Common 5-letter words that start with BO
With their Scrabble points and, for the first 16, a short meaning, most used first.
- books★11a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
- board★8a committee having supervisory powers
- bonus★7an additional payment
- boxes★14a (usually rectangular) container
- bound★8to tie or secure
- boots★7footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
- boats★7a small vessel for travel on water
- bonds★8an electrical force linking atoms
- booty★10a rich gain or prize
- boost★7to support
- booth★10a small enclosure
- bones★7rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
- boxed★15to put in a rectangular container
- bored★8cause to be bored
- bowls★10a round vessel that is open at the top
- bombs★11an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
All 173 words
5-letter words starting with BOA (7)
Top score: BOAKS, 11 points
5-letter words starting with BOB (6)
Top score: BOBBY, 14 points. a police officer
5-letter words starting with BOC (4)
Top score: BOCKS, 13 points. a dark beer
5-letter words starting with BOD (5)
Top score: BODHI, 11 points
5-letter words starting with BOE (3)
Top score: BOEUF, 10 points. a steer or cow fattened for food
5-letter words starting with BOF (2)
Top score: BOFFO, 13 points (tied with one other). a boff
5-letter words starting with BOG (7)
Top score: BOGGY, 12 points. resembling a marsh
5-letter words starting with BOH (2)
Top score: BOHEA, 10 points (tied with one other). a black tea
5-letter words starting with BOI (4)
Top score: BOINK, 11 points. an offensive word
5-letter words starting with BOK (4)
Top score: BOKEH, 14 points. artistic blur in a photograph
5-letter words starting with BOL (9)
Top score: BOLIX, 14 points
5-letter words starting with BOM (4)
Top score: BOMBS, 11 points (tied with two others). an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
5-letter words starting with BON (14)
Top score: BONZA, 16 points (tied with one other)
5-letter words starting with BOO (23)
Top score: BOOZY, 19 points. intoxicated
5-letter words starting with BOP (2)
Top score: BOPPY, 14 points. suggestive of bebop
5-letter words starting with BOR (21)
Top score: BORTZ, 16 points. a low-quality diamond
5-letter words starting with BOS (7)
Top score: BOSKY, 14 points. covered with bushes
5-letter words starting with BOT (9)
Top score: BOTOX, 14 points. to inject botulinum toxin for medical or cosmetic purposes
5-letter words starting with BOU (13)
Top score: BOUGH, 11 points (tied with one other). a tree branch
5-letter words starting with BOV (1)
Top score: BOVID, 11 points. a bovine
5-letter words starting with BOW (11)
Top score: BOWED, 11 points. to bend forward
5-letter words starting with BOX (6)
Top score: BOXTY, 17 points
5-letter words starting with BOY (8)
Top score: BOYFS, 13 points (tied with one other)
5-letter words starting with BOZ (1)
Top score: BOZOS, 16 points. a fellow