5-letter words with B as the third letter
There are 323 five-letter words with B as the third letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring are COBZA, ZEBEC and ZEBUB, tied at 18 points. R is the most common first letter among them (31), and the average score is 9.8 points.
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Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green B in the third position leaves these 323 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with B in slot 3, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include COBZA, ZEBEC, ZEBUB, OXBOW and VIBEX. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with a B in slot 3 further.
For Wordle, SABER is a strong guess from this list: of the familiar words with five different letters, it uses the letters found in the most of these 323 words.
5-letter words with B as the third letter in numbers
- Words
- 323
- Highest scoring
- COBZA 18 pts
- Average score
- 9.8 pts
- With a definition
- 154 (48%)
- A16
- B20
- C25
- D21
- E12
- F8
- G19
- H8
- I6
- J11
- K14
- L19
- M7
- N12
- O8
- P6
- Q2
- R31
- S25
- T19
- U16
- V3
- W2
- X1
- Y4
- Z8
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with b as the third letter
5-letter words with B as the third letter (323)
These 300 of the 323 are a spread sample: the 50 highest scoring first, then words taken in turn from every first letter; within each, words with a dictionary definition come first. The solver above searches all of them for your tiles, and the free JSON API has the full word lists.
Frequently asked questions
How many 5 letter words have B as the third letter?
Unscrambly's list has 323 five-letter words with B in the third position, 2.6% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your third tile turned green as B, these 323 words are your candidates. Cross off any word that uses a letter you have already ruled out, and prefer a guess that tests new letters, such as SABER.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with B as the third letter?
COBZA, ZEBEC and ZEBUB tie at 18 points in Scrabble. Next come OXBOW (17), VIBEX (17) and EMBOX (16). The average is 9.8 points.