9-Letter Words With B
There are 3,971 nine-letter words containing B in our dictionary; 1,759 of them are common words.
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The 600 most common of 3,971 words
- backwards21 points
- everybody21 points
- objecting21 points
- objection20 points
- publicity18 points
- behaviour17 points
- obviously17 points
- published17 points
- basically16 points
- combining16 points
- publishes16 points
- believing15 points
- borrowing15 points
- bothering15 points
- cardboard15 points
- described15 points
- observing15 points
- remembers15 points
- ambiguous14 points
- arbitrary14 points
- available14 points
- beautiful14 points
- broadcast14 points
- describes14 points
- establish14 points
- inability14 points
- invisible14 points
- submitted14 points
- variables14 points
- assembler13 points
- beginning13 points
- buildings13 points
- disturbed13 points
- embarrass13 points
- desirable12 points
- labelling12 points
- obtaining12 points
- abilities11 points
- libraries11 points
- publicize24 points
- objective23 points
- textbooks22 points
- backspace21 points
- drawbacks21 points
- enjoyable21 points
- paperback21 points
- subjected21 points
- subsidize21 points
- biography20 points
- bookshops20 points
- bandwidth19 points
- blackmail19 points
- breakdown19 points
- keyboards19 points
- bracketed18 points
- breakfast18 points
- buffering18 points
- obnoxious18 points
- ambiguity17 points
- favorable17 points
- gibberish17 points
- megabytes17 points
- bandwagon16 points
- embedding16 points
- forbidden16 points
- miserably16 points
- obscurity16 points
- prohibits16 points
- publisher16 points
- abolished15 points
- advisable15 points
- bacterium15 points
- bookstore15 points
- breathing15 points
- brightest15 points
- debugging15 points
- imbalance15 points
- incapable15 points
- inhabited15 points
- inhibited15 points
- memorable15 points
- neighbors15 points
- neighbour15 points
- prescribe15 points
- subscribe15 points
- vegetable15 points
- abolishes14 points
- absorbing14 points
- admirable14 points
- algebraic14 points
- allowable14 points
- assembled14 points
- balancing14 points
- believers14 points
- blatantly14 points
- debatable14 points
- liability14 points
- numbering14 points
- obscuring14 points
- observers14 points
- resembled14 points
- stability14 points
- stumbling14 points
- abandoned13 points
- ambitious13 points
- assembles13 points
- belonging13 points
- celebrate13 points
- disabling13 points
- miserable13 points
- obstructs13 points
- plausible13 points
- resembles13 points
- substance13 points
- timetable13 points
- beginners12 points
- biologist12 points
- databases12 points
- doubtless12 points
- obsessing12 points
- abolition11 points
- attribute11 points
- barrister11 points
- batteries11 points
- brilliant11 points
- elaborate11 points
- liberties11 points
- librarian11 points
- obsession11 points
- turntable11 points
- embezzled32 points
- embezzles31 points
- blackjack30 points
- blizzards30 points
- kickbacks27 points
- backpacks25 points
- hunchback25 points
- symbolize25 points
- bamboozle24 points
- piggyback24 points
- backtrack23 points
- baptizing23 points
- bequeaths23 points
- flashback23 points
- mobilized23 points
- quibbling23 points
- squabbled23 points
- throwback23 points
- workbench23 points
- bulldozed22 points
- exhibited22 points
- jawboning22 points
- matchbook22 points
- mobilizes22 points
- squabbles22 points
- thumbtack22 points
- workbooks22 points
- backfired21 points
- backhands21 points
- backwoods21 points
- banqueted21 points
- blackhead21 points
- blasphemy21 points
- blockhead21 points
- bookmarks21 points
- bookshelf21 points
- brazening21 points
- breakneck21 points
- bulldozer21 points
- bulldozes21 points
- cookbooks21 points
- highbrows21 points
- honeycomb21 points
- jabbering21 points
- backfires20 points
- backslash20 points
- bewitched20 points
- birthmark20 points
- blackbird20 points
- bookworms20 points
- boutiques20 points
- breeziest20 points
- brusquest20 points
- equitable20 points
- excitable20 points
- excusable20 points
- favorably20 points
- horseback20 points
- jamborees20 points
- mailboxes20 points
- objectors20 points
- stabilize20 points
- backbones19 points
- bewitches19 points
- bicycling19 points
- blacktops19 points
- blockaded19 points
- blowtorch19 points
- boardwalk19 points
- handbooks19 points
- hobnobbed19 points
- hyperbole19 points
- misbehave19 points
- prefabbed19 points
- schoolboy19 points
- scrapbook19 points
- shrubbery19 points
- subjugate19 points
- amphibian18 points
- backstage18 points
- beckoning18 points
- bickering18 points
- birthdays18 points
- bisexuals18 points
- blackened18 points
- blaspheme18 points
- blockades18 points
- boyfriend18 points
- bucketing18 points
- buffaloed18 points
- buffeting18 points
- bullfight18 points
- chubbiest18 points
- crybabies18 points
- disembark18 points
- dumbfound18 points
- embarking18 points
- embodying18 points
- embryonic18 points
- exuberant18 points
- flammable18 points
- greenback18 points
- immovable18 points
- kilobytes18 points
- memorably18 points
- rebuffing18 points
- roadblock18 points
- succumbed18 points
- symbolism18 points
- unblocked18 points
- admirably17 points
- ambushing17 points
- bankrupts17 points
- blacklist17 points
- blackouts17 points
- blanching17 points
- bleaching17 points
- blemished17 points
- blotching17 points
- bodyguard17 points
- bombarded17 points
- bookcases17 points
- bowlegged17 points
- boycotted17 points
- brainwash17 points
- branching17 points
- breaching17 points
- breakable17 points
- broaching17 points
- brotherly17 points
- brunching17 points
- buffaloes17 points
- bumblebee17 points
- butchered17 points
- butterfly17 points
- bypassing17 points
- cucumbers17 points
- debunking17 points
- guidebook17 points
- hamburger17 points
- hillbilly17 points
- hobgoblin17 points
- invisibly17 points
- labyrinth17 points
- motorbike17 points
- nightclub17 points
- overblown17 points
- passbooks17 points
- refurbish17 points
- throbbing17 points
- verbosity17 points
- viability17 points
- washables17 points
- wishbones17 points
- alphabets16 points
- bachelors16 points
- barbecued16 points
- bathrooms16 points
- beheading16 points
- beholding16 points
- benighted16 points
- beseeches16 points
- blanketed16 points
- blemishes16 points
- blighting16 points
- blindfold16 points
- blinkered16 points
- bloodshed16 points
- bloodying16 points
- blubbered16 points
- blueberry16 points
- brandying16 points
- briefcase16 points
- brochures16 points
- brokering16 points
- browbeats16 points
- celebrity16 points
- clambered16 points
- clipboard16 points
- clubhouse16 points
- combating16 points
- cranberry16 points
- crossbows16 points
- crumbling16 points
- cupboards16 points
- dashboard16 points
- deathbeds16 points
- debriefed16 points
- dismember16 points
- disobeyed16 points
- drinkable16 points
- dumbbells16 points
- embalming16 points
- embellish16 points
- embracing16 points
- fabricate16 points
- flabbiest16 points
- foreboded16 points
- habitable16 points
- husbanded16 points
- lobbyists16 points
- mothballs16 points
- obscenity16 points
- obstinacy16 points
- plausibly16 points
- raspberry16 points
- removable16 points
- rubbishes16 points
- scrambled16 points
- scribbled16 points
- scrubbing16 points
- shabbiest16 points
- subdivide16 points
- subsystem16 points
- vagabonds16 points
- wobbliest16 points
- abdicated15 points
- abducting15 points
- abhorring15 points
- absconded15 points
- absolving15 points
- absurdity15 points
- acrobatic15 points
- adverbial15 points
- agreeably15 points
- ambiances15 points
- ambiences15 points
- ambulance15 points
- anybodies15 points
- avoidable15 points
- banishing15 points
- banknotes15 points
- barbecues15 points
- barnyards15 points
- bayoneted15 points
- beavering15 points
- bedspread15 points
- befalling15 points
- befitting15 points
- befriends15 points
- begrudged15 points
- belatedly15 points
- bellowing15 points
- benefited15 points
- bereaving15 points
- bestowing15 points
- betraying15 points
- beverages15 points
- bewilders15 points
- billfolds15 points
- billowing15 points
- birdcages15 points
- bloodshot15 points
- boulevard15 points
- brightens15 points
- brocading15 points
- bubbliest15 points
- bullfrogs15 points
- bungalows15 points
- burnished15 points
- burrowing15 points
- busheling15 points
- bushelled15 points
- buttercup15 points
- bystander15 points
- combatant15 points
- crabbiest15 points
- crumblier15 points
- definable15 points
- disbelief15 points
- divisible15 points
- dribbling15 points
- dubiously15 points
- embargoed15 points
- encumbers15 points
- eyeballed15 points
- forebodes15 points
- gibbering15 points
- grumbling15 points
- handlebar15 points
- harboring15 points
- harboured15 points
- illegibly15 points
- imbeciles15 points
- incumbent15 points
- indelibly15 points
- laughable15 points
- membranes15 points
- metabolic15 points
- moonbeams15 points
- navigable15 points
- notebooks15 points
- outbreaks15 points
- overboard15 points
- peaceable15 points
- preambles15 points
- probables15 points
- republics15 points
- sagebrush15 points
- scrambles15 points
- scribbles15 points
- semblance15 points
- submerged15 points
- subscript15 points
- subverted15 points
- sunbathed15 points
- surfboard15 points
- vibrating15 points
- wardrobes15 points
- abdicates14 points
- abdominal14 points
- abhorrent14 points
- abrasives14 points
- abridging14 points
- abscessed14 points
- abundance14 points
- adaptable14 points
- ascribing14 points
- badgering14 points
- badminton14 points
- bandaging14 points
- barbering14 points
- barricade14 points
- bedridden14 points
- beggaring14 points
- begrudges14 points
- belabored14 points
- bemoaning14 points
- betrayals14 points
- betrothal14 points
- bigamists14 points
- billboard14 points
- bisecting14 points
- blossomed14 points
- bluebirds14 points
- boomerang14 points
- bottoming14 points
- bountiful14 points
- brawniest14 points
- breathers14 points
- breweries14 points
- brutality14 points
- budgeting14 points
- burnishes14 points
- diabetics14 points
- disbanded14 points
- embargoes14 points
- embossing14 points
- embroider14 points
- footballs14 points
- frostbite14 points
- grubbiest14 points
- heartbeat14 points
- heartburn14 points
- hibernate14 points
- honorable14 points
- houseboat14 points
- incubated14 points
- inscribed14 points
- irritably14 points
- liberally14 points
- lifeboats14 points
- limbering14 points
- lumbering14 points
- mandibles14 points
- obedience14 points
- oblivious14 points
- observant14 points
- obsessive14 points
- obtrusive14 points
- overbears14 points
- overborne14 points
- perturbed14 points
- rabbiting14 points
- renewable14 points
- slobbered14 points
- slumbered14 points
- snowballs14 points
- softballs14 points
- speedboat14 points
- spellbind14 points
- subliming14 points
- submerges14 points
- sunbathes14 points
- syllables14 points
- timbering14 points
- tolerably14 points
- trembling14 points
- tributary14 points
- valuables14 points
- venerable14 points
- veritable14 points
- vertebrae14 points
- vestibule14 points
- vibration14 points
- abounding13 points
- abruptest13 points
- abscesses13 points
- absorbent13 points
- abstracts13 points
- ambitions13 points
- bacterial13 points
- balconies13 points
- ballrooms13 points
- bandstand13 points
- barbarian13 points
- barbarous13 points
- bargained13 points
- barnacles13 points
- barometer13 points
- barraging13 points
- baseballs13 points
- basements13 points
- beguiling13 points
- belabours13 points
- besieging13 points
- blameless13 points
- bludgeons13 points
- bluebells13 points
- blueprint13 points
- blundered13 points
- bootstrap13 points
- bordering13 points
- botanical13 points
- bracelets13 points
- braggarts13 points
- brimstone13 points
- broadened13 points
- broadside13 points
- burdening13 points
- calibrate13 points
- cannibals13 points
- celibates13 points
- countable13 points
- disbursed13 points
- embassies13 points
- embitters13 points
- ensembles13 points
- incubates13 points
- incubator13 points
- incurable13 points
- inscribes13 points
- irascible13 points
- lubricant13 points
- lubricate13 points
- malleable13 points
- minibuses13 points
- obligated13 points
- obscenest13 points
- obscurest13 points
- obstacles13 points
- outnumber13 points
- palatable13 points
- portables13 points
- printable13 points
- probation13 points
- rebinding13 points
- rebounded13 points
- reimburse13 points
- reputable13 points
- resubmits13 points
- robberies13 points
- sabotaged13 points
- sociables13 points
- stubbiest13 points
- sublimest13 points
- submarine13 points
- subnormal13 points
- subsiding13 points
- subtracts13 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 3,971
- By usage: 711 very common, 1,048 common, 2,212 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- showbizzy 38
- whizzbang 36
- blizzardy 33
- buzzwords 33
- bemuzzled 32
- embezzled 32
- bedazzled 31
- bemuzzles 31
- embezzler 31
- embezzles 31
Most common
- backwards
- everybody
- objecting
- objection
- publicity
- behaviour
- obviously
- published
- basically
- combining
Definitions
- backwards (adverb)
- At or to or toward the back or rear.
- objection (noun)
- The act of expressing earnest opposition or protest.
- publicity (noun)
- A message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution.
- behaviour (noun)
- The action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances.
There are 3,971 nine-letter words containing B, and 1,759 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 SHOWBIZZY at 38 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
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Tips
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Questions
How many nine-letter words containing B are there?
Our dictionary has 3,971 nine-letter words containing B, of which 1,759 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 nine-letter words containing B?
SHOWBIZZY scores 38 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.