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7-letter words with B as the 1st letter and L as the 4th letter

7-letter words with B in position 1 and L in position 4 number 186, from BILLION and BIOLOGY to the 20-point BOXLIKE.

186 wordsTop pick BILLIONHighest score BOXLIKE 20

23 of 186 are everyday words (12%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

With B in 1st place, T is the most common 4th letter (204 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 23 · most-used first

  • BILLION9
  • BIOLOGY13
  • BOWLING13
  • BULLETS9
  • BALLOON9
  • BUILDER10
  • BOILING10
  • BOULDER10
  • BULLIED10
  • BALLOTS9
  • BILLING10
  • BULLIES9
  • BULLOCK15
  • BULLDOG11
  • BUILDUP12
  • BOILERS9
  • BULLPEN11
  • BULLION9
  • BAILOUT9
  • BALLADS10
  • BALLAST9
  • BULLISH12
  • BOWLERS12
All valid words 186

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

  • BAALISM11
  • BABLAHS14
  • BACLAVA14
  • BADLAND11
  • BAGLESS10
  • BAGLIKE14
  • BAILEES9
  • BAILERS9
  • BAILEYS12
  • BAILIES9
  • BAILIFF15
  • BAILING10
  • BAILLIE9
  • BAILLIS9
  • BAILORS9
  • BAILOUT9
  • BAKLAVA16
  • BAKLAWA16
  • BALLADE10
  • BALLADS10
  • BALLANS9
  • BALLANT9
  • BALLAST9
  • BALLATS9
  • BALLBOY14
  • BALLERS9
  • BALLETS9
  • BALLIER9
  • BALLIES9
  • BALLING10
  • BALLIUM11
  • BALLONS9
  • BALLOON9
  • BALLOTS9
  • BALLOWS12
  • BALLSED10
  • BALLSES9
  • BALLUPS11
  • BALLUTE9
  • BARLESS9
  • BARLEYS12
  • BARLOWS12
  • BATLERS9
  • BATLETS9
  • BATLIKE13
  • BAULKED14
  • BAULKER13
  • BAWLERS12
  • BAWLEYS15
  • BAWLING13
  • BEALING10
  • BEBLOOD12
  • BECLASP13
  • BECLOAK15
  • BECLOGS12
  • BECLOUD12
  • BECLOWN14
  • BEDLAMP14
  • BEDLAMS12
  • BEDLESS10
  • BEDLIKE14
  • BEELIKE13
  • BEELINE9
  • BEFLAGS13
  • BEFLEAS12
  • BEFLECK18
  • BEFLUMS14
  • BEGLADS11
  • BEGLOOM12
  • BELLBOY14
  • BELLEEK13
  • BELLHOP14
  • BELLIED10
  • BELLIES9
  • BELLING10
  • BELLMAN11
  • BELLMEN11
  • BELLOCK15
  • BELLOWS12
  • BERLEYS12
  • BERLINE9
  • BERLINS9
  • BESLAVE12
  • BESLIME11
  • BEYLICS14
  • BEYLIKS16
  • BIALIES9
  • BIBLESS11
  • BIBLIKE15
  • BIBLIST11
  • BIELDED11
  • BILLBUG12
  • BILLERS9
  • BILLETS9
  • BILLIES9
  • BILLING10
  • BILLION9
  • BILLMAN11
  • BILLMEN11
  • BILLONS9
  • BILLOWS12
  • BILLOWY15
  • BILLYOH15
  • BILLYOS12
  • BIOLOGY13
  • BIPLANE11
  • BIRLERS9
  • BIRLING10
  • BIRLINN9
  • BITLESS9
  • BLELLUM11
  • BOBLETS11
  • BOGLAND11
  • BOILERS9
  • BOILERY12
  • BOILING10
  • BOILOFF15
  • BOLLARD10
  • BOLLING10
  • BOLLOCK15
  • BOOLING10
  • BOULDER10
  • BOULLES9
  • BOULTED10
  • BOULTER9
  • BOWLDER13
  • BOWLEGS13
  • BOWLERS12
  • BOWLESS12
  • BOWLFUL15
  • BOWLIKE16
  • BOWLINE12
  • BOWLING13
  • BOXLIKE20
  • BRALESS9
  • BRILLER9
  • BRILLOS9
  • BROLGAS10
  • BRULOTS9
  • BRULYIE12
  • BRULZIE18
  • BUDLESS10
  • BUDLIKE14
  • BUGLERS10
  • BUGLETS10
  • BUGLING11
  • BUGLOSS10
  • BUILDED11
  • BUILDER10
  • BUILDUP12
  • BULLACE11
  • BULLARY12
  • BULLATE9
  • BULLBAR11
  • BULLBAT11
  • BULLDOG11
  • BULLERS9
  • BULLETS9
  • BULLEYS12
  • BULLIED10
  • BULLIER9
  • BULLIES9
  • BULLING10
  • BULLION9
  • BULLISH12
  • BULLOCK15
  • BULLOSA9
  • BULLOUS9
  • BULLPEN11
  • BURLAPS11
  • BURLERS9
  • BURLESK13
  • BURLEYS12
  • BURLIER9
  • BURLILY12
  • BURLING10
  • BUSLOAD10
  • BUTLERS9
  • BUTLERY12
  • BUTLING10
  • BYELAWS15
  • BYPLACE16
  • BYPLAYS17
  • BYRLADY16
  • BYRLAWS15
  • BYRLING13
Letters by positionIn 40% of these words the 7th letter is S.
2nd letter
  1. A27%
  2. U21%
  3. E19%
3rd letter
  1. L35%
  2. I10%
  3. R10%
5th letter
  1. I27%
  2. E22%
  3. A16%
6th letter
  1. E16%
  2. N15%
  3. R9%
7th letter
  1. S40%
  2. E12%
  3. G10%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; BOXLIKE tops the list with 20. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 99 points: 54 words
  2. 10 points: 29 words
  3. 1111 points: 25 words
  4. 12 points: 29 words
  5. 1313 points: 13 words
  6. 14 points: 13 words
  7. 1515 points: 13 words
  8. 16 points: 6 words
  9. 1717 points: 1 words
  10. 18 points: 2 words
  11. 1919 points: 0 words
  12. 20 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
BOXLIKE2022All three
BEFLECK1821All three
BRULZIE1821All three
BYPLAYS1718All three
BAKLAVA1619All three
BAKLAWA1618All three
BEYLIKS1617All three
BOWLIKE1618All three
BYPLACE1619Collins only
BYRLADY1616Collins only
BULLOCK1520All three
BAILIFF1517All three

The shape is B _ _ L _ _ _, which leaves four open slots. Among first letters paired with L fourth, only S is bigger: S has 267 matches, B has 186, and C trails at 183. Just 23 of the 186 rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so BILLION, BIOLOGY, and BOWLING sit among a lot of specialist entries.

B first, L fourth at a glance

  • 186 words fit B _ _ L _ _ _, and 151 of them have definitions.
  • Collins accepts 180, NWL2023 accepts 149, and ENABLE accepts 135.
  • 23 entries are common words, led by BILLION, BIOLOGY, and BOWLING.
  • S ends 75 words, followed by E with 22, G with 18, and D with 13.
  • BOXLIKE tops the scores at 20 points, and the average is 11.4.

Which ending should you test first?

S ends 75 of the 186 words, about 40 percent, so it is the strongest single clue for the last tile. BULLETS, BALLOTS, BULLIES, and BELLOWS all take it.

E closes 22 words, G closes 18 (BILLING, BOWLING, BOILING), and D closes 13, as in BULLIED. N and R close 10 apiece, Y closes 9, and K closes 7.

Which B-L words score highest in Scrabble?

BOXLIKE leads at 20 points, ahead of BEFLECK and BRULZIE at 18. BYPLAYS scores 17, while BAKLAVA, BAKLAWA, BEYLIKS, BOWLIKE, BYPLACE, and BYRLADY score 16 each. All of these are rare words, and the average across the 186 is only 11.4.

Only 23 entries are common, and the dictionaries split: Collins has 180 of the 186 words, NWL2023 has 149, and ENABLE has 135. Check your game's word list before playing a rarity such as BEFLECK.

A quick filter for the last tile

Tip

When the last tile is unknown, test S first and E second. Together they close 97 of the 186 words.

Questions people ask

How many seven-letter words start with B and have L fourth?
186 words in the tournament dictionaries fit B _ _ L _ _ _. Collins accepts 180, NWL2023 accepts 149, and ENABLE accepts 135. BILLION, BIOLOGY, and BOWLING are the easiest to recognize.
Which B-first, L-fourth word scores the most?
BOXLIKE leads at 20 points. BEFLECK and BRULZIE follow at 18, and BYPLAYS scores 17. The X in BOXLIKE and the Z in BRULZIE do the work, since the group averages only 11.4.
What is the most common ending for these words?
S, by a wide margin: 75 of the 186 words end in it. E is next with 22, then G with 18. BULLETS, BALLOTS, and BELLOWS show the S group.

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