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5 Letter Words Starting with B (949 English Words)

This lesson is designed to teach English learners about common 5 letter words that start with B. You will explore several categories including words that begin with Ba, Be, Bh, Bi, Bl, Bo, Br, Bu, and By. The lesson also provides meanings for these words to aid in comprehension and language development. This will be a valuable resource for expanding your vocabulary and improving your performance in word games such as Wordle and Scrabble.

5 Letter Words Starting with B

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Following is a huge list of common 5 letter words starting with B in the English language.

5 Letter Words Starting with Ba

  • Babel
  • Babes
  • Baboo
  • Bacca
  • Bacco
  • Baccy
  • Bacha
  • Bachs
  • Backs
  • Bacon
  • Baddy
  • Badge
  • Badly
  • Baels
  • Baffs
  • Bafts
  • Baggy
  • Baits
  • Baiza
  • Baize
  • Bajus
  • Baked
  • Baken
  • Baker
  • Bakes
  • Bakra
  • Balas
  • Balds
  • Baldy
  • Baled
  • Baler
  • Bales
  • Balks
  • Balky
  • Balls
  • Bally
  • Balms
  • Balsa
  • Bambi
  • Banak
  • Banal
  • Banco
  • Bancs
  • Bandh
  • Bands
  • Bandy
  • Baned
  • Banes
  • Bangs
  • Bania
  • Banjo
  • Banks
  • Banns
  • Bants
  • Banty
  • Banya
  • Bapus
  • Barbe
  • Barbs
  • Bared
  • Barer
  • Bares
  • Barfi
  • Barfs
  • Barge
  • Baric
  • Barks
  • Barky
  • Barms
  • Barmy
  • Barns
  • Barny
  • Baron
  • Barra
  • Barre
  • Barro
  • Barry
  • Barye
  • Basal
  • Basan
  • Based
  • Baser
  • Bases
  • Basho
  • Basic
  • Basil
  • Basin
  • Basis
  • Basks
  • Bason
  • Basse
  • Bassi
  • Basso
  • Bassy
  • Basta
  • Baste
  • Basti
  • Basto
  • Basts
  • Batch
  • Bated
  • Bates
  • Bathe
  • Baths
  • Batik
  • Baton
  • Batta
  • Batts
  • Battu
  • Batty
  • Bauds
  • Bauks
  • Baulk
  • Baurs
  • Bavin
  • Bawds
  • Bawdy
  • Bawks
  • Bawls
  • Bawns
  • Bayed
  • Bayer
  • Bazar
  • Bazoo
  • Baals
  • Baaps
  • Babas
  • Babby
  • Babka
  • Babul
  • Babus
  • Backy
  • Bacne
  • Badam
  • Baffy
  • Bafta
  • Bagel
  • Baghs
  • Bagie
  • Bagsy
  • Bagua
  • Bahts
  • Bahus
  • Bahut
  • Baiks
  • Baile
  • Bails
  • Bairn
  • Baisa
  • Baith
  • Bajan
  • Bajra
  • Bajri
  • Ballo
  • Balmy
  • Baloi
  • Balon
  • Baloo
  • Balot
  • Balti
  • Balun
  • Balus
  • Balut
  • Bamas
  • Bamma
  • Bammy
  • Banda
  • Banky
  • Bantz
  • Baons
  • Baozi
  • Bappu
  • Barby
  • Barca
  • Barde
  • Bardo
  • Bards
  • Bardy
  • Barfy
  • Basas
  • Basha
  • Batos
  • Bayas
  • Bayes
  • Bayle
  • Bayou
  • Bayts
  • Bazas

5 Letter Words Starting with Be

  • Beach
  • Beads
  • Beady
  • Beaks
  • Beaky
  • Beals
  • Beams
  • Beamy
  • Beano
  • Beans
  • Beany
  • Beard
  • Beare
  • Bears
  • Beast
  • Beath
  • Beats
  • Beaty
  • Beaus
  • Beaut
  • Beaux
  • Bebop
  • Becke
  • Becks
  • Bedad
  • Bedel
  • Bedew
  • Bedim
  • Bedye
  • Beech
  • Beedi
  • Beefy
  • Beeps
  • Beers
  • Beery
  • Beets
  • Befit
  • Befog
  • Begad
  • Began
  • Begar
  • Begat
  • Begem
  • Beget
  • Begin
  • Begot
  • Begum
  • Begun
  • Beige
  • Beigy
  • Being
  • Beins
  • Bekah
  • Belah
  • Belar
  • Belay
  • Belch
  • Belga
  • Belie
  • Belle
  • Bells
  • Belly
  • Belon
  • Below
  • Belts
  • Bemas
  • Bemix
  • Bemud
  • Bench
  • Bends
  • Bendy
  • Benes
  • Benet
  • Benga
  • Benne
  • Benni
  • Benny
  • Bento
  • Bents
  • Benty
  • Beray
  • Beres
  • Beret
  • Bergs
  • Berko
  • Berks
  • Berme
  • Berms
  • Berob
  • Berry
  • Berth
  • Beryl
  • Besaw
  • Besee
  • Beset
  • Besom
  • Bests
  • Betas
  • Betel
  • Betes
  • Beths
  • Betid
  • Beton
  • Betta
  • Betty
  • Bevel
  • Bever
  • Bevor
  • Bevvy
  • Bewet
  • Bewig
  • Bezel
  • Bezes
  • Bezzy
  • Begob
  • Beira
  • Beisa
  • Belit
  • Belli
  • Bello
  • Belve
  • Benji
  • Bevan
  • Bewdy

5 Letter Words Starting with Bh

  • Bhais
  • Bhaji
  • Bhang
  • Bhats
  • Bhava
  • Bhels
  • Bhoot
  • Bhuna
  • Bhuts

5 Letter Words Starting with Bi

  • Bibbs
  • Bibes
  • Bible
  • Biccy
  • Bicep
  • Bices
  • Biddy
  • Bided
  • Bides
  • Bidet
  • Bidis
  • Bidon
  • Bield
  • Biers
  • Biffo
  • Biggy
  • Bight
  • Bigly
  • Bigot
  • Bijou
  • Biked
  • Biker
  • Bikes
  • Bilbo
  • Bilby
  • Biles
  • Bilge
  • Bilgy
  • Bilks
  • Bills
  • Billy
  • Bimas
  • Binal
  • Bindi
  • Binds
  • Biner
  • Bines
  • Binge
  • Bingo
  • Bings
  • Bingy
  • Binit
  • Binks
  • Bints
  • Biogs
  • Biome
  • Biont
  • Biota
  • Biped
  • Bipod
  • Birch
  • Birds
  • Birks
  • Birle
  • Birls
  • Biros
  • Birrs
  • Birse
  • Birsy
  • Birth
  • Bises
  • Bisks
  • Bison
  • Biter
  • Bites
  • Bitou
  • Bitsy
  • Bitte
  • Bitts
  • Bitty
  • Bivia
  • Bivvy
  • Bizes
  • Bizzo
  • Bizzy
  • Biali
  • Bialy
  • Bibis
  • Bicky
  • Bidri
  • Biffs
  • Biffy
  • Bifid
  • Bigae
  • Biggs
  • Bigha
  • Bigos
  • Bihon
  • Bikie
  • Bikky
  • Bilal
  • Bilat
  • Bimah
  • Binky
  • Bions
  • Biose
  • Bippy
  • Birdo
  • Biris
  • Birze
  • Birzz
  • Bisom
  • Bitey
  • Birdy

5 Letter Words Starting with Bl

  • Blabs
  • Black
  • Blade
  • Blads
  • Blady
  • Blaes
  • Blaff
  • Blahs
  • Blain
  • Blame
  • Blams
  • Bland
  • Blank
  • Blare
  • Blart
  • Blase
  • Blash
  • Blast
  • Blate
  • Blats
  • Blatt
  • Blaud
  • Blawn
  • Blays
  • Blaze
  • Bleak
  • Blear
  • Bleat
  • Blebs
  • Blech
  • Bleed
  • Bleep
  • Blees
  • Blend
  • Blent
  • Bless
  • Blest
  • Blets
  • Bleys
  • Blimp
  • Blind
  • Bling
  • Blini
  • Blink
  • Blins
  • Bliny
  • Blips
  • Bliss
  • Blite
  • Blits
  • Blitz
  • Blive
  • Bloat
  • Blobs
  • Block
  • Blocs
  • Blogs
  • Bloke
  • Blond
  • Blood
  • Blook
  • Bloom
  • Bloop
  • Blore
  • Blots
  • Blown
  • Blows
  • Blowy
  • Blubs
  • Bluds
  • Bludy
  • Blued
  • Bluer
  • Blues
  • Bluet
  • Bluey
  • Bluff
  • Bluid
  • Blume
  • Blunk
  • Blunt
  • Blurb
  • Blurs
  • Blurt
  • Blush
  • Blype
  • Blanc
  • Bleah
  • Blonx

5 Letter Words Starting with Bo

  • Boabs
  • Board
  • Boars
  • Boart
  • Boast
  • Boats
  • Boaty
  • Bobac
  • Bobak
  • Bobas
  • Bobby
  • Bobol
  • Bobos
  • Bocca
  • Bocce
  • Bocci
  • Bocks
  • Boded
  • Bodes
  • Bodge
  • Bodgy
  • Bodhi
  • Bodle
  • Bodoh
  • Boeps
  • Boers
  • Boeti
  • Boets
  • Boeuf
  • Boffo
  • Boffs
  • Bogan
  • Bogey
  • Boggy
  • Bogie
  • Bogle
  • Bogue
  • Bogus
  • Bohea
  • Bohos
  • Boils
  • Boing
  • Boink
  • Boite
  • Boked
  • Bokeh
  • Bokes
  • Bokos
  • Bolar
  • Bolas
  • Boldo
  • Bolds
  • Boles
  • Bolet
  • Bolix
  • Bolks
  • Bolls
  • Bolos
  • Bolts
  • Bolus
  • Bomas
  • Bombe
  • Bombo
  • Bombs
  • Bomoh
  • Bomor
  • Bonce
  • Bonds
  • Boned
  • Boner
  • Bones
  • Boney
  • Bongo
  • Bongs
  • Bonks
  • Bonne
  • Bonny
  • Bonum
  • Bonus
  • Bonza
  • Bonze
  • Booay
  • Boobs
  • Booby
  • Boody
  • Booed
  • Boofy
  • Boogy
  • Books
  • Booky
  • Bools
  • Booms
  • Boomy
  • Boons
  • Boors
  • Boose
  • Boost
  • Booth
  • Boots
  • Booty
  • Booze
  • Boozy
  • Boppy
  • Borak
  • Boral
  • Boras
  • Borax
  • Borde
  • Bords
  • Bored
  • Boree
  • Borek
  • Borel
  • Borer
  • Bores
  • Borgo
  • Boric
  • Borks
  • Borms
  • Borna
  • Borne
  • Boron
  • Borts
  • Borty
  • Bortz
  • Bosey
  • Bosie
  • Bosky
  • Bosom
  • Boson
  • Bossa
  • Bossy
  • Bosun
  • Botas
  • Botch
  • Boteh
  • Botel
  • Botes
  • Botew
  • Bothy
  • Botos
  • Botte
  • Botts
  • Botty
  • Bouge
  • Bough
  • Boule
  • Boult
  • Bound
  • Bouns
  • Bourg
  • Bourn
  • Bouse
  • Bousy
  • Bouts
  • Boutu
  • Bovid
  • Bowed
  • Bowel
  • Bower
  • Bowes
  • Bowet
  • Bowie
  • Bowls
  • Bowne
  • Boxed
  • Boxen
  • Boxer
  • Boxes
  • Boxla
  • Boxty
  • Boyar
  • Boyau
  • Boyed
  • Boyey
  • Boyfs
  • Boygs
  • Boyla
  • Boyly
  • Boyos
  • Boysy
  • Bozos

5 Letter Words Starting with Br

  • Brace
  • Brach
  • Brack
  • Bract
  • Brads
  • Braes
  • Brags
  • Braid
  • Brail
  • Brain
  • Brake
  • Braky
  • Brame
  • Brand
  • Brane
  • Brank
  • Brans
  • Brant
  • Brash
  • Brass
  • Brast
  • Brats
  • Brava
  • Brave
  • Bravi
  • Bravo
  • Brawl
  • Brawn
  • Braxy
  • Brays
  • Braza
  • Braze
  • Bread
  • Break
  • Bream
  • Brede
  • Breds
  • Breed
  • Breem
  • Breer
  • Brees
  • Breis
  • Breme
  • Brens
  • Brent
  • Brers
  • Breve
  • Brews
  • Breys
  • Briar
  • Bribe
  • Brick
  • Bride
  • Brief
  • Brier
  • Bries
  • Brigs
  • Briki
  • Briks
  • Brill
  • Brims
  • Brine
  • Bring
  • Brink
  • Brins
  • Briny
  • Brios
  • Brise
  • Brisk
  • Briss
  • Brith
  • Brits
  • Britt
  • Brize
  • Broad
  • Broch
  • Brock
  • Brods
  • Brogh
  • Brogs
  • Broil
  • Broke
  • Brome
  • Bromo
  • Bronc
  • Brood
  • Brook
  • Broom
  • Broos
  • Brose
  • Brosy
  • Broth
  • Brown
  • Brugh
  • Bruin
  • Bruit
  • Brule
  • Brume
  • Brung
  • Brunt
  • Brush
  • Brusk
  • Brust
  • Braai
  • Brahs
  • Bruck
  • Bruhs
  • Bruja
  • Brujo
  • Brute
  • Bruts
  • Bruvs

5 Letter Words Starting with Bu

  • Bubbe
  • Bubby
  • Bucko
  • Bucks
  • Bucku
  • Budas
  • Buddy
  • Budge
  • Budos
  • Buffa
  • Buffi
  • Buffo
  • Buffs
  • Buffy
  • Bufos
  • Buggy
  • Bugle
  • Buiks
  • Build
  • Built
  • Buist
  • Bukes
  • Bulbs
  • Bulge
  • Bulgy
  • Bulks
  • Bulky
  • Bulla
  • Bulls
  • Bully
  • Bumbo
  • Bumfs
  • Bumps
  • Bumpy
  • Bunce
  • Bunch
  • Bunco
  • Bundh
  • Bunds
  • Bundy
  • Bungs
  • Bungy
  • Bunko
  • Bunks
  • Bunny
  • Bunts
  • Buoys
  • Buppy
  • Buran
  • Buras
  • Burbs
  • Burds
  • Buret
  • Burfi
  • Burgh
  • Burgs
  • Burin
  • Burka
  • Burke
  • Burks
  • Burls
  • Burly
  • Burns
  • Burnt
  • Buroo
  • Burps
  • Burqa
  • Burro
  • Burrs
  • Burry
  • Bursa
  • Burse
  • Burst
  • Busby
  • Bused
  • Buses
  • Bushy
  • Busks
  • Busky
  • Bussu
  • Busti
  • Busts
  • Busty
  • Butch
  • Buteo
  • Butes
  • Butte
  • Butts
  • Butty
  • Butut
  • Butyl
  • Buyer
  • Buzzy
  • Buats
  • Buaze
  • Bubal
  • Bubas
  • Bubba
  • Bubus
  • Buchu
  • Buded
  • Budes
  • Buena
  • Bugan
  • Buhls
  • Buhrs
  • Bukos
  • Bundt
  • Bundu
  • Bunia
  • Bunje
  • Bunjy
  • Bunns
  • Bunty
  • Bunya
  • Burra
  • Butoh
  • Buxom
  • Buyin

5 Letter Words Starting with By

  • Bytes
  • Byway
  • Byded
  • Bydes
  • Byked
  • Bykes
  • Bylaw
  • Byres
  • Byrls
  • Byssi
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What Are 5 Letter Words that Start with B?

B is the second and least common letter in the English alphabet. In the game of scrabble, you will notice that out of the 100 tiles, there are only two tiles that feature this letter with 3 points bonus for each. Make the most out of your letter B tiles and bag the highest score possible by adding these 5 letter words starting with B in your vocabulary.

What are 5 Letter Words?

The 5 letter words are tools that you can use both in playing competitive word games and in your daily colloquy.

Five letter words that start with B are words that consist of five letters and begin with the letter “B”.

5 Letter Words that Start with B with Meanings

Let’s learn some common 5 letter words starting with B with their meanings.

  • Babka – bread or cake common among the Jewish people
  • Backs – to give someone financial or moral support
  • Bacon – a type of salt-cured pork meat cut in strips
  • Badge – an emblematic accessory that is worn to represent one’s membership, employment, or achievement
  • Badly – to a severe degree
  • Bagel – is a type of bread with a shape similar to a doughnut
  • Baggy – a loose-fitting outfit or clothing
  • Bahts – plural of baht which is the basic monetary unit of Thailand
  • Bails – to lodge a specific sum amount to secure a prisoner’s temporary release
  • Baits – food or substance typically placed on a hook or inside a trap to attract a prey
  • Baked – cooked in an oven:
  • Baker – someone who makes bread and cakes for a living
  • Balls – the courage or confidence to achieve or do something
  • Bands – the action of putting around a strip or loop on an object or thing
  • Bangs – a trim of hair cut straight across the forehead
  • Banks – the land along the lake or river’s edge
  • Barge – a flat-bottomed boat typically used in transporting passengers and goods through inland waterways
  • Barks – the cry or howl of an animal, especially a dog or wolf
  • Baron – title of the lowest order of the British nobility
  • Based – the center of operation
  • Basic – the foundation or starting point of something
  • Basil – a culinary herb of the mint family
  • Basin – a bowl for cleaning or washing
  • Basks – to enjoy lying under the warmth of the sun
  • Batch – a number of goods produced in one go
  • Bathe – to wash by immersing in water
  • Bawls – weeping or crying
  • Bayou – a marshy outlet near rivers or lakes
  • Beach – the land at the edge of an ocean, lake, or sea
  • Beads – a small piece of glass, stone, or similar material, typically rounded and perforated for threading with others as a necklace or rosary or for sewing onto fabric
  • Beams – a long, sturdy piece of squared timber or metal spanning an opening or part of a building, usually to support the roof or floor above:
  • Beech – a large tree with smooth gray bark, glossy leaves, and hard, pale, fine-grained timber. Its fruit, the beechnut, is an important food for numerous wild birds and mammals.
  • Beefy – food that tastes like beef
  • Beets – a root vegetable of the family Amaranthaceae
  • Beige – a pale, grayish, or brownish color
  • Belly – the frontal part of the human trunk which contains the stomach and bowels
  • Bench – a long seat typically placed outdoors
  • Beret – a hand-knitted and flat-crowned cap
  • Berry – a small and pulpy fruit
  • Bevel – a sloped surface or edge
  • Bible – the Christian scriptures which consist of the Old and New Testaments
  • Bigot – a prejudiced individual who is connected to a belief, opinion, or faction
  • Bingo – a game of cards that involves marking off numbers specific row or pattern
  • Biome – a major habitat of flora and fauna
  • Birch – a slender tree family Betulaceae
  • Birds – vertebrate animals distinguished by their possession of feathers
  • Birth – the start of life or the emergence of young life
  • Black – a color opposite of white
  • Blade – the cutting edge of a tool or weapon
  • Blaze – a fire burning destructively
  • Bleak – it refers to an area of land which lacks vegetation
  • Bleed – to lose blood due to illness or injury
  • Blend – to mix one substance with another
  • Blind – the lack of ability to see due to injury or other health condition
  • Bloat – to become swollen with fluid or gas:
  • Bloom – it refers to a beautiful flower
  • Blues – a music genre that started to gain a wider audience in the 1940s
  • Blush – to become red in the face due to shyness or embarrassment
  • Boast – to talk excessively about one’s own possessions, achievements, or skills
  • Bokeh – In photography, it refers to the out-of-focus aesthetic of a photographic image.
  • Bonus – an additional sum that is given to an employee on top of a salary
  • Booms – a loud resonant sound:
  • Borax – a white mineral used in making glass and ceramics
  • Brink – the furthest edge of land before a steep or slope
  • Broil – to cook meat or fish through exposure to direct heat:
  • Brute – a violent person or animal
  • Bucks – the male of various animals including the goat, deer, and antelopes
  • Bulge – a protuberance distorting a flat surface
  • Buoys – a floating object used as a navigation mark at sea
  • Butte – a hill that features a flat top
  • Byway – an off-road path

 

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B1 Knowledge Check · 5 questions

5 Letter Words Starting with B (949 English Words) — Practice Quiz

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Q1

Question 1: Which of the following is a valid 5-letter word starting with B that refers to a stringed musical instrument?

Question 1 options
"Banjo" is a 5-letter word starting with Ba that refers to a stringed musical instrument. "Bongo" is a drum, "Blare" means a loud sound, and "Bells" are percussion instruments, not stringed.
Q2

Question 2: According to the article, the category of 5-letter words starting with 'Bh' contains more words than the category starting with 'Bl'.

Question 2 options
This is false. The Bh category contains only about 9 words (Bhaji, Bhang, Bhoot, etc.), while the Bl category contains a much larger list including Black, Blade, Blame, Blank, Blaze, Blend, Bliss, Block, Blood, Bloom, and many more.
Q3

Question 3: Which sentence correctly uses a 5-letter B word from the article?

Question 3 options
"Basal" means forming a base or foundation, so "basal layer" is the correct usage. "Bison" is an animal, not something fabric can be. "Blurt" means to say suddenly, not to carefully plan. "Bilge" refers to the bottom of a ship or nonsense, not a cooking action.
Q4

Question 4: Match each 5-letter B word to its correct meaning.

Question 4 options
Bacon
Bezel
Bison
Bloom
Cured pork meat
Large wild animal
Flower or flowering
Rim holding a gem or crystal

Select an item on the left, then tap its match on the right.

"Bacon" is cured pork meat. "Bezel" is the rim or frame holding a gem or watch crystal. "Bison" is a large wild animal similar to a buffalo. "Bloom" means a flower or the act of flowering.
Q5

Question 5: The article organizes 5-letter B words into categories based on their first two letters. Fill in the blank: The word 'BHAJI' falls under the ___ category.

Question 5 options
"Bhaji" starts with the letters B-H, so it falls under the "Bh" category. The article specifically lists Bhaji under the section titled '5 Letter Words Starting with Bh.'

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