5 Letter Words Ending in B
Need five-letter words that end in B? There are 57 valid 5 letter words ending in B, and 7 of them are common everyday words. The most used is climb. Use the finder for your Wordle clues, or browse the lists below. To search all words at once, use the five letter word finder.
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Shows every 5 letter word you can make using only these letters. Each letter can be used as many times as you type it.
5 letter words ending in B at a glance
- Valid words
- 57
- Common words
- 7
- Most common
- climb
- Top Scrabble score (common)
- hijab 17 pts
- Top Scrabble score (all)
- zebub 18 pts
- Best Wordle guess in this set
- sahib
- The 1st letter is S in 43% of common words.
- The 2nd letter is H in 29% of common words.
- The 3rd letter is R in 29% of common words.
- The 4th letter is M in 29% of common words.
Common 5 letter words ending in B (7)
The words with 5 letters ending in B you're most likely to know, most used first.
- climb11
- thumb12
- scrub9
- shrub10
- hijab17
- kebab13
- sahib10
How to find a five-letter word that ends in a B
Looking for 5 letter words that end with B to solve a Wordle? The finder above already has B in the last green box; add your other clues.
A real example from our word list: the answer is CRUMB, and all you know is that it ends in B, which leaves 24 everyday words. Open with REHAB, the guess that splits this set most evenly.
Guess 1: REHAB B is green and R is yellow, and the rest are grey. That leaves 3 possible answers: scrub, crumb and blurb.
Guess 2: SCRUB B is green and C, R and U are yellow, and the rest are grey. That leaves 1 possible answer.
Guess 3: CRUMB All five letters are green. Solved in 3.
What comes before the final B?
The most common endings are -AB (33%), -MB (17%) and -OB (17%). If you know the last letter is B, these pairs are the best place to start for the fourth letter.
| Ends in | Number of everyday words | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| -AB | 8 | rehab, hijab, kebab, nawab |
| -MB | 4 | climb, thumb, crumb, plumb |
| -OB | 4 | throb, carob, kabob, nabob |
| -EB | 3 | celeb, saheb, dweeb |
| -UB | 2 | scrub, shrub |
| -IB | 2 | sahib, squib |
What the most common ones mean
- climb
- verbgo upward with gradual or continuous progress
- thumb
- nounthe thick short innermost digit of the forelimb
- scrub
- verbclean with hard rubbing
- shrub
- nouna low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
- hijab
- nouna headscarf worn by Muslim women
- kebab
- nouncubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables
- sahib
- nounformerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
About 5 letter words ending in B
Few common words end in B, and several of them have a silent B after M: climb, thumb and crumb. The others usually end in -UB, like scrub and shrub, or are borrowed words such as kebab. Because the list is short, if you know the answer ends in B, a single well-chosen guess often narrows it to one or two words. Testing M and U in the fourth spot is a good start.
B is one of the least common last letters for 5 letter words, ranking 22 out of 26.
Common endings with B
With only a handful of common words, the B list is quick to learn: hijab and sahib. Two patterns cover most of them: a silent B after M, and -UB after a consonant pair. Because the list is so short, a B at the end is a strong clue in Wordle. If you see it, the answer is very likely one of the words above. In Scrabble, B is worth 3 points, and climb and thumb are good plays because they use common letters. For the far larger group of words that start with B, see 5 letter words starting with B.
Vowels in 5 letter words ending in B
A is the most common vowel here, appearing in 54% of the everyday words, followed by U (33%) and E (21%). The least common is O (21%).
33% have just one vowel, like climb, thumb, scrub and shrub.
Nouns, verbs and adjectives
By main meaning (WordNet), there are 12 nouns and 4 verbs.
Nouns include thumb, shrub and hijab. Verbs include climb, scrub and plumb.
Best Wordle guesses that end in B
Top guesses, with the average number of the 24 everyday words each leaves: REHAB (2.5), CAROB (2.7), SAHEB (2.7), SAHIB (2.8) and SQUAB (3.7).
33% repeat a letter, and one has a double letter: dweeb.
Highest-scoring 5 letter words ending in B in Scrabble
Top everyday words: hijab (17), niqab (16) and squib (16). All valid words: zebub (18), hijab (17) and hejab (17). 8 words reach 15 points or more.
All 57 valid 5 letter words ending in B50 rarer words accepted in Scrabble and Wordle, not shown above. Plurals are marked.
- rehab10
- celeb9
- crumb11
- plumb11
- blurb9
- throb10
- nawab10
- vocab12
- saheb10
- niqab16
- dweeb11
- squib16
- carob9
- squab16
- kabob13
- kabab13
- nabob9
- demob10
- rhomb12
- rhumb12
- zineb16
- redub8
- exurb14
- cubeb11
- coomb11
- acerb9
- ardeb8
- berob9
- cabob11
- chimb14
- clomb11
- coarb9
- cohab12
- courb9
- coxib16
- cromb11
- droob8
- hejab17
- inorb7
- jelab14
- kebob13
- neemb9
- nikab11
- scrab9
- shlub10
- slubb9
- slurb7
- stilb7
- weamb12
- zebub18
Questions people ask
How many 5 letter words ending in B are there?
57 valid words; 7 of them are common everyday words.
What is a five-letter word that ends in a B?
The most common is climb. Other everyday examples are thumb, scrub and shrub.
What is the best Wordle guess that ends in B?
sahib, leaving about 1.0 possible answers on average.
Which 5 letter word ending in B scores the most in Scrabble?
Among common words, hijab scores 17 points. Among all valid words, zebub scores 18.
What 5 letter words start with S and end in B?
S is the most common first letter for these words (6 of the everyday words). Examples: scrub, shrub, sahib and saheb.
Do more 5 letter words end with B or start with B?
57 valid 5 letter words end with B, compared with 886 that start with it. See 5 letter words starting with B.
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