5-Letter Words Ending in BA
There are 11 five-letter words ending in BA in our dictionary; 4 of them are common words.
Type your own letters to find only the 5-letter words you can make, or leave it empty to open this list in the word finder.
All 11 words
- rumba9 points
- samba9 points
- scuba9 points
- mamba11 points
- gamba10 points
- ceiba9 points
- yerba10 points
- ameba9 points
- limba9 points
- gleba8 points
- tsuba7 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 11
- By usage: 0 very common, 4 common, 7 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- mamba 11
- gamba 10
- yerba 10
- ameba 9
- ceiba 9
- limba 9
- rumba 9
- samba 9
- scuba 9
- gleba 8
Most common
- rumba
- samba
- scuba
- mamba
- gamba
- ceiba
- yerba
- ameba
- limba
- gleba
Definitions
- rumba (noun)
- Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba.
- samba (noun)
- Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood.
- scuba (noun)
- A device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus.
- mamba (noun)
- Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
Every word in this list has five letters and end in the letters BA. We count 11 of them, with 4 in common use. The score shown on each chip uses classic tile values, so MAMBA at 11 points is the one to remember when a premium square is open. Words with their own page, such as RUMBA, link through to a full breakdown of the shorter words hidden inside them.
How to use this page
This page works as both a reference and a tool. As a reference, it lists every word that end in the letters BA, sorted by familiarity. As a tool, it accepts your own letters in the search box and returns the subset you can play, with scores. The related links at the end cover neighbouring letters and lengths.
Tips
A blank tile is the most powerful piece on your rack because it stands in for any letter. When you search this list with a blank, the tool underlines the letter the blank replaced so you know which tile to lay down. Spend a blank only when it unlocks a long word or a premium square; using it for a three-letter play is almost always a waste. If you hold two blanks, look for a word from this list that needs both, because a seven-tile play with the bonus outscores nearly everything else.
Questions
What is the highest-scoring word among the five-letter words ending in BA?
MAMBA scores 11 points with classic tile values, ignoring board multipliers. The full top ten is in the quick facts above; switch the tile set on the search tool if you play with different letter values.
Why are some of these words unfamiliar?
7 of the 11 words on this page are tagged rare, meaning they fall outside the usual spell-check vocabulary. They are still real words, and many are legal plays, but you should expect a challenge if someone asks you to define them.