6-letter words with B as the 2nd letter

The pattern is _B____, so a known second tile narrows the search before you sort by the first or final letter. A and O lead by a wide margin: 82 words start with A, while 34 start with O. Familiar matches include OBJECT, OBTAIN, ABSENT, and ABOUND, but only 14 entries rank among common English words.

At a glance: 6-letter words with B as the 2nd letter

• The pattern contains 134 words across the tournament dictionaries counted here.
• A is the first letter in 82 matches; O starts 34.
• S is the most frequent final letter, appearing in 49 words.
• OBJECT, ABJECT, ABLAZE, UBIQUE, and ABRAZO each score 17 points.
• The average score is 9.9, while just 14 matches are common words.

Which letters start these words?

A- and O-starting forms dominate: together they account for 116 of the 134 matches. Try familiar examples such as ABSENT, ABROAD, ABSURD, OBTAIN, OBLIGE, and OBLONG first; less familiar entries are more likely to appear as you work through the remaining letters.

The dictionary split matters in word games. Collins includes all 134 words, compared with 95 in NWL2023 and 92 in ENABLE. Only 14 are common English words, so an obscure-looking match is not automatically a playable one in your game.

Check its word list when eligibility matters.

What scores well among 6-letter words with B as the 2nd letter?

OBJECT, ABJECT, ABLAZE, UBIQUE, and ABRAZO tie for the top score at 17 points each. That is a striking spread of word shapes: the high scorers begin with O, A, or U, so the A-heavy opening pattern does not tell you where the best tile value lies.

Final letters offer another useful filter. S closes 49 matches, well ahead of T with 17; D and E each finish 14. If your clue fixes the last tile, start with those endings rather than scanning every match.

The pattern is a clue filter, not a promise that every answer is familiar or accepted in every game.