5-Letter Words Ending in MB
There are 9 five-letter words ending in MB 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 9 words
- thumb12 points
- climb11 points
- crumb11 points
- plumb11 points
- chimb14 points
- rhomb12 points
- rhumb12 points
- clomb11 points
- coomb11 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 9
- By usage: 4 very common, 0 common, 5 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- chimb 14
- rhomb 12
- rhumb 12
- thumb 12
- climb 11
- clomb 11
- coomb 11
- crumb 11
- plumb 11
Most common
- thumb
- climb
- crumb
- plumb
- chimb
- rhomb
- rhumb
- clomb
- coomb
Definitions
- thumb (noun)
- The thick short innermost digit of the forelimb.
- climb (noun)
- An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
- crumb (noun)
- A very small quantity of something.
- plumb (adjective)
- Exactly vertical.
There are 9 five-letter words ending in MB, and 4 of them are words you would expect to see in everyday writing. The rest are technical terms, plurals, variant spellings and the odd loanword, all of which are legal in most tile games. The highest-scoring entry is CHIMB at 14 points. Scan the common words first, then dip into the rare ones when the board leaves you no other option.
How to use this page
Begin with the search box if you are mid-game: your letters, plus question marks for blanks, produce the playable words instantly. Begin with the list if you are studying: the common words are at the top, the definitions section explains the most useful ones, and the quick facts show the top scorers.
Tips
If you know some letters of a word and their positions, a pattern search finds it faster than scanning a list. Open the word finder, type the word with question marks for the unknown letters, and every match appears immediately. You can combine a pattern with the starts-with and ends-with filters to narrow the set further. This works for crosswords, for daily five-letter puzzles and for any tile game where a board word gives you two or three fixed letters.
Questions
How many five-letter words ending in MB are there?
Our dictionary has 9 five-letter words ending in MB, of which 4 are common English words. The count comes from the public-domain ENABLE list, so it can differ slightly from the dictionary a particular game uses.
What is the highest-scoring word among the five-letter words ending in MB?
CHIMB scores 14 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.