5-Letter Words With B in Them
Looking for five-letter words with B in them? There are 1,018 of them in the tournament word lists, and every one is on this page. The most common, like ABOUT, BOOKS, BASED, 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
- about7
- books11
- based8
- black13
- being8
- board8
- table7
- below10
- above10
- beach12
- basic9
- brand8
- album9
- build8
- cable9
- brown10
- built7
- blood8
- basis7
- bring8
All 1,018 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- maybe 12
- break 11
- block 13
- blogs 8
- begin 8
- bible 9
- buyer 10
- label 7
- began 8
- urban 7
- labor 7
- birth 10
- abuse 7
- clubs 9
- brain 7
- brief 10
- bytes 10
- banks 11
- bonus 7
- adobe 8
- babes 9
- boxes 14
- buddy 12
- blues 7
- bears 7
- bound 8
- broad 8
- bands 8
- doubt 8
- birds 8
- boots 7
- bills 7
- blank 11
- blind 8
- boats 7
- fiber 10
- bonds 8
- baker 11
- ebony 10
- beast 7
- globe 8
- brass 7
- booty 10
- balls 7
- boost 7
- bread 8
- billy 10
- rugby 11
- robot 7
- noble 7
- blade 8
- robin 7
- amber 9
- beads 8
- bikes 11
- combo 11
- basin 7
- broke 11
- bunch 12
- turbo 7
- brush 10
- blend 8
- probe 9
- debug 9
- ebook 11
- bingo 8
- burns 7
- blast 7
- brake 11
- cyber 12
- bench 12
- butts 7
- bobby 14
- bases 7
- bride 8
- begun 8
- herbs 10
- hobby 15
- blame 9
- brick 13
- cabin 9
- tribe 7
- batch 12
- booth 10
- bones 7
- breed 8
- beans 7
- berry 10
- tubes 7
- belly 10
- thumb 12
- debut 8
- lobby 12
- rebel 7
- rehab 10
- beats 7
- scuba 9
- derby 11
- bucks 13
- badge 9
- buses 7
- brook 11
- samba 9
- belle 7
- boxed 15
- cubic 11
- bunny 10
- baths 10
- climb 11
- belts 7
- burke 11
- bless 7
- bloom 9
- orbit 7
- bacon 9
- badly 11
- blink 11
- brave 10
- mambo 11
- blond 8
- burst 7
- fibre 10
- bored 8
- arbor 7
- bulbs 9
- habit 10
- backs 13
- bells 7
- baked 12
- weber 10
- brent 7
- debit 8
- celeb 9
- buffy 16
- cobra 9
- beige 8
- debts 8
- blown 10
- baton 7
- abbey 12
- bowls 10
- blunt 7
- bombs 11
- bluff 13
- abide 8
- bliss 7
- bolts 7
- boxer 14
- bulls 7
- biker 11
- baron 7
- bates 7
- rabbi 9
- elbow 10
- borne 7
- jumbo 16
- burnt 7
- beard 8
- bites 7
- taboo 7
- beams 9
- birch 12
- zebra 16
- bravo 10
- basil 7
- bowel 10
- beers 7
- lesbo 7
- blows 10
- butte 7
- blitz 16
- blaze 16
- brock 13
- benny 10
- scrub 9
- beech 12
- binds 8
- brace 9
- knobs 11
- bison 7
- bleed 8
- buggy 12
- banjo 14
- limbs 9
- bogus 8
- cubes 9
- boing 8
- barre 7
- basal 7
- verbs 10
- grabs 8
- blush 10
- carbs 9
- bezel 16
- fable 10
- obese 7
- sober 7
- bland 8
- robes 7
- abort 7
- bully 10
- combs 11
- bumps 11
- sable 7
- brink 11
- shrub 10
- abbas 9
- cribs 9
- bayou 10
- colby 12
- lambs 9
- barge 8
- broom 9
- broth 10
- abode 8
- boast 7
- barns 7
- embed 10
- brute 7
- butch 12
- sabre 7
- banda 8
- banco 9
- bulky 14
- booze 16
- bubba 11
- libra 7
- bangs 8
- abyss 10
- brits 7
- bleak 11
- hubby 15
- stubs 7
- vibes 10
- bylaw 13
- berth 10
- crabs 9
- saber 7
- babel 9
- brood 8
- bends 8
- bebop 11
- abbot 9
- britt 7
- braid 8
- pubic 11
- bowed 11
- slabs 7
- bally 10
- bulge 8
- libel 7
- boron 7
- binge 8
- limbo 9
- tabor 7
- brine 7
- brill 7
- bagel 8
- gable 8
- bower 10
- blurb 9
- brisk 11
- butyl 10
- bongo 8
- bloke 11
- labia 7
- tombs 9
- brava 10
- brant 7
- boils 7
- bosom 9
- bales 7
- busts 7
- bumpy 14
- berks 11
- bonne 7
- crumb 11
- baits 7
- corby 12
- lobos 7
- batik 11
- bribe 9
- plumb 11
- briar 7
- tibia 7
- obits 7
- buffs 13
- rabid 8
- webby 15
- bugle 8
- bimbo 11
- bevel 10
- brawl 10
- tubal 7
- boson 7
- beryl 10
- buoys 10
- cabal 9
- booms 9
- lubes 7
- bough 11
- tabby 12
- libri 7
- bathe 10
- lobes 7
- brunt 7
- ember 9
- balsa 7
- broil 7
- curbs 9
- abate 7
- gumbo 10
- bouts 7
- brash 10
- bruin 7
- alibi 7
- bushy 13
- beets 7
- betta 7
- bonny 10
- biota 7
- leben 7
- barks 11
- yerba 10
- cubed 10
- beaux 14
- blume 9
- tabla 7
- baggy 12
- budge 9
- batty 10
- bongs 8
- bilge 8
- busby 12
- boney 10
- brows 10
- bitty 10
- vocab 12
- objet 14
- rumba 9
- liber 7
- bleep 9
- burgh 11
- basso 7
- boned 8
- booby 12
- beset 7
- sabin 7
- glebe 8
- brews 10
- beefy 13
- bursa 7
- bazar 16
- beano 7
- dumbo 10
- sahib 10
- bogey 11
- rabat 7
- borer 7
- taber 7
- bijou 14
- barca 9
- brats 7
- gabby 13
- bidet 8
- brads 8
- grebe 8
- blobs 9
- beret 7
- rebbe 9
- swabs 10
- umbra 9
- bloat 7
- beeps 9
- bream 9
- betas 7
- dobro 8
- belay 10
- dobra 8
- hijab 17
- bores 7
- umber 9
- bards 8
- combe 11
- rebar 7
- tubby 12
- breve 10
- bolus 7
- barbs 9
- aback 13
- carbo 9
- blurs 7
- stabs 7
- boles 7
- byway 16
- ruble 7
- brier 7
- blimp 11
- baldy 11
- banal 7
- bigot 8
- balms 9
- bilbo 9
- bight 11
- ables 7
- oxbow 17
- burly 10
- blots 7
- kebab 13
- ambit 9
- limba 9
- blocs 9
- tuber 7
- ombre 9
- obeys 10
- bandy 11
- buxom 16
- rebut 7
- bogle 8
- rebus 7
- qubit 16
- bests 7
- cubby 14
- bourg 8
- bares 7
- becks 13
- bento 7
- bromo 9
- bunks 11
- throb 10
- balmy 12
- unban 7
- boite 7
- burbs 9
- boars 7
- begat 8
- brawn 10
- batts 7
- flyby 16
- coble 9
- bared 8
- blain 7
- bocce 11
- bogan 8
- bogie 8
- burro 7
- bassi 7
- rubel 7
- sabra 7
- biome 9
- bakes 11
- mamba 11
- borax 14
- fubar 10
- chubs 12
- bodes 8
- abhor 10
- snobs 7
- bossy 10
- dobie 8
- bicep 11
- gamba 10
- dobby 13
- bawdy 14
- beaut 7
- booed 8
- blest 7
- grubs 8
- carob 9
- boric 9
- baler 7
- bundt 8
- bindi 8
- rubus 7
- brags 8
- bails 7
- berms 9
- beaks 11
- banns 7
- bleat 7
- cobbs 11
- jebel 14
- amble 9
- sabot 7
- ceiba 9
- lobed 8
- burrs 7
- biddy 12
- sambo 9
- bombe 11
- bitsy 10
- robed 8
- begum 10
- cubit 9
- brome 9
- biter 7
- belga 8
- brees 7
- betel 7
- boggy 12
- benni 7
- scabs 9
- abled 8
- birks 11
- beget 8
- nobly 10
- bunko 11
- nobby 12
- bulla 7
- boule 7
- belch 12
- squib 16
- barbe 9
- sibyl 10
- abuts 7
- beefs 10
- beton 7
- imbue 9
- ambos 9
- forbs 10
- belie 7
- abuzz 25
- bahts 10
- botts 7
- herby 13
- benes 7
- nubia 7
- debye 11
- sebum 9
- baste 7
- banes 7
- buteo 7
- blips 9
- tubas 7
- snubs 7
- brach 12
- bendy 11
- botch 12
- blued 8
- ribes 7
- beery 10
- sabes 7
- oboes 7
- rhomb 12
- burry 10
- boral 7
- beady 11
- bronc 9
- blurt 7
- barer 7
- abaya 10
- hobos 10
- bouse 7
- sabal 7
- bluer 7
- suber 7
- abaca 9
- blase 7
- burka 11
- bosun 7
- baled 8
- tabid 8
- biped 10
- globs 8
- lubed 8
- bluey 10
- barmy 12
- bourn 7
- adobo 8
- brith 10
- botel 7
- cobia 9
- kabob 13
- boozy 19
- brede 8
- bruit 7
- blahs 10
- balas 7
- bwana 10
- briny 10
- kerbs 11
- tabus 7
- tubed 8
- bated 8
- boras 7
- pubis 9
- zombi 18
- abele 7
- bused 8
- balks 11
- brims 9
- baser 7
- briss 7
- bipod 10
- rubes 7
- cabby 14
- begot 8
- nawab 10
- rebuy 10
- brose 7
- boink 11
- bortz 16
- burqa 16
- kabar 11
- bothy 13
- dweeb 11
- biffy 16
- burin 7
- bevor 10
- braze 16
- bergs 8
- bibbs 11
- bawls 10
- bunya 10
- biles 7
- burps 9
- botas 7
- buras 7
- bunco 9
- bilby 12
- biggy 12
- jambs 16
- buran 7
- flubs 10
- biked 12
- braes 7
- benne 7
- bubby 14
- debar 8
- bents 7
- boons 7
- wombs 12
- bulks 11
- ebbed 10
- squab 16
- biner 7
- bozos 16
- jibes 14
- blare 7
- baize 16
- roble 7
- gobos 8
- bucko 13
- mbira 9
- bungs 8
- caber 9
- lobar 7
- sabir 7
- nubby 12
- bolas 7
- braza 16
- besom 9
- yobbo 12
- sorbs 7
- bolls 7
- baric 9
- tsuba 7
- bassy 10
- bluet 7
- bunds 8
- rebid 8
- biogs 8
- garbs 8
- boffo 13
- slobs 7
- bocci 11
- unbox 14
- boogy 11
- bairn 7
- yabby 15
- plebs 9
- bloop 9
- butty 10
- numbs 9
- basks 11
- kibbe 13
- abets 7
- kabab 13
- looby 10
- burse 7
- bines 7
- brans 7
- bidis 8
- bolos 7
- befit 10
- baulk 11
- bract 9
- plebe 9
- boody 11
- abler 7
- brung 8
- abase 7
- barny 10
- nabob 9
- burls 7
- bunts 7
- imbed 10
- brays 10
- jambe 16
- tabun 7
- abbes 9
- brank 11
- balky 14
- brigs 8
- boyar 10
- buret 7
- byres 10
- brail 7
- embar 9
- bialy 10
- boche 12
- beaky 14
- babka 13
- jabot 14
- babul 9
- barfs 10
- beaus 7
- thebe 10
- abris 7
- kombu 13
- bhang 11
- barky 14
- boomy 12
- birse 7
- bided 9
- cuber 9
- rhumb 12
- blebs 9
- blini 7
- babas 9
- bocks 13
- birls 7
- bolar 7
- abaft 10
- daube 8
- xebec 16
- ribby 12
- bacca 11
- nabis 7
- bolds 8
- bedel 8
- abeam 9
- bides 8
- baboo 9
- drabs 8
- drubs 8
- ambry 12
- brume 9
- baddy 12
- buffi 13
- butes 7
- boors 7
- bifid 11
- gambe 10
- brugh 11
- cobby 14
- bayed 11
- barde 8
- binal 7
- umbel 9
- oribi 7
- baith 10
- boart 7
- boded 9
- obole 7
- buffo 13
- abaci 9
- abaka 11
- abamp 11
- abash 10
- abmho 12
- abohm 12
- aboil 7
- aboma 9
- aboon 7
- abyes 10
- abysm 12
- acerb 9
- albas 7
- ameba 9
- ardeb 8
- baaed 8
- baals 7
- babus 9
- baffs 13
- baffy 16
- baiza 16
- balds 8
- baned 8
- banty 10
- barms 9
- barye 10
- basts 7
- battu 7
- bauds 8
- bawds 11
- bawty 13
- bazoo 16
- beamy 12
- becap 11
- bedew 11
- bedim 10
- beedi 8
- befog 11
- beigy 11
- belon 7
- bemas 9
- bemix 16
- berme 9
- beses 7
- besot 7
- beths 10
- bewig 11
- bezil 16
- bhoot 10
- bhuts 10
- biali 7
- bices 9
- bider 8
- bield 8
- biers 7
- biffs 13
- bigly 11
- bigos 8
- bikie 11
- bilgy 11
- bilks 11
- bimah 12
- bimas 9
- binit 7
- bints 7
- biont 7
- birle 7
- biros 7
- birrs 7
- bises 7
- bisks 11
- bitts 7
- bizes 16
- blabs 9
- blaff 13
- blams 9
- blate 7
- blats 7
- blawn 10
- blaws 10
- blear 7
- blent 7
- blets 7
- blimy 12
- blite 7
- blowy 13
- blubs 9
- blype 12
- boffs 13
- bohea 10
- bohos 10
- bonks 11
- bonze 16
- borks 11
- borts 7
- borty 10
- bosks 11
- bosky 14
- bousy 10
- bovid 11
- bowse 10
- boyla 10
- boyos 10
- braky 14
- bravi 10
- braws 10
- braxy 17
- brens 7
- bries 7
- brins 7
- brios 7
- broos 7
- brosy 10
- brusk 11
- bruts 7
- bubal 9
- bubus 9
- buhls 10
- buhrs 10
- bulgy 11
- bumfs 12
- bumph 14
- bunas 7
- bunns 7
- buppy 14
- burds 8
- burgs 8
- busks 11
- butle 7
- butut 7
- byrls 10
- byssi 10
- cabob 11
- cebid 10
- chimb 14
- cibol 9
- clomb 11
- coomb 11
- cubeb 11
- darbs 8
- daubs 8
- dauby 11
- debag 9
- demob 10
- dhobi 11
- dobla 8
- dribs 8
- dumbs 10
- ebbet 9
- ebons 7
- embay 12
- embow 12
- exurb 14
- feebs 10
- flabs 10
- forby 13
- fubsy 13
- gambs 10
- gibed 9
- giber 8
- gibes 8
- gleba 8
- goban 8
- gombo 10
- gybed 12
- gybes 11
- habus 10
- hebes 10
- iambi 9
- iambs 9
- inbye 10
- isbas 7
- jibbs 16
- jibed 15
- jiber 14
- jubas 14
- jubes 14
- kbars 11
- kebar 11
- kebob 13
- kibbi 13
- kibei 11
- kibes 11
- kibla 11
- kobos 11
- krubi 11
- labra 7
- lamby 12
- limbi 9
- limby 12
- mabes 9
- nabes 7
- nimbi 9
- obeah 10
- obeli 7
- obias 7
- oboli 7
- obols 7
- omber 9
- orbed 8
- outby 10
- pibal 9
- poboy 12
- rabic 9
- rebec 9
- rebop 9
- redub 8
- rubby 12
- sabed 8
- shlub 10
- sibbs 9
- slubs 7
- slurb 7
- snibs 7
- sobas 7
- stobs 7
- subah 10
- subas 7
- swobs 10
- tabes 7
- tubae 7
- umbos 9
- unbar 7
- unbid 8
- upbow 12
- upbye 12
- urbia 7
- womby 15
- zebec 18
- zebus 16
- zibet 16
- zineb 16
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many five-letter words are there with B in them?
There are 1,018 five-letter words with B in them in the tournament word lists. The most common are ABOUT, BOOKS, BASED.
What are common five-letter words with B in them?
ABOUT, BOOKS, BASED, BLACK, BEING are the most frequently used. The full list of 1,018 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.