0 words
31 points: 0 words
3232 points: 0 words
33 points: 0 words
3434 points: 0 words
35 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
BAZAZZ	35	36	Collins only
BAZZED	27	28	NWL only
BAZZES	26	27	NWL only
BANJAX	22	26	All three
BAZOOM	19	21	NWL only
BAIZED	18	19	Collins only
BAZAAR	17	18	All three
BASQUE	17	19	All three
BANZAI	17	19	All three
BARQUE	17	19	All three
BARAZA	17	18	Collins only
BAIZAS	17	18	All three

The BA opening narrows the field to 303 words, just ahead of BE at 296 and BO at 285. Familiar options include BATTLE, BANANA, BARREL, and BASKET, but only 52 entries meet the common-word cutoff. That leaves plenty of less familiar choices alongside everyday vocabulary, so the pattern can suit both quick clue-solving and broader word-game searches.

6-letter words with B first and A second

The BA pattern matches 303 six-letter words found in at least one tournament dictionary.
Only 52 entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so familiar terms are a minority.
Recognizable examples include BATTLE, BARELY, BABIES, BACKED, and BASKET.
BAZAZZ scores 35 points; BAZZED follows at 27, and BAZZES at 26.
S is the leading final letter at 71 words, just under twice D's 39.

Top scoring BA words

BAZAZZ leads the score table at 35 points, with BAZZED at 27 and BAZZES at 26. BANJAX reaches 22, while BAZOOM scores 19. All five standout plays use Z or X, rather than relying on the BA opening for their score.

The average score across the set is 10.9, a sharp contrast with those premium-letter outliers.

For quick recall, start with BATTLE, BARELY, BABIES, and BACKED; each appears among the examples, and each is more familiar than the score leaders. The 52 common words are a small share of the 303 matches, so a full search will turn up many less ordinary entries. BAZAZZ is a scoring target, not a dependable everyday vocabulary guess.

How does BA compare with nearby patterns?

BA yields 303 matches, just 7 more than BE's 296, while CA has 368. The B+A clue sits close to B+E, but changing the first letter to C opens a noticeably larger pool.

Within B-first patterns, BA also exceeds BO's 285 and BU's 226. Once the opening pair is fixed, try narrowing by the final letter: S closes 71 words and D closes 39, the two leading endings. BATTLE and BANNED show how different those endings can look within the same BA pattern.

Questions people ask

How many six-letter words start with BA?

There are 303 six-letter words with B first and A second. The count includes words listed in at least one tournament dictionary, from familiar BATTLE to the high-scoring BAZAZZ.

Which BA word scores the most points?

BAZAZZ is the top scorer at 35 points. BAZZED scores 27, BAZZES scores 26, and BANJAX reaches 22, so Z and X feature prominently among the leading plays.

Are all 303 BA words accepted in every dictionary?

No. Collins includes 292 words, NWL2023 includes 224, and ENABLE includes 203. Acceptance varies by word list, so check the dictionary used in your game before playing an unfamiliar entry.

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