Common 8-letter words that start with B
With their Scrabble points and, for the first 16, a short meaning, most used first.
- business★10an occupation, profession, or trade
- building★12to construct
- benefits★13financial assistance in time of need
- baseball★12a type of ball
- behavior★16the manner in which one conducts oneself
- birthday★17an anniversary of a birth
- breaking★15to reduce to fragments
- bookmark★20to create a shortcut to a previously viewed website
- becoming★15to come to be
- brothers★13a male with the same parents as someone else
- bulletin★10a brief report (especially an official statement issued for immediate publication or…
- bathroom★15a room in which to bathe
- bringing★12to take with oneself to a place
- bedrooms★13a room for sleeping
- believed★14to accept as true or real
- boundary★14a dividing line
All 2,809 words
8-letter words starting with BA (583)
Top score: BAZAZZES, 37 points. plural of bazazz (pizzazz)
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8-letter words starting with BD (1)
Top score: BDELLIUM, 13 points. a gum resin
8-letter words starting with BE (587)
Top score: BEZAZZES, 37 points. the quality of being exciting or attractive
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8-letter words starting with BH (6)
Top score: BHISHTIS, 16 points
8-letter words starting with BI (268)
Top score: BIZAZZES, 37 points. plural of bizazz (pizzazz)
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8-letter words starting with BL (278)
Top score: BLIZZARD, 29 points. a storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds
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8-letter words starting with BO (392)
Top score: BOZZETTI, 28 points (tied with one other)
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8-letter words starting with BR (380)
Top score: BRONZIFY, 25 points
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8-letter words starting with BU (302)
Top score: BUZZWORD, 32 points (tied with two others). a word used to impress someone
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8-letter words starting with BY (12)
Top score: BYCOKETS, 19 points
About these words
- 2,809 of the 42,333 8-letter words start with B (7%), the fourth most of any letter.
- 2,089 are good in NWL2023, 2,804 in Collins Scrabble Words, 2,083 in WOW24 and 1,818 in the Words With Friends list. 133 are everyday words.
- In Scrabble points, bazazzes, bezazzes and bizazzes share the top score (37), then three words on 32.