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11-Letter Words Starting With B

There are 654 eleven-letter words starting with B in our dictionary; 274 of them are common words.

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The 600 most common of 654 words

  • backgrounds21 points
  • bureaucracy20 points
  • beautifully19 points
  • brilliantly16 points
  • blackjacked33 points
  • backpacking28 points
  • bamboozling27 points
  • backtracked26 points
  • bequeathing26 points
  • backhanding24 points
  • blacksmiths24 points
  • blacktopped24 points
  • bookkeeping24 points
  • bookkeepers23 points
  • backlogging22 points
  • biochemical22 points
  • blackboards22 points
  • blackmailed22 points
  • bricklayers22 points
  • beneficiary21 points
  • blackmailer21 points
  • blaspheming21 points
  • blockbuster21 points
  • blowtorches21 points
  • breakfasted21 points
  • bankrupting20 points
  • beautifying20 points
  • birthplaces20 points
  • blacklisted20 points
  • blasphemies20 points
  • blasphemous20 points
  • bombardment20 points
  • brainwashed20 points
  • breakwaters20 points
  • brotherhood20 points
  • bullfighter20 points
  • basketballs19 points
  • biographers19 points
  • biographies19 points
  • blindfolded19 points
  • bottlenecks19 points
  • brainwashes19 points
  • browbeating19 points
  • battleships18 points
  • befriending18 points
  • benefactors18 points
  • benevolence18 points
  • bereavement18 points
  • bewildering18 points
  • bloodhounds18 points
  • bobsledding18 points
  • brandishing18 points
  • brightening18 points
  • barricading17 points
  • battlefield17 points
  • boomeranged17 points
  • breadwinner17 points
  • bridegrooms17 points
  • bridesmaids17 points
  • bulldogging17 points
  • butterflied17 points
  • buttonholed17 points
  • belabouring16 points
  • benediction16 points
  • bittersweet16 points
  • bloodstream16 points
  • bludgeoning16 points
  • blueprinted16 points
  • bootlegging16 points
  • broadsiding16 points
  • butterflies16 points
  • buttonholes16 points
  • barbiturate15 points
  • beauticians15 points
  • blueberries15 points
  • brainstorms15 points
  • bureaucrats15 points
  • businessman15 points
  • businessmen15 points
  • belligerent14 points
  • borderlines14 points
  • bourgeoisie14 points
  • bulletining14 points
  • buttressing14 points
  • brutalities13 points
  • backpackers27 points
  • burglarized24 points
  • backstrokes23 points
  • bricklaying23 points
  • brutalizing23 points
  • bucktoothed23 points
  • burglarizes23 points
  • broomsticks21 points
  • badmouthing20 points
  • breadbasket20 points
  • babysitters18 points
  • bellybutton18 points
  • bimonthlies18 points
  • bulletproof18 points
  • bedraggling17 points
  • birdbrained17 points
  • bullshitted17 points
  • bilaterally16 points
  • broadcaster16 points
  • brownstones16 points
  • bootleggers15 points
  • bloodstains14 points
  • bestsellers13 points
  • billionaire13 points
  • bushwhacked29 points
  • bushwhacker28 points
  • bowdlerized27 points
  • bluejackets26 points
  • bowdlerizes26 points
  • biofeedback25 points
  • backspacing24 points
  • backstopped24 points
  • backstretch24 points
  • bastardized24 points
  • beachcomber24 points
  • blameworthy24 points
  • backpedaled23 points
  • backslapper23 points
  • bastardizes23 points
  • bisexuality23 points
  • bivouacking23 points
  • bookshelves23 points
  • burlesquing23 points
  • backslashes22 points
  • bellyaching22 points
  • birdwatcher22 points
  • blackballed22 points
  • blackthorns22 points
  • blockhouses22 points
  • brusqueness22 points
  • backsliding21 points
  • besmirching21 points
  • blackguards21 points
  • bookmobiles21 points
  • boysenberry21 points
  • bullfinches21 points
  • backsliders20 points
  • ballyhooing20 points
  • barbershops20 points
  • beneficence20 points
  • bibliophile20 points
  • biochemists20 points
  • birthrights20 points
  • blasphemers20 points
  • bloodsucker20 points
  • breastworks20 points
  • bashfulness19 points
  • bedevilment19 points
  • bellwethers19 points
  • bifurcating19 points
  • bountifully19 points
  • bridgeheads19 points
  • ballplayers18 points
  • bankrolling18 points
  • barbarously18 points
  • bedevilling18 points
  • beguilingly18 points
  • bellicosity18 points
  • benefaction18 points
  • bifurcation18 points
  • blamelessly18 points
  • bloodmobile18 points
  • bombardiers18 points
  • broadswords18 points
  • buccaneered18 points
  • bloodlessly17 points
  • booksellers17 points
  • boondoggled17 points
  • breadfruits17 points
  • barnstormed16 points
  • beauteously16 points
  • beautifiers16 points
  • birthstones16 points
  • blindsiding16 points
  • blunderbuss16 points
  • boondoggles16 points
  • budgerigars16 points
  • barbarities15 points
  • battlements15 points
  • beleaguered15 points
  • bluebottles15 points
  • boilerplate15 points
  • borderlands15 points
  • breastbones15 points
  • breastplate15 points
  • balustrades14 points
  • blessedness14 points
  • brigantines14 points
  • balloonists13 points
  • bassoonists13 points
  • beastliness13 points
  • brainteaser13 points
  • brittleness13 points
  • brontosaurs13 points
  • blitzkriegs27 points
  • backbenches26 points
  • bejewelling24 points
  • backhanders23 points
  • bedchambers23 points
  • behaviorism21 points
  • bookbinding21 points
  • bookbinders20 points
  • backstreets19 points
  • behaviorist19 points
  • bicentenary18 points
  • blancmanges18 points
  • bondholders18 points
  • bicarbonate17 points
  • biodegraded17 points
  • breadboards17 points
  • broadsheets17 points
  • bandmasters16 points
  • biodegrades16 points
  • botheration16 points
  • brutishness16 points
  • bandleaders15 points
  • baronetcies15 points
  • bathyscaphe26 points
  • barbarizing25 points
  • bathysphere24 points
  • bewhiskered24 points
  • backstabber23 points
  • bewitchment23 points
  • biophysical23 points
  • blacksnakes23 points
  • bookbindery23 points
  • barefacedly22 points
  • benightedly21 points
  • blackamoors21 points
  • bacchanalia20 points
  • befittingly20 points
  • bodybuilder20 points
  • bohemianism20 points
  • bradycardia20 points
  • breakfronts20 points
  • bucolically20 points
  • bumptiously20 points
  • benedictory19 points
  • boilermaker19 points
  • bactericide18 points
  • blandishing18 points
  • botanically18 points
  • braggadocio18 points
  • bushmasters18 points
  • banteringly17 points
  • bilingually17 points
  • bimetallics17 points
  • bimetallism17 points
  • bobsledders17 points
  • boundlessly17 points
  • brighteners17 points
  • buttonwoods17 points
  • balefulness16 points
  • battlefront16 points
  • bearishness16 points
  • beguilement16 points
  • bespattered16 points
  • boondoggler16 points
  • boorishness16 points
  • bounteously16 points
  • brainlessly16 points
  • bullishness16 points
  • burgomaster16 points
  • barnstormer15 points
  • bioreactors15 points
  • bluebonnets15 points
  • butterballs15 points
  • belletrists13 points
  • biliousness13 points
  • biconvexity28 points
  • biorhythmic26 points
  • breechblock26 points
  • backbreaker25 points
  • benzofurans25 points
  • biquadratic25 points
  • bituminized25 points
  • backslapped24 points
  • benzocaines24 points
  • bituminizes24 points
  • bawdyhouses23 points
  • benchwarmer23 points
  • bestialized23 points
  • bibliophily23 points
  • biconcavity23 points
  • bookmarkers23 points
  • breechcloth23 points
  • buffleheads23 points
  • backcrossed22 points
  • barquentine22 points
  • bestializes22 points
  • bizarreness22 points
  • blackbodies22 points
  • blackhearts22 points
  • buxomnesses22 points
  • bachelordom21 points
  • backcrosses21 points
  • barographic21 points
  • bolshevisms21 points
  • borborygmus21 points
  • brachiopods21 points
  • branchiopod21 points
  • besprinkled20 points
  • bibliotheca20 points
  • bichromates20 points
  • bodhisattva20 points
  • bootlicking20 points
  • breadstuffs20 points
  • buttonhooks20 points
  • ballyragged19 points
  • beaverboard19 points
  • beggarweeds19 points
  • bellflowers19 points
  • besprinkles19 points
  • bootlickers19 points
  • brachiating19 points
  • bullyragged19 points
  • bacterially18 points
  • barleycorns18 points
  • batrachians18 points
  • bibliolatry18 points
  • binocularly18 points
  • bioethicist18 points
  • biomedicine18 points
  • bladderwort18 points
  • brachiation18 points
  • brainpowers18 points
  • brecciating18 points
  • bronchioles18 points
  • bacitracins17 points
  • balbriggans17 points
  • battlewagon17 points
  • benignantly17 points
  • bibliomania17 points
  • bibliopoles17 points
  • bimolecular17 points
  • biracialism17 points
  • bitterweeds17 points
  • bristlelike17 points
  • barramundas16 points
  • barrelhouse16 points
  • blastoderms16 points
  • bottomlands16 points
  • brominating16 points
  • butterworts16 points
  • ballcarrier15 points
  • balletomane15 points
  • balustraded15 points
  • baneberries15 points
  • bastinadoed15 points
  • bearberries15 points
  • blaeberries15 points
  • blastocoels15 points
  • blastomeres15 points
  • blastopores15 points
  • boundedness15 points
  • bourgeoning15 points
  • brigandines15 points
  • brucelloses15 points
  • brucellosis15 points
  • banderillas14 points
  • bastinadoes14 points
  • belatedness14 points
  • bioengineer14 points
  • bloodstones14 points
  • burglarious14 points
  • bitartrates13 points
  • bitterroots13 points
  • bonesetters13 points
  • botulinuses13 points
  • bristletail13 points
  • bodychecked29 points
  • bolshevized29 points
  • bolshevizes28 points
  • balkanizing27 points
  • backbencher26 points
  • backwashing26 points
  • bathyscaphs26 points
  • bowdlerizer26 points
  • brazilwoods26 points
  • bryophyllum26 points
  • backdropped25 points
  • bacterizing25 points
  • beachcombed25 points
  • bedizenment25 points
  • bequeathals25 points
  • bipolarized25 points
  • blackfishes25 points
  • buffalofish25 points
  • burlesquely25 points
  • backcountry24 points
  • backgammons24 points
  • backlighted24 points
  • backstabbed24 points
  • bailiffship24 points
  • bakshishing24 points
  • basketworks24 points
  • bimorphemic24 points
  • bipolarizes24 points
  • bookmakings24 points
  • brightworks24 points
  • buckskinned24 points
  • bullwhipped24 points
  • backfilling23 points
  • backfitting23 points
  • backhauling23 points
  • backlashing23 points
  • baksheeshes23 points
  • bathymetric23 points
  • beliquoring23 points
  • blackbirded23 points
  • blackhander23 points
  • brickfields23 points
  • briquetting23 points
  • backbitings22 points
  • backlashers22 points
  • bankability22 points
  • beknighting22 points
  • bizarreries22 points
  • blackbirder22 points
  • blackwaters22 points
  • blanquettes22 points
  • brainsickly22 points
  • bridgeworks22 points
  • brusqueries22 points
  • burlesquers22 points
  • backscatter21 points
  • backslidden21 points
  • bafflements21 points
  • batholithic21 points
  • beachfronts21 points
  • bellyachers21 points
  • bescorching21 points
  • beshadowing21 points
  • bichromated21 points
  • bioactivity21 points
  • bipyramidal21 points
  • blanketlike21 points
  • bodysurfing21 points
  • borohydride21 points
  • bradykinins21 points
  • bronchially21 points
  • bubbleheads21 points
  • bullmastiff21 points
  • backlisting20 points
  • baptismally20 points
  • becowarding20 points
  • bedcovering20 points
  • bedrenching20 points
  • beekeepings20 points
  • beflowering20 points
  • beshivering20 points
  • bibliopegic20 points
  • biddability20 points
  • bijouteries20 points
  • biopolymers20 points
  • blackenings20 points
  • blindfishes20 points
  • bloodstocks20 points
  • blueshifted20 points
  • bodysurfers20 points
  • bonefishing20 points
  • bookishness20 points
  • breadthwise20 points
  • breakfaster20 points
  • breechclout20 points
  • bumbershoot20 points
  • babblements19 points
  • baldachinos19 points
  • bedarkening19 points
  • besmoothing19 points
  • bicomponent19 points
  • bioclimatic19 points
  • biographees19 points
  • blacklister19 points
  • blacknesses19 points
  • bladderlike19 points
  • bluffnesses19 points
  • bodaciously19 points
  • brainwasher19 points
  • broadcloths19 points
  • brownshirts19 points
  • bryological19 points
  • butterflyer19 points
  • buttermilks19 points
  • banishments18 points
  • basipetally18 points
  • basophilias18 points
  • bearability18 points
  • becarpeting18 points
  • beclamoring18 points
  • becudgeling18 points
  • becudgelled18 points
  • bedeafening18 points
  • bedriveling18 points
  • bedrivelled18 points
  • befingering18 points
  • bellicosely18 points
  • belowground18 points
  • bemaddening18 points
  • bemurmuring18 points
  • beneficiate18 points
  • beshrouding18 points
  • bimillenary18 points
  • biosocially18 points
  • bipartitely18 points
  • bipedalisms18 points
  • bipinnately18 points
  • bitterbrush18 points
  • blastocysts18 points
  • bleacherite18 points
  • bloodguilty18 points
  • bombinating18 points
  • bookselling18 points
  • bottlebrush18 points
  • bowdlerised18 points
  • brachiators18 points
  • branchlines18 points
  • bronchiolar18 points
  • bushranging18 points
  • bacteremias17 points
  • bacteriocin17 points
  • balkinesses17 points
  • bankrollers17 points
  • bargeboards17 points
  • barkentines17 points
  • baroceptors17 points
  • barrelheads17 points
  • barricadoed17 points
  • bawdinesses17 points
  • bayonetting17 points
  • bediapering17 points
  • beglamoring17 points
  • beglamoured17 points
  • bemusements17 points
  • benefitting17 points
  • bespreading17 points
  • bidonvilles17 points
  • bilgewaters17 points
  • biliverdins17 points
  • billboarded17 points
  • bioassaying17 points
  • bioelectric17 points
  • biofoulings17 points
  • biometrical17 points
  • biomolecule17 points
  • biosciences17 points
  • blandishers17 points
  • blanknesses17 points
  • blastematic17 points
  • blastoporic17 points
  • bleaknesses17 points
  • bombination17 points
  • bourbonisms17 points
  • bowdlerises17 points
  • brecciation17 points
  • brisknesses17 points
  • broadcasted17 points
  • bromouracil17 points
  • broomballer17 points
  • brownnosing17 points
  • bryologists17 points
  • buccinators17 points
  • bulkinesses17 points
  • bumpinesses17 points
  • burnishings17 points
  • bushrangers17 points
  • butterweeds17 points
  • buttinskies17 points
  • barramundis16 points
  • barricadoes16 points
  • bearbaiting16 points
  • beautifuler16 points
  • berascaling16 points
  • bescreening16 points
  • betweenness16 points
  • bidialectal16 points
  • binucleated16 points
  • biologicals16 points
  • biologistic16 points
  • biosafeties16 points
  • blastodiscs16 points
  • boatbuilder16 points
  • brashnesses16 points
  • breathiness16 points
  • briefnesses16 points
  • brigandages16 points
  • brownnosers16 points
  • bullbaiting16 points
  • bulldoggers16 points
  • bushinesses16 points
  • buttonholer16 points
  • butylations16 points
  • bacteriuria15 points
  • bagginesses15 points
  • balminesses15 points

Quick facts

  • Total words: 654
  • By usage: 85 very common, 189 common, 380 rare

Highest scoring (classic tiles)

  1. blackjacked 33
  2. bodychecked 29
  3. bolshevized 29
  4. bushwhacked 29
  5. backpacking 28
  6. biconvexity 28
  7. bolshevizes 28
  8. bushwhacker 28
  9. backpackers 27
  10. balkanizing 27

Most common

  1. backgrounds
  2. bureaucracy
  3. beautifully
  4. brilliantly
  5. blackjacked
  6. backpacking
  7. bamboozling
  8. backtracked
  9. bequeathing
  10. backhanding

Definitions

bureaucracy (noun)
Nonelective government officials.
beautifully (adverb)
In a beautiful manner.
brilliantly (adverb)
With brightness.
backpacking (noun)
Carrying something in a pack on the back.

Words that start with B come up constantly in tile games, crosswords and daily letter puzzles, and this page gathers all 654 of the eleven-letter ones. The most useful are the common words at the top of the list; the rare ones at the bottom are worth knowing when you need to hook onto an awkward board position. BLACKJACKED is the top scorer here, worth 33 points before any board multiplier.

How to use this page

Use this list in two ways. Browse it to learn the words that start with B, common ones first, or search it by typing your own letters, with question marks for blanks, to see only the words you can make. Every word shows its classic tile score, and linked words open a page with all their sub-words.

Tips

The list puts common words first for a reason: they are the ones an opponent is least likely to challenge and the ones you will remember next time. When two plays score about the same, prefer the common word. Save the rare entries for situations where they are clearly better, such as a triple-word square that only an obscure word can reach. If you are learning vocabulary or solving a puzzle for a newspaper, stick to the very common words marked with a dot; they are the ones the setter almost certainly had in mind.

Questions

Which eleven-letter words starting with B are the most common?

BACKGROUNDS, BUREAUCRACY and BEAUTIFULLY are among the most familiar. The list is sorted with everyday words first, and the very common ones carry a small dot, so you can read the top of the page and skip the obscure entries at the bottom.

Can I search this list with my own letters?

Yes. Type your letters into the search box at the top of the page, using a question mark for a blank, and the tool will show only the eleven-letter words starting with B you can actually spell from that rack, with scores.