5 Letter Words Containing B

How to find a five-letter word with a B in Wordle

Looking for 5 letter words that contain B to solve a Wordle? The finder above already has B in "Must contain". If you know its spot, use a green box instead.

A real example from our word list: the answer is TRIBE, and all you know is that it has a B in it, which leaves 206 common words. Open with BARON, the guess that splits this set most evenly.

Guess 1: BARON B and R are yellow, and the rest are grey. That leaves 5 possible answers: rugby, tribe, rebel, fiber and fibre.

Guess 2: FIBER I, B, E and R are yellow, and the rest are grey. That leaves 1 possible answer.

Guess 3: TRIBE All five letters are green. Solved in 3.

Where B appears in the word

In common words with B, the letter sits most often in the first spot (66%) and least often in the fifth (3%). If you've had B come back yellow, try it in the first or third spot next.

11 of them use B twice, like bible, bobby, lobby and hobby.

The letters that appear most often alongside B are E (in 44%), A (in 41%) and R (in 35%).

About 5 letter words with B

B shows up most often at the start of a word, as in black, brain and board, but it's also common in the middle of words like above, table and labor. Double B appears in a handful of words, like hobby, lobby and rabbi. B is worth 3 points in Scrabble. In Wordle, a B in the last spot is rare, so if B is yellow, try it first or third before trying it last.

B ranks 18 out of 26 as a letter for 5 letter words.

Where B fits in a word

B is mostly a first letter: about two thirds of common B words start with it, as in black and bring. In the middle, B often follows a vowel, as in cabin, label and robin. Double B appears in bobby and abbey. Only a handful of words end in B, like climb and thumb. In Wordle, a yellow B is usually best tried first. For that large group, see 5 letter words starting with B, or use the 5 letter word finder to place B in a specific spot.

Vowels in 5 letter words with B

E is the most common vowel here, appearing in 44% of the common words, followed by A (41%) and O (32%). The least common is U (20%).

31% have just one vowel, like black, bring, brown and block. At the other end, about, above and abuse have three or more.

Nouns, verbs and adjectives

By main meaning (WordNet), there are 137 nouns, 36 adjectives, 27 verbs and 5 adverbs.

Nouns include being, board and blood. Adjectives include based, black and built. Verbs include bring, break and build. Adverbs include about, maybe and above.

Best Wordle guesses with B

Top guesses, with the average number of the 206 common words each leaves: BARON (9.0), BRINE (9.3), TABLE (9.4), BARGE (9.5) and BORED (9.7).

28% repeat a letter, and 39 have a double letter, like blood, boost, buddy and billy.

Highest-scoring 5 letter words with B in Scrabble

Top common words: hijab (17), blaze (16) and booze (16). All valid words: buzzy (28), bizzy (28) and abuzz (25). 85 words reach 15 points or more.