6-letter words with B as the 2nd letter and A as the 4th letter

The pattern is _B_A__, so the second and fourth slots are fixed while the other four letters stay open. The matches range from familiar forms such as OBTAIN and ABOARD to specialist entries such as ABLAUT and ABWATT. Starting letters split sharply: twelve begin with A, and four with O.

What stands out in this letter pattern

• Exactly 16 words fit the six-letter frame _B_A__ across tournament word lists.
• Collins contains all 16 matches; ENABLE and NWL2023 each contain 11.
• A is the first letter in 12 matches, while O begins the other four.
• ABLAZE and ABRAZO share the top score at 17 points apiece.
• Only two entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• Four matches end in E and four in S; T follows with three.

Which words fit the _B_A__ pattern?

OBTAIN makes the pattern easy to see: O-B-T-A-I-N, with B and A locked into the requested slots. ABOARD also fits, as do ABLAZE, ABRADE, ABLATE, and OBLATE; each keeps the same frame while changing the opening and final letters.

Use the first-letter split to narrow a rack or puzzle search: try A before O, because the A-starting group is three times the size of the O-starting group. Then use endings as a second filter: E and S are tied at four matches each, ahead of T at three.

OBLAST and OBLATE show that O-starting matches do not all share one ending; one finishes in T, the other in E.

6-letter words with B as the 2nd letter and A as the 4th letter

A fixed-letter pattern does not guarantee a familiar answer. Only two entries fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so many matches will feel less ordinary than OBTAIN. ABLAZE and ABRAZO lead the scoring at 17 points each.

Collins has 16 matches, compared with 11 in both ENABLE and NWL2023. Check your game's word list before committing to an unfamiliar form; matching the letters alone does not settle dictionary acceptance.

The equal scores make placement the tiebreaker when points matter. Keep both ABLAZE and ABRAZO in mind rather than choosing between them by score alone.