4-Letter Words Starting with B

All 351 four-letter words that start with B

BA

• baaa6interj. Elongated form of baa.
• baal6n. A false deity or idol.
• baas6n. An employer, a boss (frequently used as a form of address).
• baba8n. A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.
• babe8n. A baby or infant; a very young human or animal.
• babu8n. A Hindu title of respect, equivalent to Mr., usually appended to the...
• baby11n. A very young human, particularly from birth to a couple of years old or...
• bace8n. A blow; a drubbing.
• bach11n. A small hut, especially for a man living alone.
• back12adj. At or near the rear.
• bael6n. A tropical fruit tree from India, Aegle marmelos.
• bafa9n. A Cape Verdean seafood stew.
• baff12v. To hit or strike, especially with something flat or soft.
• bagh10n. A type of enclosed garden common in south and south-eastern Asia.
• bagi7n. A voodoo sanctuary or sacred chamber.
• bags7n. A large quantity.
• baht9n. The official currency of Thailand, equal to 100 satang.
• bahu9n. A daughter-in-law or sister-in-law, especially one who lives with her...
• bail6n. Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an...
• bain6adj. Ready; willing.
• bais6n. A kind of Filipino mead drink.
• bait6n. Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other...
• baji13n. Synonym of chiura (“beaten rice”).
• baju13n. A traditional Malay jacket worn with a sarong.
• baka10n. An evil spirit in Haitian belief, often in the form of an animal.
• bake10v. To cook (something) in an oven (for someone).
• baku10n. A type of supernatural being said to devour nightmares.
• bald7adj. Having little or no hair, fur, or feathers.
• bale6n. Evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.
• balk10n. An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the...
• ball6n. A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
• balm8n. Any of various aromatic resins exuded from certain plants, especially...
• bamp10n. One's grandfather.
• banc8n. A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment.
• band7n. A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.
• bane6n. A cause of misery or ruin.
• bang7n. A sudden percussive noise.
• banj13n. Hashish or henbane.
• bank10n. An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of...
• bant6v. To regulate what one eats according to the precepts of William Banting...
• baps8n. A woman's breasts.
• bapu8n. Father.
• bara6n. A genre of homoerotic media, usually also pornographic, typically...
• barb8n. The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent...
• bard7n. A professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose...
• bare6adj. Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.
• barf9n. Vomit.
• bari6n. A baritone saxophone.
• bark10v. To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of...
• barm8n. Bosom.
• barn6n. A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals...
• barr6v. To make the sound of an elephant.
• bars6n. Any event in gymnastics using the bars.
• baru6n. A fibrous substance derived from the sugar palm (Arenga pinnata) used...
• basa6n. The catfish Pangasius bocourti.
• base6n. Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
• bash9v. To strike heavily; to beat.
• bask10v. To bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat.
• bass6adj. Of sound, a voice or an instrument, low in pitch or frequency.
• bast6n. Inner bark of a tree from which rope is traditionally made.
• bata6n. A ceremonial double-headed drum played in triplet in the religion of...
• bate6v. To reduce the force of something; to abate.
• bath9n. A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.
• bats6adj. Mad, insane.
• batt6n. Pieces of fabric or fibre used for stuffing; as for batting or...
• batu6n. The drug methamphetamine hydrochloride, crystal meth.
• batz15n. A batzen (former small copper coin from Germany and Switzerland).
• baud7n. A unit of data transmission symbol rate; the number of signalling...
• bave9n. Silkworm thread extruded as brins from the two glands and stuck...
• bawd10n. A lewd person.
• bawl9v. To shout or utter in a loud and intense manner.
• bawn9n. A cattle-fort; a building used to shelter cattle.
• baya9n. A baya weaver (Ploceus philippinus), of southern Asia.
• bays9n. Baize.
• baza15n. Any of three species of small, crested hawks in the genus Aviceda.
• baze15v. To stupefy; frighten; alarm.

BE

• bead7n. Each in a string of small balls making up the rosary or paternoster.
• beag7n. A ring.
• beak10n. A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for...
• beal6v. To gather matter; swell; come to a head, as a pimple; fester; suppurate.
• beam8n. Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness...
• bean6n. Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that...
• bear6n. A large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely...
• beat6n. A stroke; a blow.
• beau6n. A man with a reputation for fine dress and etiquette; a dandy or fop.
• beav9n. The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself.
• beck12n. A stream or small river.
• bede7v. Pray, offer, proffer.
• bedo7v. To shut; make or put to.
• beed7v. Synonym of was.
• beef9n. The meat from cattle or other bovines; especially, that from adults.
• beej13n. BJ, a blowjob.
• beek10v. To expose to a source of heat for warmth and pleasure.
• beel6n. A lake-like wetland with static water in a flood plain.
• been6v. Remote past form of be.
• beep8n. The sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound.
• beer6n. An alcoholic drink fermented from starch material, commonly barley...
• beet6n. Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to...
• bego7v. To affect, usually as a good or bad influence, or as a circumstance.
• bein6adj. Wealthy; well-to-do.
• beka10n. An ancient Biblical unit of weight, half a shekel.
• belk10v. To vomit.
• bell6n. A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically...
• belt6n. A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually...
• bema8n. A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly.
• beme8n. A mediaeval trumpet, usually used in hunting or warfare.
• bend7v. To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical...
• bene6n. A prayer, especially to God; a petition; a boon.
• beno6n. An alcoholic drink distilled from the fermented sap of palm trees...
• bens6n. Benefits.
• bent6adj. Folded or dented out of its usual shape.
• benz15n. The drug amphetamine, used recreationally for its stimulant effects.
• bere6n. Barley, especially four-rowed barley or six-rowed barley.
• berg7n. An iceberg.
• berm8n. A narrow ledge or shelf, as along the top or bottom of a slope.
• besa6n. The Albanian cultural precept of keeping one's word of honor.
• best6adj. Most; largest.
• beta6n. The second letter of the Greek alphabet (Β, β), preceded by alpha (Α...
• beth9n. The second letter of the Phoenician alphabet, 𐤁.
• bevy12n. A group of animals, especially quail, roe deer or other game.

BH

• bhag10n. A certain small division of land.
• bhai9n. Friend, dude, man.
• bhoy12n. A tough, a thug.

BI

• bias6n. Inclination towards something.
• bibb10n. Synonym of bibcock.
• bibi8n. A grandmother.
• bibs8n. Another name for overalls.
• bice8n. A pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate of copper...
• bide7v. To bear; to endure; to tolerate.
• bier6n. A litter to transport the corpse of a dead person.
• biff12n. A sudden, sharp blow or punch.
• biga7n. A Roman racing chariot drawn by two horses abreast.
• bigg8v. To build.
• bija13n. The origin or cause of things.
• biju13n. The honey badger.
• bike10n. Any vehicle sharing some characteristics with a bicycle or motorbike...
• biko10n. A sweet rice cake from the Philippines, made with coconut milk and...
• bile6n. A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the...
• bilk10n. The spoiling of someone's score in the crib.
• bill6n. A written list or inventory. (Now obsolete except in specific senses or...
• bilo6n. Half a coconut shell, used in Fiji as a cup for drinking alcohol.
• bima8n. The raised platform in the front of a synagogue where the Torah is read...
• bind7v. To tie; to confine by any ligature.
• bine6n. A twining vine which climbs by its shoots growing in a helix around a...
• bing7n. Solitary confinement.
• bink10n. A bench.
• bino6n. The superpartner of the gauge boson corresponding to weak hypercharge....
• bins6n. Binoculars.
• biog7n. A biography.
• bion6n. A cyborg or robot.
• bios6n. A particular mode of life, a qualified life.
• biot6n. Synonym of abampere.
• bipa8n. A pear-shaped lute with five strings, of Korean origin.
• bird7n. An animal of the clade (traditionally class) Aves in the phylum...
• birk10n. A birch tree.
• biro6n. A Biro brand ballpoint pen.
• birr6n. Strength, vigor, energy.
• birt6n. A fish of the turbot kind; the brill.
• bise6n. A cold and dry north wind; in particular in France, Switzerland, etc.
• bish9n. A minced oath (as a term of abuse).
• bist6v. Used to form the second person singular of be.
• bite6v. To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
• bits6n. Genitals.
• bitt6n. The bitts.
• bivy12n. A bivouac sack.
• biwa9n. A plucked lute, originating in the classical and traditional music of...

BL

• blaa6n. A soft white breakfast roll, traditionally associated with south-east...
• blab8v. To tell tales; to gossip without reserve or discretion.
• blad7n. A portfolio.
• blag7n. An armed robbery or robbery involving violence; also, theft.
• blah9n. Nonsense; drivel; idle, meaningless talk.
• blak10adj. Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander).
• blam8n. A sudden, explosive sound, such as is made by a gunshot.
• blat6v. To cry, as a calf, sheep, or goat.
• blay9n. The bleak (fish).
• blea6n. The part of a tree that lies immediately under the bark; the alburnum...
• bleb8n. A bubble, such as in paint or glass.
• bled7n. Hinterland, field.
• blee6n. Color, hue.
• bleh9interj. Used to reflect general indifference to a situation or topic.
• blem8n. A blemished item.
• blet6v. To undergo or cause to undergo bletting, a fermentation process in...
• blik10n. An unfalsifiable belief underpinning a worldview.
• blim8n. A small piece of cannabis resin.
• blin6n. A blintz or blini.
• blip8n. A small dot registered on electronic equipment, such as a radar or...
• blit6n. A logical operation in which a block of data is rapidly moved or copied...
• blix13n. In color photography, a combination of bleach and fixer, which removes...
• blob8n. A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a...
• bloc8n. A group of voters or politicians who share common goals.
• blog7v. To blag, to steal something; to acquire something illegally.
• blop8n. Synonym of blob (“a vague amorphous mass”).
• blot6n. A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.
• blow9v. To produce an air current.
• blox13v. To kill (a character) in a Roblox game, causing the blocks that make up...
• blub8v. To cry, whine or blubber (usually carries a connotation of disapproval).
• blud7pron. He or him.
• blue6adj. Of a blue hue.
• bluh9interj. When repeated or combined with blah, used to denote tedious talking...
• blur6v. To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.

BO

• boab8n. The tree Adansonia gregorii, a baobab species endemic to the Kimberley...
• boak10v. To retch or vomit.
• boar6n. A wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig.
• boat6n. A small, usually open craft used for travelling over water, propelled...
• boba8n. Synonym of tapioca pearl.
• bobo8n. A materialistic person who affects an anti-materialistic persona.
• bock12n. A strong dark beer brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for...
• bocs8n. A BOCS representation of an algebraic structure.
• bode7v. Of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); to...
• bodi7n. Asparagus beans.
• body10n. The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism.
• boet6n. A brother; often prefixed informally to a man’s first name.
• boff12v. To have sexual intercourse with (someone).
• boga7n. Haemulon vittatum, a species of grunt.
• boho9n. A bohemian.
• bohr9n. Synonym of Bohr radius.
• boid7n. A computer simulation of an animal that flies in flocks or swarms.
• boil6n. A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.
• boke10v. To thrust or push out; butt; poke.
• boko10n. The nose.
• bola6n. A throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of a cord.
• bold7adj. Courageous, daring.
• bole6n. The trunk or stem of a tree.
• boll6n. The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.
• bolo6n. A long, heavy, single-edged machete.
• bolt6n. A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is...
• boma8n. An enclosure usually made of thorn bushes, and latterly of steel...
• bomb10n. An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one...
• bona6adj. Good.
• bond7n. A document constituting evidence of a long-term debt, by which the bond...
• bone6n. A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and...
• bong7n. The clang of a large bell.
• bonk10v. To hit or strike; to collide with something.
• bony9adj. Resembling, having the appearance or consistence of, or relating to...
• boof9interj. The sound of a blow or collision; wham.
• book10n. A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge...
• bool6n. A Boolean variable (one whose value is either true or false).
• boom8v. To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
• boon6n. A good thing; a thing to be thankful for or to appreciate duly.
• boop8n. A low-pitched beeping sound.
• boor6n. A peasant.
• boot6n. A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
• bora6n. An initiation ceremony for males among the Aboriginal people of New...
• bord7n. The coalface parallel to the natural fissures.
• bore6v. To inspire boredom in somebody.
• borg7n. Synonym of cyborg.
• bork10v. To misconfigure, break, or damage, especially a computer or other...
• born6adj. Having from birth (or as if from birth) a certain quality or character...
• boro6v. Borrow.
• bort6n. The shards or fragments removed from diamonds during cutting, used for...
• bose6v. To strike the ground with an object in order to determine, from the...
• bosh9n. Nonsense.
• bosk10n. A bush.
• boss6n. One who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.
• bost6v. To break.
• bote6n. Atonement, compensation, amends, satisfaction; as, manbote, a...
• both9det. Each of the two; one and the other; referring to two individuals or...
• boto6n. Inia geoffrensis, a species of freshwater dolphin endemic to the Amazon...
• boud7n. A weevil; a worm that breeds in malt, biscuit, etc.
• boul6n. A curved handle.
• boun6v. To make or get ready; prepare.
• bout6n. A period of something, especially one painful or unpleasant, like an...
• bouw9n. A unit of measure for area on Java, equivalent to about 0.7 hectares.
• bove9prep. Above.
• bowl9n. As much as is held by a bowl.
• boxy16adj. Box-shaped, boxlike, or otherwise suggestive of boxes (with right...
• boyo9n. A boy or lad.
• boys9n. The testicles.
• boza15n. A fermented drink made from wheat or millet.
• bozo15n. A stupid, foolish, or ridiculous person, especially a man.

BR

• brad7n. A thin, small nail, with a slight projection at the top on one side...
• brae6n. The sloping bank of a river valley.
• brag7n. A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretence or...
• brak10adj. Brackish.
• bran6n. The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain...
• brap8n. The staccato sound of machine gun fire.
• brat6n. A human child.
• bray9v. Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and...
• bree6n. The brow; forehead.
• brek10n. Breakfast.
• bren6v. To burn (to set ablaze).
• brew9v. To make tea or coffee by mixing tea leaves or coffee beans with hot...
• brey9v. To soften (leather) by twisting, scraping, etc.
• brie6n. An originally French variety of soft cheese made from cow's milk.
• brig7n. A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast.
• bril6n. A unit of luminance equal to tfrac 1 10⁷π candela per square metre.
• brim8n. Originally, a border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water...
• brin6n. One of the radiating sticks of a fan. The outermost are larger and...
• brio6n. Vigour or vivacity.
• bris6n. Ritual male circumcision; the ceremony in which this is performed.
• brit6v. To break in pieces; divide.
• broa6n. A type of cornbread made in Portugal, Galicia and Brazil with wheat...
• brod7v. To goad or prick.
• brog7n. A pointed instrument, such as a joiner's awl.
• broo6n. Broth.
• brow9n. The bony ridge over the eyes, upon which the eyebrows are located.
• brud7n. A male friend of a male.
• bruh9interj. Expressing amazement or shock.
• brut6adj. Very dry, and not sweet.
• bruv9n. Brother, mate, friend.
• brux13v. To grind the teeth, especially involuntarily or during sleep.
• bruz15n. Brother, mate, friend.

BU

• buba8n. A woman's blouse worn in West African countries.
• bubo8n. An inflamed swelling of a lymph node, especially in the armpit or...
• buck12n. A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the...
• budo7n. Japanese martial arts.
• budu7n. An Asian fermented anchovy sauce.
• buff12n. Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.
• bufo9n. Toad, frog.
• bugs7adj. Crazy; unstable.
• buhl9n. A particularly decorative piece of brass or other material, used as...
• buhr9n. Synonym of burrstone.
• bujo13n. A confidence trick in which the victim is falsely diagnosed with a...
• buka10n. The short introduction to a gamelan piece, generally played by a single...
• buko10n. A coconut.
• bulb8n. The bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant such as a tulip...
• bulk10n. Size, specifically, volume.
• bull6n. Specifically, one that is uncastrated.
• bult6n. A ridge or small hill.
• bumf11n. Useless papers; now especially official documents, standardized forms...
• bump10n. A light blow or jolting collision.
• bund7n. A league or confederacy; especially the confederation of German states.
• bung7n. A stopper, alternative to a cork, often made of rubber, used to prevent...
• bunk10n. One of a series of berths or beds placed in tiers.
• buns6n. The buttocks.
• bunt6n. The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail...
• buoy9n. A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, indicate a...
• burb8n. A suburb.
• burd7n. Maiden, young woman.
• bure6n. A traditional Fijian cottage with a steep thatched roof and wide...
• burg7n. A city or town.
• burh9n. A fortified dwelling place belonging to a king or noble; a prehistoric...
• burk10v. To vomit.
• burl6n. A tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner; a burr...
• burn6n. A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or...
• burp8n. A belch.
• burr6n. A sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter.
• bury9v. To kill or murder.
• bush9n. A woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower...
• busk10v. To solicit money by entertaining the public in the street or in public...
• buss6v. To kiss (either literally or figuratively).
• bust6v. To break.
• busy9adj. Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.
• bute6n. Phenylbutazone.
• butt6n. The buttocks or anus (used as a minced oath in idiomatic expressions...
• buzz24n. A continuous humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of...

BY

• byen9n. Bone.
• byre9n. A barn, especially one used for keeping cattle in.
• byte9n. A short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a...

BZ

• bzzt24interj. The sound of a game show buzzer or of electricity. Often used as a...
• bzzz33interj. Elongated form of bzz.

Questions about these words

How many four-letter words that start with B are there?

Word.ws lists 351 four-letter words that start with B, plus 31 rare ones.

What are common four-letter words that start with B?

been, back, best, both, book, body, baby and bank.

Which of the four-letter words that start with B has the highest letter score?

bzzz scores 33 points with the standard letter tile values.

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