Words containing B

Our dictionary holds 42,750 words containing b, ranging from 2 to 24 letters. The highest-scoring of them is BAZZAZZES, worth 47 points in Scrabble.

More of these words begin with B than any other letter — 14,633 of them, about 34% of the list.

1,834 appear in the 20,000 most common English words (4%), including by, be, about, but, business; the remaining 40,916 are rarer finds that still count as valid plays.