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

There are 381 7-letter words with B third and S last, including familiar choices such as debates, tablets, and rabbits.

381 wordsTop pick DEBATESHighest score ZEBECKS 24

17 of 381 are everyday words (4%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

3rd letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

7th letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

With B in 3rd place, S is the most common 7th letter (381 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
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9
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15

Common words 17 · most-used first

DEBATES₁₀
SUBURBS₁₁
TABLETS₉
BUBBLES₁₃
RABBITS₁₁
FABRICS₁₄
HOBBIES₁₄
DUBIOUS₁₀
ROBBINS₁₁
ROBBERS₁₁
HYBRIDS₁₆
RIBBONS₁₁
EMBRYOS₁₄
GIBBONS₁₂
REBATES₉
PEBBLES₁₃
JOBLESS₁₆

All valid words 381

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

AIBLINS₉
ALBATAS₉
ALBEDOS₁₀
ALBERTS₉
ALBINOS₉
ALBITES₉
ALBUGOS₁₀
AMBAGES₁₂
AMBARIS₁₁
AMBEERS₁₁
AMBLERS₁₁
AMBONES₁₁
AMBRIES₁₁
ARBORES₉
ARBOURS₉
ARBUTES₉
ARBUTUS₉
AUBADES₁₀
AUBURNS₉
BABACOS₁₃
BABACUS₁₃
BABALAS₁₁
BABBLES₁₃
BABLAHS₁₄
BABOOLS₁₁
BABOONS₁₁
BEBUNGS₁₂
BIBBERS₁₃
BIBBLES₁₃
BIBLESS₁₁
BOBBERS₁₃
BOBBIES₁₃
BOBBINS₁₃
BOBBLES₁₃
BOBCATS₁₃
BOBLETS₁₁
BOBWIGS₁₅
BUBALES₁₁
BUBALIS₁₁
BUBBIES₁₃
BUBBLES₁₃
CABALAS₁₁
CABANAS₁₁
CABBIES₁₃
CABLERS₁₁
CABLETS₁₁
CABRIES₁₁
CABRIOS₁₁
CABRITS₁₁
CEBOIDS₁₂
COBAEAS₁₁
COBALTS₁₁
COBBERS₁₃
COBBLES₁₃
COBNUTS₁₁
COBURGS₁₂
COBWEBS₁₆
CUBAGES₁₂
CUBANES₁₁
CUBBIES₁₃
CUBICAS₁₃
CUBISMS₁₃
CUBISTS₁₁
CUBITUS₁₁
CUBLESS₁₁
CUBOIDS₁₂
CYBORGS₁₅
CYBRIDS₁₅
DABBERS₁₂
DABBLES₁₂
DEBARKS₁₄
DEBASES₁₀
DEBATES₁₀
DEBBIES₁₂
DEBEAKS₁₄
DEBONES₁₀
DEBTEES₁₀
DEBTORS₁₀
DEBUNKS₁₄
DEBURRS₁₀
DEBUSES₁₀
DIBBERS₁₂
DIBBLES₁₂
DIBBUKS₁₆
DOBBERS₁₂
DOBBIES₁₂
DOBBINS₁₂
DOBLONS₁₀
DOBSONS₁₀
DUBBERS₁₂
DUBBINS₁₂
DUBIOUS₁₀
DYBBUKS₁₉
EBBLESS₁₁
ECBOLES₁₁
EMBACES₁₃
EMBAILS₁₁
EMBALES₁₁
EMBALLS₁₁
EMBALMS₁₃
EMBANKS₁₅
EMBARKS₁₅
EMBASES₁₁
EMBLEMS₁₃
EMBLICS₁₃
EMBOILS₁₁
EMBOLUS₁₁
EMBOSKS₁₅
EMBOXES₁₈
EMBRUES₁₁
EMBRYOS₁₄
EMBUSES₁₁
ERBIUMS₁₁
FABLERS₁₂
FABRICS₁₄
FIBBERS₁₄
FIBRILS₁₂
FIBRINS₁₂
FIBROUS₁₂
FIBULAS₁₂
GABBERS₁₂
GABBLES₁₂
GABBROS₁₂
GABIONS₁₀
GABLETS₁₀
GABOONS₁₀
GIBBERS₁₂
GIBBETS₁₂
GIBBONS₁₂
GIBBOUS₁₂
GIBLETS₁₀
GIBSONS₁₀
GIBUSES₁₀
GOBANGS₁₁
GOBBETS₁₂
GOBBLES₁₂
GOBIIDS₁₁
GOBLETS₁₀
GOBLINS₁₀
GUBBAHS₁₅
GUBBINS₁₂
HABDABS₁₅
HABITUS₁₂
HABOOBS₁₄
HEBONAS₁₂
HOBBERS₁₄
HOBBIES₁₄
HOBBITS₁₄
HOBBLES₁₄
HOBDAYS₁₆
HOBJOBS₂₁
HOBNOBS₁₄
HUBBIES₁₄
HUBBUBS₁₆
HUBCAPS₁₆
HUBLESS₁₂
HYBRIDS₁₆
IMBALMS₁₃
IMBARKS₁₅
IMBASES₁₁
IMBIBES₁₃
IMBIZOS₂₀
IMBOSKS₁₅
IMBRUES₁₁
INBOXES₁₆
INBREDS₁₀
JABBERS₁₈
JABBLES₁₈
JABIRUS₁₆
JIBBAHS₂₁
JIBBERS₁₈
JIBBONS₁₈
JOBBERS₁₈
JOBBIES₁₈
JOBLESS₁₆
JUBBAHS₂₁
JUBHAHS₂₂
JUBILES₁₆
KABAKAS₁₇
KABALAS₁₃
KABAYAS₁₆
KABELES₁₃
KABIKIS₁₇
KABOOMS₁₅
KABUKIS₁₇
KEBBIES₁₅
KEBELES₁₃
KEBLAHS₁₆
KIBBEHS₁₈
KIBBLES₁₅
KIBLAHS₁₆
KOBANGS₁₄
KOBOLDS₁₄
KUBASAS₁₃
LABIALS₉
LABISES₉
LABLABS₁₁
LABOURS₉
LABRETS₉
LABRIDS₁₀
LABRUMS₁₁
LEBBEKS₁₅
LIBATES₉
LIBBERS₁₁
LIBEROS₉
LIBIDOS₁₀
LIBKENS₁₃
LIBLABS₁₁
LOBBERS₁₁
LOBBIES₁₁
LOBINGS₁₀
LOBOLAS₉
LOBOLOS₉
LOBULES₉
LOBULUS₉
LUBBERS₁₁
MABELAS₁₁
MEBOSES₁₁
MOBBERS₁₃
MOBBIES₁₃
MOBBLES₁₃
MOBCAPS₁₅
MOBILES₁₁
MOBLOGS₁₂
NABBERS₁₁
NEBBUKS₁₅
NEBECKS₁₅
NEBULAS₉
NEBULES₉
NIBBLES₁₁
NIBLETS₉
NOBBLES₁₁
NUBBERS₁₁
NUBBINS₁₁
NUBBLES₁₁
NUBUCKS₁₅
NYBBLES₁₄
ONBEATS₉
ORBITAS₉
ORBLESS₉
PABLUMS₁₃
PEBBLES₁₃
PUBISES₁₁
PUBLICS₁₃
QABALAS₁₈
QUBYTES₂₁
RABATOS₉
RABBETS₁₁
RABBIES₁₁
RABBINS₁₁
RABBITS₁₁
RABBLES₁₁
REBACKS₁₅
REBAITS₉
REBASES₉
REBATES₉
REBATOS₉
REBECKS₁₅
REBILLS₉
REBINDS₁₀
REBITES₉
REBOILS₉
REBOOKS₁₃
REBOOTS₉
REBORES₉
REBOZOS₁₈
REBUFFS₁₅
REBUKES₁₃
REBUSES₉
RIBALDS₁₀
RIBANDS₁₀
RIBAUDS₁₀
RIBBERS₁₁
RIBBIES₁₁
RIBBITS₁₁
RIBBONS₁₁
RIBEYES₁₂
RIBIBES₁₁
RIBIERS₉
RIBLESS₉
RIBLETS₉
RIBOSES₉
ROBALOS₉
ROBANDS₁₀
ROBATAS₉
ROBBERS₁₁
ROBBINS₁₁
ROBINGS₁₀
RUBACES₁₁
RUBATOS₉
RUBBERS₁₁
RUBBIES₁₁
RUBBLES₁₁
RUBIGOS₁₀
RUBINES₉
RUBIOUS₉
RUBOFFS₁₅
RUBOUTS₉
RUBRICS₁₁
SABBATS₁₁
SABICUS₁₁
SABINES₉
SABKHAS₁₆
SEBATES₉
SOBBERS₁₁
SOBOLES₉
SUBACTS₁₁
SUBBASS₁₁
SUBBIES₁₁
SUBDEBS₁₂
SUBDEWS₁₃
SUBDUES₁₀
SUBFEUS₁₂
SUBGUMS₁₂
SUBLETS₉
SUBLOTS₉
SUBMISS₁₁
SUBMITS₁₁
SUBNETS₉
SUBORNS₉
SUBSETS₉
SUBURBS₁₁
SUBWAYS₁₅
TABARDS₁₀
TABBIES₁₁
TABERDS₁₀
TABESES₉
TABLETS₉
TABOURS₉
TABRETS₉
TABULIS₉
TEBBADS₁₂
TUBAGES₁₀
TUBBERS₁₁
TUBFULS₁₂
TUBINGS₁₀
TUBISTS₉
TUBULES₉
UMBONES₁₁
UMBRELS₁₁
UMBRILS₁₁
UMBROUS₁₁
UNBALES₉
UNBARES₉
UNBARKS₁₃
UNBEARS₉
UNBELTS₉
UNBENDS₁₀
UNBINDS₁₀
UNBITTS₉
UNBLESS₉
UNBOLTS₉
UNBONES₉
UNBOOTS₉
UNBOXES₁₆
UPBEARS₁₁
UPBEATS₁₁
UPBINDS₁₂
UPBLOWS₁₄
UPBOILS₁₁
UPBRAYS₁₄
VIBICES₁₄
VIBISTS₁₂
VIBRIOS₁₂
WABAINS₁₂
WABBLES₁₄
WABOOMS₁₄
WEBBIES₁₄
WEBCAMS₁₆
WEBLESS₁₂
WEBLOGS₁₃
WIBBLES₁₄
WOBBLES₁₄
YABBERS₁₄
YABBIES₁₄
YIBBLES₁₄
YOBBOES₁₄
ZABETAS₁₈
ZEBECKS₂₄
ZEBRASS₁₈
ZIBETHS₂₁

Letters by positionIn 28% of these words the 6th letter is E.

1st letter

R14%
C7%
D7%

2nd letter

A19%
U18%
O16%

4th letter

B26%
A15%
O11%

5th letter

E18%
L15%
I15%

6th letter

E28%
T10%
R10%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 11 in Scrabble; ZEBECKS tops the list with 24. Scores before board bonuses.

99 points: 71 words
10 points: 39 words
1111 points: 93 words
12 points: 46 words
1313 points: 40 words
14 points: 29 words
1515 points: 23 words
16 points: 16 words
1717 points: 3 words
18 points: 12 words
1919 points: 1 words
20 points: 1 words
2121 points: 5 words
22 points: 1 words
2323 points: 0 words
24 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
ZEBECKS	24	26	All three
JUBHAHS	22	24	All three
JUBBAHS	21	25	All three
ZIBETHS	21	21	All three
HOBJOBS	21	24	Collins only
JIBBAHS	21	24	Collins · NWL
QUBYTES	21	22	Collins · NWL
IMBIZOS	20	22	Collins only
DYBBUKS	19	21	All three
JOBBERS	18	22	All three
JABBERS	18	22	All three
JOBBIES	18	22	Collins · NWL

The pattern is _ _ B _ _ _ S, leaving five open positions around the fixed B and final S. Familiar matches include debates, tablets, rabbits, and rebates; the same letter frame holds words with very different uses. Only 17 matches fall among the top 25,000 English words, so most entries are not everyday vocabulary.

7-letter words with B third and S last at a glance

The pattern produces 381 tournament-dictionary matches.
Collins includes 367 matches; NWL2023 includes 277.
Only 17 matches rank among the top 25,000 English words.
R is the most common first letter, with 53 matches; C follows with 27.
ZEBECKS leads the score values at 24 points.

Which familiar words fit this letter pattern?

R leads as the starting letter: 53 matches begin with R, more than twice the 22 that begin with B. Examples include robbins, robbers, and ribbons. C is next at 27, while D follows at 25.

Debates, tablets, rabbits, and rebates are easier to recognize than many entries. Bubbles, hobbies, and pebbles also fit, showing how the fixed B can sit inside a range of familiar-looking words.

The dictionary counts do not match, as Collins has 367 entries, compared with 277 in NWL2023 and 245 in ENABLE.

Which matches score most, and what is the catch?

ZEBECKS is the top scorer at 24 points. JUBHAHS scores 22, while JUBBAHS, ZIBETHS, HOBJOBS, JIBBAHS, and QUBYTES each score 21.

JOBBERS scores 18, and DYBBUKS scores 19. These high values come from unusual letter combinations, so the biggest rack score is not necessarily the easiest word to play or remember.

Of the 381 matches, 330 have definitions, but only 17 are common. That gap is the practical limitation: a pattern match can be valid in a tournament list without being familiar in everyday reading.

For 7-letter words with B third and S last, start with debates or rabbits for recognition, then check the exact game dictionary before trying an obscure high scorer.

Questions people ask

What is the highest-scoring 7-letter word with B third and S last?

ZEBECKS is the highest-scoring match, at 24 points. JUBHAHS follows at 22, and JUBBAHS, ZIBETHS, HOBJOBS, JIBBAHS, and QUBYTES each score 21. These are letter-rack values; board squares can change a play's final score.

How many of these words are in Collins and NWL2023?

Collins includes 367 matches, while NWL2023 includes 277. ENABLE has 245. The counts differ by dictionary, so a word accepted in one tournament list may not be playable in another game's word list.

Are most 7-letter words with B third and S last common words?

No. Only 17 of the 381 matches are among the top 25,000 English words by frequency. Examples many players will recognize include debates, tablets, rabbits, and rebates, while the top scorer ZEBECKS is much less familiar.

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