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5 Letter Words Starting With B

911 five-letter words start with B. Common words first, then every word from A to Z.

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Common 5-letter words that start with B

With their Scrabble points: the 16 most used that have a meaning, with a short one, then the rest, most used first.

  • books 11a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
  • based 8use as a basis for
  • black 13being of the darkest color
  • board 8a committee having supervisory powers
  • beach 12an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
  • basic 9pertaining to or constituting a base or basis
  • brand 8a name given to a product or service
  • build 8to construct
  • brown 10of a dark color
  • built 7to construct
  • blood 8the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains…
  • basis 7the foundation of something
  • bring 8to take with oneself to a place
  • break 11to reduce to fragments
  • block 13a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
  • blogs 8to record personal comments on a Web site

All 911 words, A to Z

BA…BE…BH…BI…BL…BO…BR…BU…BW…BY…

BH… (8)

Top score: BHAJI, 17 points. Meaning: a type of Indian fritter

BW… (2)

Top score: BWAZI, 19 points

About these words

  • 911 of the 12,987 5-letter words start with B (7%), the third most of any letter.
  • 652 are good in NWL2023, 909 in Collins Scrabble Words and 586 in ENABLE. 169 are everyday words.
  • In Scrabble points, bizzy, buzzy and bezzy share the top score (28), then bizzo (25), then two words on 19.