5 Letter Words Starting With BR

117 words (89 Scrabble US, 117 Scrabble UK, 89 WGPO, 83 Words With Friends, 29 everyday ★)

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

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Common 5-letter words that start with BR

With their Scrabble points and, for the first 16, a short meaning, most used first.

  • brand★8a name given to a product or service
  • brown★10of a dark color
  • bring★8to take with oneself to a place
  • break★11to reduce to fragments
  • brain★7that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers
  • brief★10having little length
  • broad★8having great extent from side to side
  • brass★7an alloy of copper and zinc
  • bread★8food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and…
  • broke★11to reduce to fragments
  • brush★10to touch lightly
  • brake★11a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
  • bride★8a woman just married or about to be married
  • brick★13rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln
  • breed★8to cause to give birth
  • brook★11a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)

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BRA…

5-letter words starting with BRA (35)

Top score: BRAXY, 17 points. a fever of sheep

BRE…

5-letter words starting with BRE (19)

Top score: BREAK, 11 points. to reduce to fragments

BRI…

5-letter words starting with BRI (25)

Top score: BRIZE, 16 points

BRO…

5-letter words starting with BRO (24)

Top score: BROCK, 13 points. a badger

BRU…

5-letter words starting with BRU (14)

Top score: BRUGH, 11 points (tied with one other). a borough

About these words

  • 117 of the 12,982 5-letter words start with BR (1%).
  • 89 are good in NWL2023, 117 in Collins Scrabble Words, 89 in WOW24 and 83 in the Words With Friends list. 29 are everyday words.
  • In Scrabble points, braxy scores the most (17), then braze, braza and brize (16 each), then braky (14).

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