5-letter words starting with B

Use this list of five-letter words that start with B to build a quick practice set. Ask your child to say each word out loud, clap the syllables, and try to spell it. Choose 5–10 words at a time to keep practice short and positive.

  • basicnoun

    A necessary commodity, a staple requirement.

    Grade Grade 2Scrabble 9
  • batchnoun

    The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.

    Grade Grade 2Scrabble 12
  • bawdyadjective

    Soiled, dirty.

    Grade Grade 6Scrabble 14
  • bayedverb

    To howl.

    Grade Grade 4Scrabble 11
  • beachnoun

    Shore pebbles : shingle

    1 syllables
  • beganverb

    To do the first part of an action : go into the first part of a process : start

    2 syllables
  • beginverb

    To do the first part of an action : go into the first part of a process : start

    2 syllables
  • beingnoun

    The quality or state of having existence

    1 syllables
  • belowadverb

    In or to a lower place

    2 syllables
  • belowadverb

    In or to a lower place

    2 syllables
  • belowadverb

    In or to a lower place

    2 syllables
  • biblenoun

    An exemplar of the Bible.

    Grade Grade 2Scrabble 9
  • birdsverb

    To observe or identify wild birds in their habitats

    1 syllables
  • blackadjective

    Having the very dark color of the night sky or the eye's pupil : of the color black

    1 syllablesGrade Kindergarten
  • blackadjective

    Having the very dark color of the night sky or the eye's pupil : of the color black

    1 syllablesGrade Kindergarten
  • blackadjective

    Having the very dark color of the night sky or the eye's pupil : of the color black

    1 syllablesGrade Kindergarten
  • bladenoun

    The sharp cutting edge of a knife, chisel, or other tool, a razor blade/sword.

    Grade Grade 1Scrabble 8
  • blendnoun

    A mixture of two or more things.

    Grade Grade 1Scrabble 8
  • blissnoun

    Perfect happiness

    Grade Grade 3Scrabble 7
  • blocknoun

    The piece of wood on which the neck of a person condemned to be beheaded is laid for execution

    1 syllables
  • Boisegeographical name

    River 60 miles (96 kilometers) long in southwest central Idaho flowing west into the Snake River

    1 syllables
  • boundverb

    To tie; to confine by any ligature.

    Grade Grade 3Scrabble 8
  • bracenoun

    Armor for the arm; vambrace.

    Grade Grade 3Scrabble 9
  • brakenoun

    A fern; bracken.

    1 syllables
  • breadnoun

    A usually baked and leavened food made of a mixture whose basic constituent is flour or meal

    1 syllablesGrade Grade 1
  • breaknoun

    An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.

    1 syllables
  • bricknoun

    A handy-sized unit of building or paving material typically being rectangular and about 2¹/₄ × 3³/₄ × 8 inches (57 × 95 × 203 millimeters) and made of moist clay hardened by heat

    1 syllables
  • brinenoun

    Salt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a salt-and-water solution for pickling.

    Grade Grade 4Scrabble 7
  • bringverb

    To convey, lead, carry, or cause to come along with one toward the place from which the action is being regarded

    1 syllables
  • bringverb

    To convey, lead, carry, or cause to come along with one toward the place from which the action is being regarded

    1 syllablesGrade Grade 1
  • bringverb

    To convey, lead, carry, or cause to come along with one toward the place from which the action is being regarded

    1 syllablesGrade Grade 1
  • broke

    Past tense of break

    1 syllablesGrade Grade 2
  • broodnoun

    The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.

    Grade Grade 3Scrabble 8
  • broomnoun

    Any of various leguminous shrubs (especially genera Cytisus and Genista) with long slender branches, small leaves, and usually showy yellow flowers

    1 syllables
  • brownadjective

    Having the color of wood or chocolate

    1 syllablesGrade Kindergarten
  • brownadjective

    Having the color of wood or chocolate

    1 syllablesGrade Kindergarten
  • brownadjective

    Having the color of wood or chocolate

    1 syllablesGrade Kindergarten
  • bruntnoun

    The full adverse effects; the chief consequences or negative results of a thing or event.

    Grade Grade 5Scrabble 7
  • brushnoun

    Brushwood

    1 syllables
  • buildverb

    To form by ordering and uniting materials by gradual means into a composite whole : construct

    1 syllables
  • builtadjective

    Formed as to physique or bodily contours

    1 syllablesGrade Grade 2
  • bulgenoun

    Something sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure.

    Grade Grade 3Scrabble 8
  • bulkyadjective

    Being large in size, mass, or volume.

    Grade Grade 3Scrabble 14
  • bunchnoun

    A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together.

    Grade Grade 1Scrabble 12