10-Letter Words Starting With B
Looking for ten-letter words that start with B? There are 1,112 of them in the tournament word lists, and every one is on this page. The most common, like BACKGROUND, BUSINESSES, BASKETBALL, sit right at the top.
Unlike alphabetical lists that bury likely answers in the middle, this list is sorted by how often each word appears in everyday English. Scan the first rows for probable answers; dig deeper for rare, high-scoring plays.
Most common
- background20
- businesses12
- basketball18
- biological15
- bankruptcy23
- boundaries13
- behavioral18
- beneficial17
- blackberry23
- bargaining14
- binoculars14
- biomedical17
- breakfasts19
- brightness16
- benchmarks23
- broadcasts15
- bookstores16
- beginnings14
- backstreet18
- bloodhound17
All 1,112 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- backgammon 23
- blackboard 21
- birthplace 19
- bookseller 16
- beforehand 19
- brilliance 14
- bestseller 12
- biometrics 16
- benefiting 16
- backpacker 26
- behaviours 18
- beachfront 20
- buccaneers 16
- bridesmaid 16
- biologists 13
- birthstone 15
- borderline 13
- breathable 17
- blueprints 14
- broadening 14
- belongings 14
- babysitter 17
- bipartisan 14
- bioscience 16
- benevolent 15
- brainstorm 14
- borrowings 16
- biophysics 22
- bitterness 12
- blacksmith 23
- bottleneck 18
- bronchitis 17
- believable 17
- billboards 15
- briefcases 17
- battleship 17
- botanicals 14
- burgeoning 14
- buttermilk 18
- breakdowns 20
- bookmakers 22
- blitzkrieg 26
- bombardier 17
- breathless 15
- brownfield 19
- ballooning 13
- barbarians 14
- burdensome 15
- boyfriends 19
- blackwater 21
- barbershop 19
- blistering 13
- bituminous 14
- bookkeeper 22
- bewildered 17
- backstroke 22
- battalions 12
- bartending 14
- biomarkers 18
- bluebonnet 14
- bartenders 13
- bloodlines 13
- betterment 14
- benefactor 17
- birthright 19
- bookmarked 23
- bothersome 17
- barricades 15
- belladonna 13
- banqueting 22
- bouldering 14
- bedspreads 16
- bellflower 18
- barometric 16
- barristers 12
- bicyclists 19
- biographer 18
- bridegroom 16
- biogenesis 13
- breakwater 19
- brokerages 17
- byproducts 20
- bottomless 14
- bystanders 16
- brainchild 18
- boulevards 16
- backwaters 21
- birdhouses 16
- brownstone 15
- bureaucrat 14
- blossoming 15
- bathymetry 23
- burglaries 13
- beekeeping 19
- barometers 14
- bulldozers 22
- boisterous 12
- benefitted 16
- bodyguards 18
- ballistics 14
- breastfeed 16
- bequeathed 25
- brightened 17
- bandwidths 20
- beautician 14
- befriended 17
- bolsheviks 22
- biosensors 12
- blissfully 18
- biblically 19
- boycotting 18
- bracketing 19
- beekeepers 18
- bitterroot 12
- bioreactor 14
- biochemist 19
- bolstering 13
- brigantine 13
- biorhythms 23
- banishment 17
- birthdates 16
- blackbirds 21
- beneficent 17
- broadcloth 18
- bacteremia 16
- bellwether 18
- bloodstock 19
- biocontrol 14
- bedfellows 19
- bradykinin 20
- broadsheet 16
- bookmobile 20
- bloodstone 13
- binational 12
- backsplash 23
- balderdash 17
- blacklists 18
- blindfolds 17
- broadsword 17
- bandleader 14
- bewitching 21
- bricklayer 21
- boardrooms 15
- blastocyst 17
- bifurcated 18
- broomstick 20
- borderland 14
- butchering 18
- bushmaster 17
- blackheads 22
- boomerangs 15
- bridgehead 18
- beatitudes 13
- bitartrate 12
- brainpower 17
- broadsides 14
- balustrade 13
- biodynamic 20
- blithering 16
- bombarding 18
- barracudas 15
- bookbinder 19
- bicultural 14
- bamboozled 26
- buttonhole 15
- boastfully 18
- bodyboards 19
- brominated 15
- ballerinas 12
- brokenness 16
- belittling 13
- blackthorn 21
- barricaded 16
- bookmaking 23
- beseeching 18
- biennially 15
- baseboards 15
- buttressed 13
- bacitracin 16
- boondoggle 15
- bootstraps 14
- brutalized 22
- breadboard 16
- beheadings 17
- barramundi 15
- backboards 21
- briquettes 21
- brilliancy 17
- bottomland 15
- bulldozing 23
- blockhouse 21
- bryophytes 23
- brickworks 25
- busybodies 18
- bookplates 18
- buttresses 12
- blathering 16
- biomimetic 18
- barbecuing 17
- biographic 20
- barleycorn 17
- bolshevism 20
- blindsided 15
- biopolymer 19
- blindingly 17
- bombshells 19
- blundering 14
- baronetage 13
- bimetallic 16
- boardwalks 20
- bankrupted 19
- bowhunters 18
- birthmarks 21
- backfilled 22
- burnishing 16
- bumblebees 18
- brandished 17
- bloviating 16
- benzocaine 23
- budgerigar 15
- bioethical 17
- breadfruit 16
- brasseries 12
- bromeliads 15
- blackjacks 31
- backhanded 23
- blackening 19
- bioweapons 17
- bootlegger 14
- backlogged 21
- blanketing 17
- beautifies 15
- bioregions 13
- butterball 14
- buttercups 16
- bludgeoned 15
- breastbone 14
- bedchamber 22
- battlement 14
- barefooted 16
- biannually 15
- backtracks 24
- bemusement 16
- ballplayer 17
- bedraggled 16
- balaclavas 17
- bondholder 17
- blockheads 22
- bathhouses 18
- bunkhouses 19
- broodmares 15
- blockading 20
- bedclothes 18
- bridgeable 16
- blackguard 20
- bankrolled 17
- berserkers 16
- baptistery 17
- barrenness 12
- bluebottle 14
- blasphemed 20
- brightener 16
- backlights 22
- breakaways 22
- buckyballs 23
- buffoonery 21
- buttonwood 16
- blustering 13
- bullfights 19
- bootlegged 15
- blackheart 21
- ballyhooed 19
- bluetongue 13
- beautified 16
- believably 20
- babesiosis 14
- brickfield 22
- blasphemer 19
- bufflehead 22
- branchlets 17
- beautifier 15
- bilinguals 13
- bitstreams 14
- biohazards 25
- barcarolle 14
- backfiring 22
- backbiting 21
- backdating 20
- bloodstain 13
- birthrates 15
- beggarweed 18
- brassieres 12
- besmirched 20
- bandmaster 15
- blubbering 17
- breastpins 14
- biofouling 16
- balloonist 12
- boneheaded 17
- branchline 17
- bluejacket 25
- bolometric 16
- butterfish 18
- bejewelled 23
- basophilic 19
- balbriggan 16
- biospheric 19
- briolettes 12
- banquettes 21
- bagatelles 13
- blancmange 17
- bushranger 16
- blabbering 17
- bitchiness 17
- biodegrade 15
- biomorphic 21
- blurriness 12
- bareheaded 17
- bafflement 20
- blastoderm 15
- begrudging 16
- brilliants 12
- brandishes 16
- bridgework 21
- bookmarker 22
- backslider 19
- beachgoers 18
- blackmails 20
- beefeaters 15
- billionths 15
- bijouterie 19
- barrelling 13
- breakables 18
- banalities 12
- bedevilled 17
- brachiopod 20
- bijections 21
- breakfront 19
- boathouses 15
- ballasting 13
- brutalised 13
- burgundies 14
- burnishers 15
- bottommost 16
- bishoprics 19
- boosterism 14
- bassoonist 12
- browbeaten 17
- bipolarity 17
- brazilwood 25
- brecciated 17
- bubblehead 20
- belaboring 15
- bourgeoise 13
- bedsprings 16
- backpacked 27
- bloodworms 18
- bunchgrass 18
- bivouacked 22
- brazenness 21
- bromegrass 15
- bipedalism 17
- backhander 22
- bolometers 14
- brassbound 15
- blastomere 14
- bandwagons 17
- bolivianos 15
- borescopes 16
- babbitries 16
- babbitting 17
- babblement 18
- babesioses 14
- babirussas 14
- babyproofs 22
- bacchanals 19
- bacchantes 19
- backbiters 20
- backbitten 20
- backblocks 26
- backchecks 29
- backcloths 23
- backcourts 20
- backdrafts 22
- backfields 22
- backfitted 22
- backhauled 22
- backhoeing 22
- backhouses 21
- backlashed 22
- backlasher 21
- backlashes 21
- backlisted 19
- backloaded 20
- backpedals 21
- backrushes 21
- backshores 21
- backslides 19
- backspaced 23
- backspaces 22
- backstages 19
- backstairs 18
- backstamps 22
- backstitch 23
- backswings 22
- backswords 22
- backwardly 25
- backwashed 25
- backwashes 24
- backwoodsy 25
- bacteremic 18
- bacterials 14
- bacterized 24
- bacterizes 23
- bacteroids 15
- badinaging 15
- badmintons 15
- badmouthed 19
- bafflegabs 21
- bafflingly 22
- bahuvrihis 21
- bailiwicks 21
- bairnliest 12
- baitfishes 18
- bakeapples 20
- bakehouses 19
- bakshished 23
- bakshishes 22
- balalaikas 16
- baldachino 18
- baldachins 18
- baldaquins 22
- baldheaded 18
- baldnesses 13
- balkanized 26
- balkanizes 25
- balladeers 13
- balladists 13
- balladries 13
- ballasters 12
- ballpoints 14
- balmacaans 16
- balneology 16
- bamboozles 25
- banalizing 22
- banderilla 13
- banderoles 13
- bandicoots 15
- banditries 13
- bandoleers 13
- bandoliers 13
- bandoneons 13
- bandshells 16
- bandstands 14
- banistered 13
- bankroller 16
- bannerette 12
- bannisters 12
- banqueters 21
- barbarisms 16
- barbarized 24
- barbarizes 23
- barbascoes 16
- barbecuers 16
- barbequing 24
- barberries 14
- barbitones 14
- barcaroles 14
- bardolater 13
- bardolatry 16
- barebacked 21
- barehanded 17
- barenesses 12
- bargainers 13
- bargeboard 16
- barhopping 20
- barkeepers 18
- barkentine 16
- barnstorms 14
- baroceptor 16
- barographs 18
- baronesses 12
- baroscopes 16
- barquettes 21
- barrackers 18
- barracking 19
- barracoons 14
- barracouta 14
- barramunda 15
- barratries 12
- barrelages 13
- barrelfuls 15
- barrelhead 16
- barrelsful 15
- barretries 12
- barricados 15
- baseliners 12
- basenesses 12
- baseplates 14
- basicities 14
- basketfuls 19
- basketlike 20
- basketries 16
- basketsful 19
- basketwork 23
- basophiles 17
- basophilia 17
- bassetting 13
- bassnesses 12
- bastardies 13
- bastardise 13
- bastardize 22
- bastinaded 14
- bastinades 13
- batfowlers 18
- batfowling 19
- batholiths 18
- bathwaters 18
- bathyscaph 25
- batrachian 17
- battailous 12
- battements 14
- baudronses 13
- bawdyhouse 22
- bayberries 17
- bayoneting 16
- bayonetted 16
- bazillions 21
- beachballs 19
- beachcombs 23
- beachheads 21
- beadhouses 16
- beadledoms 16
- beanstalks 16
- beastliest 12
- beatifying 19
- bebeerines 14
- beblooding 16
- becarpeted 17
- beccaficos 21
- bechalking 22
- bechancing 20
- becharming 20
- beclamored 17
- beclasping 17
- becloaking 19
- beclogging 17
- beclothing 18
- beclouding 16
- beclowning 18
- becomingly 20
- becowarded 19
- becquerels 23
- becrawling 18
- becrowding 19
- becrusting 15
- becudgeled 17
- bedabbling 18
- bedarkened 18
- bedazzling 32
- bedeafened 17
- bedehouses 16
- bedeviling 17
- bediapered 16
- bedighting 18
- bedimpling 18
- bedirtying 17
- bedizening 23
- bedlamites 15
- bedraggles 15
- bedrenched 19
- bedrenches 18
- bedriveled 17
- bedrugging 16
- bedwarfing 20
- bedwarmers 18
- bedwetters 16
- beechdrops 20
- beechmasts 19
- beechwoods 21
- beefsteaks 19
- befingered 17
- beflagging 18
- beflecking 22
- beflowered 19
- beforetime 17
- befretting 16
- befringing 17
- befuddling 18
- beggardoms 17
- begirdling 15
- begladding 16
- beglamored 16
- beglamours 15
- beglooming 16
- begrimming 18
- begroaning 14
- begrudgers 15
- behindhand 20
- bejeweling 23
- bejumbling 24
- beknighted 21
- beknotting 17
- belaboured 15
- beleaguers 13
- belemnites 14
- beliquored 22
- belittlers 12
- belletrist 12
- bellyached 21
- bellyacher 20
- bellyaches 20
- bellybands 18
- belowdecks 22
- belvederes 16
- bemadaming 18
- bemaddened 17
- bemedalled 16
- bemingling 16
- bemuddling 17
- bemurmured 17
- bemuzzling 33
- benchlands 18
- beneficing 18
- benefiters 15
- bengalines 13
- benignancy 18
- bentonites 12
- bentonitic 14
- benzenoids 22
- benzidines 22
- benzofuran 24
- bepainting 15
- bepimpling 19
- bequeathal 24
- berascaled 15
- berberines 14
- berberises 14
- beribboned 17
- berkeliums 18
- berylliums 17
- bescorched 20
- bescorches 19
- bescouring 15
- bescreened 15
- beseechers 17
- besetments 14
- beshadowed 20
- beshivered 19
- beshouting 16
- beshrewing 19
- beshrouded 17
- besmearers 14
- besmearing 15
- besmirches 19
- besmoothed 18
- besmudging 17
- besmutting 15
- besoothing 16
- bespangled 16
- bespangles 15
- bespatters 14
- bespeaking 19
- bespousing 15
- besprinkle 18
- besteading 14
- bestialize 21
- bestiaries 12
- bestirring 13
- bestrewing 16
- bestridden 14
- bestriding 14
- bestrowing 16
- bestudding 15
- beswarming 18
- betattered 13
- bethanking 20
- bethinking 20
- bethorning 16
- bethumping 20
- betokening 17
- betrothals 15
- betrotheds 16
- betrothing 16
- bevomiting 18
- bewearying 19
- bewitchers 20
- bewitchery 23
- beworrying 19
- bewrapping 20
- biasnesses 12
- biathletes 15
- biblicisms 18
- biblicists 16
- bibliology 18
- bibliopegy 20
- bibliopole 16
- bibliotics 16
- bibliotist 14
- bibulously 17
- bichromate 19
- bidonville 16
- bifacially 20
- bifidities 16
- bifurcates 17
- bigamously 18
- bigarreaus 13
- bigeminies 15
- bigfooting 17
- bighearted 17
- bigmouthed 19
- bilberries 14
- bilections 14
- bilgewater 16
- bilharzial 24
- bilharzias 24
- bilirubins 14
- biliverdin 16
- billabongs 15
- billfishes 18
- billowiest 15
- billycocks 23
- bilocation 14
- bimanually 17
- bimodality 18
- binaurally 15
- binomially 17
- binturongs 13
- binucleate 14
- bioassayed 16
- biocenoses 14
- biocenosis 14
- biofoulers 15
- biogeneses 13
- biogenetic 15
- biographee 18
- biologisms 15
- biometries 14
- bionomists 14
- biophilias 17
- biopirates 14
- bioscopies 16
- biospheres 17
- biostromes 14
- bioterrors 12
- biparental 14
- bipedality 18
- bipolarize 23
- bipyramids 20
- biradicals 15
- birdbrains 15
- birddogged 17
- birdliming 16
- birthnames 17
- birthroots 15
- birthworts 18
- bisections 14
- bisexually 22
- bistouries 12
- bisulfates 15
- bisulfides 16
- bisulfites 15
- bitcheries 17
- biteplates 14
- bitternuts 12
- bitterweed 16
- bituminize 23
- bivalences 17
- biweeklies 19
- bizarrerie 21
- blackamoor 20
- blackballs 20
- blackbucks 26
- blackcocks 26
- blackdamps 23
- blackeners 18
- blackfaces 23
- blackflies 21
- blacklands 19
- blackleads 19
- blackpolls 20
- blacksnake 22
- blacktails 18
- blackwoods 22
- bladdernut 14
- blamefully 20
- blandished 17
- blandisher 16
- blandishes 16
- blanquette 21
- blarneying 16
- blasphemes 19
- blastemata 14
- blastments 14
- blastocoel 14
- blastodisc 15
- blastomata 14
- blastopore 14
- blatancies 14
- blatherers 15
- blattering 13
- blazonings 22
- blazonries 21
- bleachable 19
- bleariness 12
- blemishers 17
- blemishing 18
- blessedest 13
- blethering 16
- blimpishly 22
- blindsides 14
- blindworms 18
- blinkering 17
- blithesome 17
- blizzardly 34
- bloatwares 15
- blockaders 19
- blockbusts 20
- blondining 14
- bloodbaths 18
- bloodguilt 14
- bloodiness 13
- bloodlusts 13
- bloodroots 13
- bloodsheds 17
- bloodworts 16
- bloomeries 14
- blotchiest 17
- bloviation 15
- blowfishes 21
- blubberers 16
- bluebeards 15
- bluebloods 15
- bluefishes 18
- blueliners 12
- bluenesses 12
- bluepoints 14
- blueshifts 18
- bluestones 12
- bluishness 15
- blunderers 13
- blurringly 16
- blushingly 19
- blusterers 12
- blusterous 12
- boarfishes 18
- boarhounds 16
- boatlifted 16
- boatswains 15
- bobsledded 17
- bobsledder 16
- bobsleighs 18
- bobtailing 15
- bodychecks 27
- bodysurfed 20
- bodysurfer 19
- boilersuit 12
- boldfacing 19
- boldnesses 13
- bolections 14
- bolographs 18
- bolsheviki 22
- bolshevize 27
- bolsterers 12
- bombarders 17
- bombardons 17
- bombasters 16
- bombazines 25
- bombinated 17
- bombinates 16
- bombproofs 21
- bombsights 20
- bondstones 13
- boneblacks 20
- bonefishes 18
- bonesetter 12
- boninesses 12
- booboisies 14
- bookstalls 16
- bookstands 17
- bootblacks 20
- bootlessly 15
- bootlicked 19
- bootlicker 18
- borborygmi 20
- bordereaux 20
- boringness 13
- boschvarks 24
- botanising 13
- botanizers 21
- botanizing 22
- botcheries 17
- botryoidal 16
- botrytises 15
- bottlefuls 15
- bottomries 14
- botulinums 14
- boulderers 13
- bouncingly 18
- bounderish 16
- bourbonism 16
- bourgeoned 14
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- bovinities 15
- bowdlerise 16
- bowdlerize 25
- bowerbirds 18
- bowstrings 16
- boxberries 21
- boxhauling 23
- boxinesses 19
- boycotters 17
- boyishness 18
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- brachiates 17
- brachiator 17
- bracteoles 14
- braillists 12
- braincases 14
- braininess 12
- brainstems 14
- brambliest 16
- bramblings 17
- branchiest 17
- branchless 17
- brandlings 14
- brannigans 13
- brasileins 12
- brassiness 12
- brasswares 15
- bratticing 15
- brattiness 12
- bratwursts 15
- brawniness 15
- brazileins 21
- breadboxes 22
- breadlines 13
- breadroots 13
- breadstuff 19
- breakevens 19
- breaksaway 22
- breakwalls 19
- breastwork 19
- breathiest 15
- breathings 16
- brecciates 16
- breechings 18
- breezeless 21
- breezeways 27
- breeziness 21
- brevetcies 17
- brevetting 16
- breviaries 15
- briarroots 12
- briarwoods 16
- brickkilns 22
- brickyards 22
- bricolages 15
- bridewells 16
- bridgeless 14
- brierroots 12
- brierwoods 16
- brigadiers 14
- brigandage 15
- brigandine 14
- brightwork 23
- brimstones 14
- bringdowns 17
- briquetted 22
- bristliest 12
- britannias 12
- brittanias 12
- broadbands 16
- broadbeans 15
- broadbills 15
- broadeners 13
- broadlooms 15
- broadscale 15
- broadsided 15
- broadtails 13
- brocatelle 14
- brochettes 17
- brogueries 13
- broiderers 13
- broideries 13
- broidering 14
- brokerings 17
- bromelains 14
- brominates 14
- brominisms 16
- bronchiole 17
- bronchites 17
- bronchitic 19
- brontosaur 12
- broodiness 13
- broodingly 17
- brooklimes 18
- broomballs 16
- broomcorns 16
- broomrapes 16
- brothering 16
- browallias 15
- brownnosed 16
- brownnoser 15
- brownnoses 15
- brownshirt 18
- browridges 17
- browsables 17
- brummagems 19
- brushbacks 23
- brushfires 18
- brushlands 16
- brushwoods 19
- brushworks 22
- brusquerie 21
- brutalises 12
- brutalizes 21
- brutifying 19
- bryologies 16
- bryologist 16
- bryophytic 25
- bubblegums 19
- buccinator 16
- buckboards 21
- bucketfuls 21
- bucketsful 21
- buckhounds 22
- bucklering 19
- buckraming 21
- buckthorns 21
- buckwheats 24
- buckytubes 23
- budgeteers 14
- buffaloing 19
- buffoonish 21
- bugleweeds 17
- buhrstones 15
- builddowns 17
- bullbriers 14
- bulldogged 16
- bulldogger 15
- bulletined 13
- bullheaded 17
- bullnecked 19
- bullrushes 15
- bullsnakes 16
- bulwarking 20
- bumblingly 20
- bumfuzzled 36
- bumfuzzles 35
- bumpkinish 23
- bunchberry 22
- bunglesome 15
- bunglingly 17
- buoyancies 17
- buprestids 15
- burglarize 22
- burladeros 13
- burlesqued 22
- burlesquer 21
- burlesques 21
- burrstones 12
- bursitises 12
- burthening 16
- bushellers 15
- bushelling 16
- bushwhacks 27
- busticated 15
- busticates 14
- bustlingly 16
- busynesses 15
- butadienes 13
- butcherers 17
- butcheries 17
- buteonines 12
- butterburs 14
- butterfats 15
- butteriest 12
- butterless 12
- butternuts 12
- butterweed 16
- butterwort 15
- buttinskis 16
- buttonball 14
- buttonbush 17
- buttonhook 19
- buttonless 12
- buttstocks 18
- butylating 16
- butylation 15
- byssinoses 15
- byssinosis 15
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many ten-letter words are there that start with B?
There are 1,112 ten-letter words that start with B in the tournament word lists. The most common are BACKGROUND, BUSINESSES, BASKETBALL.
What are common ten-letter words that start with B?
BACKGROUND, BUSINESSES, BASKETBALL, BIOLOGICAL, BANKRUPTCY are the most frequently used. The full list of 1,112 words on this page is sorted by everyday frequency, so the common ones come first.
Can I play these words in Scrabble?
Yes. The list combines ENABLE and the North American tournament list (TWL), so these words are playable in Scrabble-style games, including Words With Friends.
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