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5-Letter Words Ending in B

There are 44 five-letter words ending in B on Word.ws, from blurb to zineb. The most common are climb, thumb, rehab, scrub and shrub.

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All 44 five-letter words ending in B

B

  • blurb9n. A short description of a book, film, or other work, written and used...

C

  • carib9n. A hummingbird of the genus Eulampis.
  • carob9n. An evergreen shrub or tree, Ceratonia siliqua, native to the...
  • celeb9n. A celebrity; a famous person, a one who is celebrated.
  • chubb14n. An erection of the penis.
  • climb11v. To traverse a slope or contour, either upwards (ascending) or downwards...
  • coomb11n. A tub or vat, especially used in brewing.
  • crumb11n. A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit...
  • cubeb11n. A tailed pepper plant (Piper cubeba), an Indonesian plant cultivated...

D

  • defib11v. To defibrillate.
  • demob10v. To demobilize; to release someone from military service.

E

  • exhib17n. An exhibitor.
  • exurb14n. A residential area beyond the suburbs.

H

  • habib12n. Mate; a term of endearment for a friend.
  • hajib17n. An official of a Muslim court, of varied importance, initially...
  • hijab17n. A traditional headscarf worn by Muslim women, covering the hair and...

J

  • jawab17n. An answer, especially a dismissal, or a woman's rejection of a marriage...

K

  • kebab13n. A hand-held dish consisting of slices of meat or fish roasted on an...
  • kitab11n. An Islamic book.

M

  • maneb9n. A foliate fungicide consisting of a polymeric complex of manganese with...

N

  • nabob9n. An Indian ruler within the Mogul empire.
  • naqib16n. One of the leading missionaries of the Hashimiyya movement who prepared...
  • nasib7n. An Arabic literary form, 'usually defined as an erotic or amatory...
  • nawab10n. A Muslim official in South Asia acting as a provincial deputy ruler...
  • niqab16n. A veil which covers the face (except for the eyes), worn by some Muslim...

P

  • plumb11n. A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by...

R

  • rabab9n. An Arabian stringed instrument, played by plucking or with a bow.
  • redub8v. To give another name or title to; to dub again.
  • rehab10n. Rehabilitation, especially to treat the use of recreational drugs.
  • rhomb12n. A rhombus.
  • rhumb12n. A line which crosses successive meridians at a constant angle.

S

  • sahib10n. A term of respect for a white European or other man of rank in colonial...
  • scrub9n. A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing...
  • shorb10n. A shorebird.
  • shrub10n. A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from...
  • squab16n. A young dove or pigeon.
  • squib16n. A small firework that is intended to spew sparks rather than explode.
  • strub7v. To rob, plunder; clear out completely; to strip.

T

  • talab7n. A pond for harvesting rainwater.
  • throb10v. To pound or beat rapidly or violently.
  • thumb12n. The shortest and thickest digit of the hand that for humans has the...

V

  • vocab12n. Vocabulary, especially that acquired while learning a language.

W

  • wajib17n. A religious duty; something that Muslims are obliged to do.

Z

  • zineb16n. An organic fungicide and insecticide sprayed on cereal grasses, fruit...
52 rare five-letter words ending in B

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words ending in B are there?
Word.ws lists 44 five-letter words ending in B, plus 52 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words ending in B?
climb, thumb, rehab, scrub, shrub, hijab, kebab and sahib.
Which of the five-letter words ending in B has the highest letter score?
wajib scores 17 points with the standard letter tile values.

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Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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