Words starting with B
Every word in the dictionary whose first letter is B — 9,279 of 172,823.
- Words
- 9,279
- Everyday
- 2,194in the size-ranked core
- Longest
- 21buckminsterfullerenes
- Shortest
- 25 words tie
- babble
- babbled
- babbles
- babbling
- babe
- babes
- babied
- babies
- baboon
- baboons
- baby
- babying
- babyish
- bachelor
- bachelors
- back
- backbone
- backbones
- backed
- backer
- backers
- backfire
- backfired
- backfires
- backfiring
- backgammon
- background
- backgrounds
- backhand
- backhanded
- backhanding
- backhands
- backing
- backings
- backlash
- backlashes
- backlog
- backlogged
- backlogging
- backlogs
- backpack
- backpacked
- backpacking
- backpacks
- backs
- backside
- backslash
- backspace
- backstage
- backtrack
- backtracked
- backtracking
- backtracks
- backward
- backwards
- backwoods
- bacon
- bacteria
- bacterial
- bad
- badder
- baddest
- badge
- badger
- badgered
- badgering
- badgers
- badges
- badly
- badminton
- badness
- baffle
- baffled
- baffles
- baffling
- bag
- bagel
- bagels
- baggage
- bagged
- baggier
- baggiest
- bagging
- baggy
- bags
- bail
- bailed
- bailing
- bails
- bait
- baited
- baiting
- baits
- bake
- baked
- baker
- bakeries
- bakers
- bakery
- bakes
- baking
- balance
- balanced
- balances
- balancing
- balconies
- balcony
- bald
- balded
- balder
- baldest
- balding
- baldness
- balds
- bale
- baled
- bales
- baling
- balk
- balked
- balking
- balks
- ball
- ballad
- ballads
- ballast
- ballasted
- ballasting
- ballasts
- balled
- ballerina
- ballerinas
- ballet
- ballets
- balling
- ballistics
- balloon
- ballooned
- ballooning
- balloons
- ballot
- balloted
- balloting
- ballots
- ballroom
- ballrooms
- balls
- balm
- balmier
- balmiest
- balms
- balmy
- baloney
- bamboo
- bamboos
- bamboozle
- bamboozled
- bamboozles
- bamboozling
- ban
- banal
- banana
- bananas
- band
- bandage
- bandaged
- bandages
- bandaging
- bandanna
- bandannas
- banded
- bandied
- bandies
- banding
- bandit
- bandits
- bands
- bandstand
- bandstands
- bandwagon
- bandwagons
- bandwidth
- bandy
- bandying
- bang
- banged
- banging
- bangs
- bani
- banish
- banished
- banishes
- banishing
- banister
- banisters
- banjo
- banjos
- bank
- banked
- banker
- bankers
- banking
- banknotes
- bankrupt
- bankruptcies
- bankruptcy
- bankrupted
- bankrupting
- bankrupts
- banks
- banned
- banner
- banners
- banning
- banquet
- banqueted
- banqueting
- banquets
- bans
- banter
- bantered
- bantering
- banters
- baptism
- baptisms
- baptize
- baptized
- baptizes
- baptizing
- bar
- barb
- barbarian
- barbarians
- barbaric
- barbarous
- barbecue
- barbecued
- barbecues
- barbecuing
- barbed
- barber
- barbered
- barbering
- barbers
- barbing
- barbiturate
- barbiturates
- barbs
- bard
- bards
- bare
- bareback
- bared
- barefoot
- barely
- barer
- bares
- barest
- bargain
- bargained
- bargaining
- bargains
- barge
- barged
- barges
- barging
- baring
- baritone
- baritones
- bark
- barked
- barking
- barks
- barley
- barman
- barn
- barnacle
- barnacles
- barns
- barnyard
- barnyards
- barometer
- barometers
- baron
- barons
- baroque
- barrage
- barraged
- barrages
- barraging
- barred
- barrel
- barreled
- barreling
- barrels
- barren
- barrener
- barrenest
- barrens
- barrette
Showing the first 300 of 9,279, everyday words first and alphabetical inside each group. The longer openings below cut this list into readable pieces.
What is in this list
The longest is buckminsterfullerenes at 21 letters.
They run from 2 to 21 letters; 1,826 of them have 8 letters, more than any other length.
2,194 of them — 24% — are in the everyday tier; the rest are filed as rarer.
Every one of them contains an B.
The one furthest down the tiers is bougainvillaeas, filed in the unranked list.
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Longer openings that begin with B
Elsewhere
Ordered everyday words first, then alphabetical inside each group — the same rule on every list here. At most 300 are printed on one page.