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7-letter words with B as the 2nd letter and A as the 3rd letter

7-letter words with B in position 2 and A in position 3 number 19; examples include ABANDON, ABALONE, ABATING, and ABAXIAL scores 16 points.

19 wordsTop pick ABANDONHighest score ABAXIAL 16

1 of 19 are everyday words (5%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

With B in 2nd place, O is the most common 3rd letter (25 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 19 · most-used first

  • ABANDON10
  • ABALONE9
  • ABATING10
  • ABASHED13
  • ABAXIAL16
  • ABASING10
  • ABATTIS9
  • EBAYING13
  • ABACTOR11
  • ABANDED11
  • ABASERS9
  • ABASHES12
  • ABASIAS9
  • ABATERS9
  • ABATORS9
  • ABATURE9
  • ABAXILE16
  • EBAUCHE14
  • EBAYERS12
All valid words 19

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

  • ABACTOR11
  • ABALONE9
  • ABANDED11
  • ABANDON10
  • ABASERS9
  • ABASHED13
  • ABASHES12
  • ABASIAS9
  • ABASING10
  • ABATERS9
  • ABATING10
  • ABATORS9
  • ABATTIS9
  • ABATURE9
  • ABAXIAL16
  • ABAXILE16
  • EBAUCHE14
  • EBAYERS12
  • EBAYING13
Letters by positionIn 84% of these words the 1st letter is A.
1st letter
  1. A84%
  2. E16%
4th letter
  1. S26%
  2. T26%
  3. N11%
5th letter
  1. I32%
  2. E16%
  3. O11%
6th letter
  1. R26%
  2. N21%
  3. E16%
7th letter
  1. S37%
  2. E21%
  3. G16%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
ABAXIAL1618All three
ABAXILE1618All three
EBAUCHE1416Collins only
ABASHED1313All three
EBAYING1315Collins only
ABASHES1212All three
EBAYERS1212Collins only
ABACTOR1113Collins only
ABANDED1113Collins only
ABANDON1013All three
ABATING1013All three
ABASING1013All three

7-letter words with B in position 2 and A in position 3 gives you 19 tournament-dictionary entries. ABANDON, ABALONE, ABATING anchor the pattern with recognizable spellings. Only 19 words have A second and third, and ABANDON is the sole common match. S, E, and G endings total 7, 4, and 3 entries respectively. This set has its own shape: the fixed positions stay constant while the last-letter counts determine where a search is most productive.

How many 7-letter words with B in position 2 and A in position 3?

  • There are 19 matches for the fixed B 2nd and A 3rd pattern.
  • 1 entries fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
  • Ending leaders are S with 7, E with 4, G with 3.
  • ABAXIAL is the top scorer at 16 points.

Which ending groups lead?

Only 19 words have A second and third, and ABANDON is the sole common match. S, E, and G endings total 7, 4, and 3 entries respectively.

ABALONE, ABATING, and ABASHED are other A-starting examples. This distribution gives a solver a sensible sequence: hold the required positions, test the largest ending group, and then widen the search.

ABANDON is a concrete check that the pattern has been read correctly.

Which candidates are easiest to recognize?

ABAXIAL and ABAXILE share the lead at 16 points. EBAYING and EBAUCHE show the first letter can change while the inner pair stays fixed.

Fourteen words are defined, but familiarity is concentrated in a very small subset. The examples also warn against overgeneralizing from one spelling family.

Keep the fixed pair in place, but let the other letters vary as the actual candidate list allows.

Questions people ask

Which word scores highest in 7-letter words with B in position 2 and A in position 3?
ABAXIAL leads at 16 points. ABAXILE scores 16, and EBAUCHE scores 14. ABAXIAL and ABAXILE share the lead at 16 points. Treat score as one clue; the word must still fit the board and your game’s accepted vocabulary.
Which ending should I test first for this pattern?
S leads with 7 matches, followed by E with 4. ABALONE, ABATING, and ABASHED are other A-starting examples. After those groups, check G; the smaller ending counts can still contain the answer you need.
Are these seven-letter words common?
1 of the 19 matches fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency. ABANDON, ABALONE, ABATING are useful recognition anchors, but the full set includes specialized vocabulary. Collins has 19, NWL2023 has 13, and ENABLE has 13 matches.

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