Menu
Find words

7-letter words with B as the 3rd letter and N as the 5th letter

The 45 7-letter words with B as the 3rd letter and N as the 5th letter include CABINET, WEBINAR, and high-scoring EMBANKS.

45 wordsTop pick CABINETHighest score EMBANKS 15

2 of 45 are everyday words (4%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

With B in 3rd place, I is the most common 5th letter (197 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

  • Length
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15

Best words to play first 45 · most-used first

  • CABINET11
  • WEBINAR12
  • SUBUNIT9
  • BUBONIC13
  • DEBUNKS14
  • CABANAS11
  • ALBINOS9
  • SABINES9
  • DEBONED11
  • ROBINIA9
  • BUBINGA12
  • TUBINGS10
  • CABINED12
  • HEBENON12
  • UNBONED10
  • DEBONER10
  • DEBONES10
  • TABANID10
  • RIBANDS10
  • UNBENDS10
  • UNBINDS10
  • ALBINAL9
  • ALBINIC11
  • AMBONES11
  • BEBUNGS12
  • CUBANES11
  • EMBANKS15
  • GOBANGS11
  • GOBONEE10
  • HEBONAS12
  • KOBANGS14
  • LOBINGS10
  • RABANNA9
  • REBINDS10
  • ROBANDS10
  • ROBINGS10
  • RUBINES9
  • SEBUNDY13
  • TABINET9
  • UMBONAL11
  • UMBONES11
  • UMBONIC13
  • UNBONES9
  • UPBINDS12
  • URBANER9
All valid words 45

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

  • ALBINAL9
  • ALBINIC11
  • ALBINOS9
  • AMBONES11
  • BEBUNGS12
  • BUBINGA12
  • BUBONIC13
  • CABANAS11
  • CABINED12
  • CABINET11
  • CUBANES11
  • DEBONED11
  • DEBONER10
  • DEBONES10
  • DEBUNKS14
  • EMBANKS15
  • GOBANGS11
  • GOBONEE10
  • HEBENON12
  • HEBONAS12
  • KOBANGS14
  • LOBINGS10
  • RABANNA9
  • REBINDS10
  • RIBANDS10
  • ROBANDS10
  • ROBINGS10
  • ROBINIA9
  • RUBINES9
  • SABINES9
  • SEBUNDY13
  • SUBUNIT9
  • TABANID10
  • TABINET9
  • TUBINGS10
  • UMBONAL11
  • UMBONES11
  • UMBONIC13
  • UNBENDS10
  • UNBINDS10
  • UNBONED10
  • UNBONES9
  • UPBINDS12
  • URBANER9
  • WEBINAR12
Letters by positionIn 53% of these words the 7th letter is S.
1st letter
  1. U20%
  2. R16%
  3. A9%
2nd letter
  1. E22%
  2. A16%
  3. O16%
4th letter
  1. I38%
  2. O27%
  3. A22%
6th letter
  1. E33%
  2. G16%
  3. D16%
7th letter
  1. S53%
  2. D9%
  3. C7%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 10 in Scrabble; EMBANKS tops the list with 15. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 99 points: 10 words
  2. 10 points: 13 words
  3. 1111 points: 9 words
  4. 12 points: 7 words
  5. 1313 points: 3 words
  6. 14 points: 2 words
  7. 1515 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
EMBANKS1518All three
DEBUNKS1417All three
KOBANGS1417Collins only
BUBONIC1318All three
UMBONIC1318All three
SEBUNDY1315Collins only
WEBINAR1214Collins · NWL
BUBINGA1217All three
CABINED1215All three
HEBENON1214Collins only
UPBINDS1216All three
BEBUNGS1217Collins only

The pattern looks like __B_N__, with two fixed letters and five open slots. It produces a compact set: Collins lists 45 matches, while ENABLE and NWL2023 include fewer. Most are not common by our frequency measure, so familiar examples such as CABINET and WEBINAR stand out from less familiar entries.

7-letter words with B as the 3rd letter and N as the 5th letter

  • Exactly 45 tournament-dictionary words fit the __B_N__ pattern.
  • Collins lists 45 matches; ENABLE has 31 and NWL2023 has 33.
  • Only 2 entries meet our common-word frequency measure.
  • U begins 9 matches, the most of any starting letter; R begins 7.
  • S closes 24 of the 45 words, making it the standout final letter.

Which matching words are easiest to recognize?

CABINET, WEBINAR, and SUBUNIT make the letter pattern easy to spot in familiar vocabulary. Each has B third and N fifth, but the opening pair changes the sound and meaning completely.

For a score-led play, EMBANKS tops the scoring list at 15 points; DEBUNKS follows at 14. EMBANKS also shows why checking all seven slots matters: its M and K add value while the fixed B and N stay in place.

What endings and starting letters dominate?

S is the clear ending leader, with 24 matches finishing in that letter. That makes a final S a strong clue, though it does not prove a word is simply a plural; DEBUNKS and EMBANKS have different word forms.

U and R lead at the front, with 9 and 7 matches respectively. The pattern is not just a run of words beginning with B: only 3 matches start with B, while examples such as UNBINDS and ROBINIA begin elsewhere.

A note on less familiar entries

Note

Only 2 matches count as common, so many entries are specialist or inflected forms. Collins accepts all 45, but other tournament lists include fewer; check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar entry.

Questions people ask

How many seven-letter words have B third and N fifth?
There are 45 tournament-dictionary matches for the pattern __B_N__. Collins includes all 45, while ENABLE lists 31 and NWL2023 lists 33. The three dictionaries therefore do not offer identical choices for this letter-position clue.
Which word scores highest in this pattern?
EMBANKS is the top scorer at 15 points in the scoring list. DEBUNKS comes next at 14. Both finish in S, the most common final letter among these matches, but their other letters differ.
Do most of these matching words end in S?
Yes. S is the final letter in 24 of the 45 matches, more than any other ending. The set also includes words ending in D, A, C, R, T, L, and E, so a different last letter still leaves possibilities.

Keep going