Discover a variety of five-letter words that start with the letter “B” to enhance your vocabulary and word game skills.
- Badge- a distinctive emblem worn as a mark of office, membership, achievement, etc.
- Baker- someone who bakes and sells bread, cakes, and pastries.
- Barge- a large, flat-bottomed boat for carrying freight on rivers and canals.
- Basal- forming or belonging at the base of something.
- Basic- involving the main or starting point of a thing.
- Batch- a quantity or consignment of goods produced at one time.
- Beach- a pebbly or sandy shore by the ocean or a lake.
- Beady- small, round, and shiny like a bead.
- Beard- the hair that grows on the chin and cheeks of some men.
- Beast- an animal, especially a large or wild one.
- Beefy- resembling beef; muscular or robust.
- Begun- past participle of begin.
- Belle- a beautiful girl or woman, especially the most beautiful at a particular event or in a particular group.
- Berry- a small, round, fleshy fruit without a stone.
- Bible- the sacred scriptures of Christians comprising the Old Testament and the New Testament.
- Biddy- an old woman; often used as a derogatory term.
- Biker- a person who rides a bicycle or motorcycle.
- Bilge- the lowest part inside a ship or boat where water collects.
- Bingo- a game in which players mark off numbers on a card as the numbers are drawn randomly.
- Biome- a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat.
- Bison- a humpbacked shaggy-haired wild ox native to North America and Europe.
- Blade- the flat cutting edge of a knife, saw, or other tool or weapon.
- Blame- assign responsibility for a fault or wrong.
- Bland- lacking strong features or characteristics; uninteresting.
- Blank- having no marks; not written or printed on.
- Blare- to make or cause to make a loud, harsh sound.
- Bleak- (of an area of land) lacking vegetation and exposed to the elements.
- Blend- mix a substance with another substance so that they combine together.
- Bless- invoke divine care for; to wish well.
- Blind- unable to see; lacking perception, awareness, or judgement.
- Blink- shut and open the eyes quickly.
- Bliss- perfect happiness; great joy.
- Blitz- a sudden, intense military attack, especially aerial bombings.
- Bloat- make or become swollen with fluid or gas.
- Block- a large solid piece of hard material, especially rock, stone, or wood, typically with flat surfaces on each side.
- Blond- (of hair) fair or pale yellow.
- Blood- the red liquid that circulates in the arteries and veins of humans and other vertebrate animals.
- Bloom- produce flowers; be in flower.
- Blown- past participle of blow.
- Bluer- comparative form of blue; more blue.
- Bluff- an attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
- Blunt- having a worn-down edge or point; not sharp.
- Blurb- a short description of a book, movie, or other product written for promotional purposes.
- Blush- develop a pink tinge in the face from embarrassment or shame.
- Board- a long, thin, flat piece of wood or other hard material, used for floors or other building purposes.
- Boast- talk with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one’s achievements, possessions, or abilities.
- Bobby- informal British term for a policeman.
- Boded- past tense of bode; to be an omen of a particular outcome.
- Bogey- an evil or mischievous spirit; a slight defect or flaw in a person or machine.
- Boil- reach, or cause to reach, the temperature at which it bubbles and turns to vapor.
- Booze- alcohol, especially hard liquor.
- Bough- a main branch of a tree.
- Bound- walk or run with leaping strides.
- Boxed- past tense of box; enclosed in or as if in a box.
- Brace- a device that clamps things tightly together or that gives support, particularly a surgical appliance worn to support a weak joint or muscle.
- Braid- threads of silk, cotton, or other material woven into a decorative band for edging or trimming garments.
- Brain- an organ of soft nervous tissue contained in the skull of vertebrates, functioning as the coordinating center of sensation and intellectual and nervous activity.
- Brake- a device for slowing or stopping a moving vehicle, typically by applying pressure to the wheels.
- Brand- a type of product manufactured by a particular company under a particular name.
- Brash- self-assertive in a rude, noisy, or overbearing way.
- Brave- ready to face and endure danger or pain; showing courage.
- Brawl- a rough or noisy fight or quarrel.
- Brawn- physical strength in contrast to intelligence.
- Bread- food made of flour, water, and yeast mixed together and baked.
- Break- separate into pieces as a result of a blow, shock, or strain.
- Bream- a European freshwater fish that is widely sought after by anglers.
- Breve- a musical note having the time value of two whole notes or semibreves.
- Bride- a woman on her wedding day or just before and after the event.
- Brief- short in duration, extent, or length.
- Brine- water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- Bring- take or go with (someone or something) to a place.
- Brink- the extreme edge of land before a steep or vertical slope.
- Briny- tasting of or containing salt; salty.
- Brisk- active, fast, and energetic.
- Broad- having a distance larger than average from side to side; wide.
- Broil- cook (meat or fish) by exposing it directly to heat such as a grill or broiler.
- Broke- having completely run out of money.
- Brood- think deeply about something that makes one unhappy.
- Brook- a small stream.
- Broom- a long-handled brush of bristles or twigs used for sweeping.
- Broth- soup consisting of meat or vegetable chunks, and often rice, cooked in stock.
- Brown- a color produced by mixing red, yellow, and blue, as of dark wood or rich soil.
- Brunt- the worst part or chief impact of a specified thing.
- Brush- an implement with a handle and a block of bristles, hair, or wire, used in painting, cleaning, and grooming.
- Brute- a savagely violent person or animal.
- Bucks- plural of buck; dollar (in informal use).
- Buddy- a close friend.
- Budge- make or cause to make the slightest movement.
- Buff- polish (something).
- Bugle- a brass instrument like a small trumpet, typically without valves or keys and used for military signals.
- Build- construct (something) by putting parts or material together.
- Built- past participle of build.
- Bulge- a rounded swelling that distorts an otherwise flat or even surface.
- Bulky- taking up much space, typically inconveniently; large and unwieldy.
- Bully- a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable.
- Bunch- a number of things, typically of the same kind, growing or fastened together.
- Bunny- a child’s term for a rabbit.
- Burst- break or cause to break suddenly and violently apart, spilling the contents, typically as a result of an impact or internal pressure.
- Bushy- resembling a bush in being thick or dense.
- Butch- (of a woman) having qualities or appearance traditionally associated with men.