Five-letter words starting with B

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BACON Very unlikely used BADGE Very unlikely used BADLY Possible used BAGEL Very unlikely used BAGGY Likely BAKER Very unlikely used BALER Very unlikely used BALMY Very unlikely used BALSA Very unlikely used BANAL Very unlikely used BANJO Very unlikely used BARGE Very unlikely used BARON Very unlikely used BASAL Likely BASIC Possible used BASIL Very unlikely used BASIN Very unlikely used BASIS Very unlikely used BASTE Very unlikely used BATCH Very unlikely used BATHE Very unlikely used BATON Possible used BATTY Possible used BAWDY Very unlikely used BAYOU Very unlikely used BEACH Very unlikely used BEADY Very unlikely used BEARD Very unlikely used BEAST Very unlikely used BEAUT Very unlikely used BEECH Likely BEEFY Very unlikely used BEFIT Very unlikely used BEGAN Likely BEGAT Likely BEGET Very unlikely used BEGIN Very unlikely used BEGUN Very unlikely used BEIGE Very unlikely used BEING Very unlikely used BELCH Possible used BELIE Very unlikely used BELLE Very unlikely used BELLY Possible used BELOW Very unlikely used BENCH Possible used BERET Very unlikely used BERRY Likely BERTH Very unlikely used BESET Very unlikely used BETEL Likely BEVEL Very unlikely used BEZEL Likely BIBLE Likely BICEP Very unlikely used BIDDY Likely BIGOT Likely BILGE Very unlikely used BILLY Likely BINGE Very unlikely used BINGO Very unlikely used BIOME Possible used BIRCH Very unlikely used BIRTH Very unlikely used BISON Likely BITTY Likely BLACK Very unlikely used BLADE Very unlikely used BLAME Very unlikely used BLAND Very unlikely used BLANK Very unlikely used BLARE Very unlikely used BLAST Very unlikely used BLAZE Very unlikely used BLEAK Very unlikely used BLEAT Very unlikely used BLEED Possible used BLEEP Very unlikely used BLEND Very unlikely used BLESS Likely BLIMP Very unlikely used BLIND Very unlikely used BLINK Very unlikely used BLISS Very unlikely used BLITZ Likely BLOAT Likely BLOCK Very unlikely used BLOKE Very unlikely used BLOND Very unlikely used BLOOD Very unlikely used BLOOM Very unlikely used BLOWN Very unlikely used BLUER Likely BLUFF Very unlikely used BLUNT Very unlikely used BLURB Very unlikely used BLURT Possible used BLUSH Possible used BOARD Very unlikely used BOAST Very unlikely used BOBBY Likely BONEY Likely BONGO Very unlikely used BONUS Very unlikely used BOOBY Possible used BOOST Very unlikely used BOOTH Very unlikely used BOOTY Very unlikely used BOOZE Very unlikely used BOOZY Possible used BORAX Very unlikely used BORNE Very unlikely used BOSOM Likely BOSSY Very unlikely used BOTCH Likely BOUGH Very unlikely used BOULE Likely BOUND Likely BOWEL Likely BOXER Very unlikely used BRACE Very unlikely used BRAID Very unlikely used BRAIN Very unlikely used BRAKE Possible used BRAND Very unlikely used BRASH Very unlikely used BRASS Very unlikely used BRAVE Very unlikely used BRAVO Very unlikely used BRAWL Likely BRAWN Very unlikely used BREAD Very unlikely used BREAK Possible used BREED Very unlikely used BRIAR Possible used BRIBE Possible used BRICK Likely BRIDE Very unlikely used BRIEF Very unlikely used BRINE Very unlikely used BRING Possible used BRINK Very unlikely used BRINY Very unlikely used BRISK Very unlikely used BROAD Very unlikely used BROIL Very unlikely used BROKE Very unlikely used BROOD Very unlikely used BROOK Very unlikely used BROOM Very unlikely used BROTH Very unlikely used BROWN Very unlikely used BRUNT Likely BRUSH Very unlikely used BRUTE Very unlikely used BUDDY Very unlikely used BUDGE Very unlikely used BUGGY Very unlikely used BUGLE Very unlikely used BUILD Very unlikely used BUILT Very unlikely used BULGE Very unlikely used BULKY Very unlikely used BULLY Very unlikely used BUMPY Very unlikely used BUNCH Very unlikely used BUNNY Very unlikely used BURLY Very unlikely used BURNT Very unlikely used BURST Very unlikely used BUSED Likely BUSHY Likely BUTCH Likely BUTTE Very unlikely used BUXOM Likely BUYER Very unlikely used BYLAW Very unlikely used BABES Very unlikely BACKS Very unlikely BAFTA Very unlikely BAKED Possible BALLS Very unlikely BANCO Very unlikely BANDA Very unlikely BANDS Very unlikely BANGS Very unlikely BANKS Very unlikely BANTU Very unlikely BARCA Very unlikely BARKS Very unlikely BARNS Very unlikely BARRE Very unlikely BARRY Very unlikely BASED Possible BASES Very unlikely BATES Very unlikely BATHS Very unlikely BAYER Very unlikely BEADS Very unlikely BEAMS Very unlikely

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AROSE leaves 38.6247 matching words on average, weighted by the answer model through 2026-11-05. This is the recommended move among a fixed panel of 64 evaluated guesses. All 1003 matching words count, including words outside the working answer pool.

This move is an information probe: it does not fit this list and cannot solve this illustrated position immediately. It tests letters in Normal Mode; a Hard Mode move must also keep your revealed hints.

To attempt the most likely matching answer now, BAGGY has a 1.9% modelled immediate solve chance and leaves 272.1532 words on average. This compares an immediate answer attempt with the information gained by the recommended move.

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How many five-letter words start with B?
There are 1,003 five-letter words that start with B in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 177 words are possible answers.