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5-Letter Words Starting with BA

There are 130 five-letter words that start with BA on Word.ws, from baaad to bazoo. The most common are based, basic, basis, balls and badly.

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All 130 five-letter words that start with BA

BAA

  • baaad8adj. Elongated form of bad.
  • baati7n. A kind of hard unleavened bread eaten in parts of India.

BAB

  • babel9n. A confused noise made by a number of voices.
  • babka13n. A Central and Eastern European coffee cake flavored with orange rind...
  • babul9n. A tree native to South Asia, Vachellia nilotica subsp. indica, formerly...

BAC

  • baccy14n. Tobacco.
  • bacha12n. A dancing boy in parts of Central Asia.
  • bache12n. The dale of a stream or rivulet.
  • bachi12n. A drumstick for East Asian percussion instruments such as the taiko...
  • backs13n. The backyard of the University.
  • bacne9n. Acne on the back.
  • bacon9n. Cured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig.

BAD

  • badak12n. A rhinoceros.
  • badam10n. An almond.
  • badge9n. A distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on one’s...
  • badla8n. An indigenous carryforward system used on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
  • badly11adv. In a bad manner.
  • baduk12n. An ancient Chinese board game, today also popular in Japan and Korea...

BAF

  • bafta10n. A coarse material, usually of cotton, originally made in India.

BAG

  • bagel8n. A toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked.
  • baggy12adj. Of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang away from the body.
  • bagsy11v. To make a verbal claim to.
  • bagua8n. The eight trigrams used in Daoist cosmology.

BAH

  • bahar10n. A weight used in the 18th and 19th century in the Middle East and the...
  • bahut10n. A portable coffer or chest with a rounded lid covered in leather...

BAI

  • baiji14n. A freshwater dolphin (†Lipotes vexillifer), only found in the Yangtze...
  • baila7n. A genre of music from Sri Lanka and India, mainly using European...
  • baile7n. A specific genre of dance music originating in Rio de Janeiro, also...
  • bailo7n. Title of the Venetian envoy to particularly the Sublime Porte.
  • bairn7n. A child or baby.
  • baity10adj. Angry, bad-tempered.
  • baize16n. A thick, soft, usually woolen cloth resembling felt; often colored...

BAJ

  • bajaj21n. A tuk-tuk.
  • bajra14n. Pearl millet (Cenchrus americanus, syn. Pennisetum glaucum).

BAK

  • baked12adj. That has been cooked by baking.
  • baker11n. A person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items.
  • bakla11n. Effeminate man.
  • bakso11n. Indonesian meatball.

BAL

  • balas7n. A type of rose-coloured spinel once thought to be a form of ruby.
  • baldy11n. Someone who is bald.
  • baler7n. A machine for creating bales, e.g., of hay or cotton.
  • balky14adj. Refusing to proceed or cooperate.
  • balls7adv. Very. Intensifier.
  • bally10adj. Bloody (used as a mild intensifier).
  • balmy12adj. Producing balm.
  • balsa7n. A large tree, Ochroma pyramidale, native to tropical America, with wood...
  • balti7n. A large iron pan having two handles, especially used in Pakistani...
  • balun7n. An electronic device for connecting a balanced transmission line to an...
  • balut7n. Asian street food consisting of a developing duck embryo boiled alive...

BAM

BAN

  • banal7adj. Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing...
  • banan7n. Banana.
  • banat7n. The territory governed by a ban.
  • banca9n. A canoe; an outrigger canoe or dugout.
  • banco9adj. Being or relating to a type of court involving a bench of judges, often...
  • banda8n. A style of Mexican brass band music, emerged in the 19th century.
  • bandh11n. A general strike, shutdown, or other form of protest used in South Asia...
  • bando8n. A Welsh team sport related to hockey, hurling, shinty, and bandy.
  • bandy11v. To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.
  • bangs8n. Hair hanging over the forehead.
  • banjo14n. A stringed musical instrument (chordophone), usually with a round body...
  • banku11n. A Ghanaian dish of fermented corn and cassava dough formed into a paste...
  • banky14adj. Hilly; sloping.
  • banna7n. A young male friend; mate, buddy.
  • banns7n. The announcement of a forthcoming marriage (legally required for a...
  • bants7n. Banter, particularly among men.
  • banty10adj. Bantam (small, but aggressive).
  • banya10n. A type of steam bath, popular in Russia (and in some parts of Alaska as...

BAO

  • baoli7n. A stepwell.
  • baozi16n. A Chinese steamed stuffed bun.

BAR

  • barad8n. A unit of pressure, equal to one dyne per square centimeter.
  • barby12adj. Barbed, like the ends of an arrow cross.
  • bardo8n. The state of existence between death and subsequent reincarnation.
  • baren7n. A tool for pressing woodcuts, consisting of a disk with a coil of...
  • barer7n. One who bares or exposes something.
  • barfi10n. An Indian dessert made from sweetened, condensed milk flavoured with...
  • barfy13adj. Resembling vomit in colour, texture, etc.
  • barge8n. A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for...
  • baria7n. Baryta.
  • baric9adj. Of or pertaining to weight, especially to the weight or pressure of the...
  • barin7n. Synonym of boyar.
  • baris7n. A type of flat-bottomed freighter used on the Nile in Ancient Egypt...
  • barky14adj. Having bark.
  • barmy12adj. Containing, covered with, or pertaining to barm (“foam rising upon beer...
  • barny10adj. Barn-like.
  • baron7n. The male ruler of a barony.
  • barra7n. A barrow; a hand-pushed cart of the type commonly used in markets.
  • barre7n. A handrail fixed to a wall used for ballet exercises.
  • barry10n. A field divided transversely into several equal parts, and consisting...
  • barse7n. The perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the...
  • barth10n. A place of shelter for cattle.
  • barye10n. A unit of pressure under the CGS system; symbol Ba; equal to 1 dyne per...

BAS

  • basal7adj. Basic, elementary; relating to, or forming, the base, or point of...
  • based8adj. Founded on; having a basis; often used in combining forms.
  • basen7v. To make or become base (inferior or unworthy); to lower.
  • baser7n. Someone who uses freebase cocaine or other drugs.
  • basha10n. A tarpaulin or plastic waterproof sheet.
  • basho10n. A sumo tournament of any kind.
  • bashy13adj. Intensely percussive.
  • basic9adj. Necessary, essential for life or some process.
  • basil7n. A plant (Ocimum basilicum).
  • basin7n. A wide bowl for washing, sometimes affixed to a wall.
  • basis7n. A physical base or foundation.
  • basse7n. The bass voice or part within French music.
  • basso7n. A bass singer, especially in opera.
  • bassy10adj. Describing the reproduction of sound that overemphasizes low-frequency...
  • basta7interj. (that's) enough; stop!
  • baste7v. To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in...
  • basti7n. A slum.
  • basto7n. A card of the suit clubs in Spanish-suited playing cards.

BAT

  • batch12n. The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.
  • bated8adj. Reduced; lowered; restrained.
  • bathe10v. To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath...
  • baths10n. A building containing a public swimming pool or shower facilities...
  • bathy13adj. Bathymetric.
  • batik11n. A wax-resist method of dyeing fabric.
  • batin7n. The internal or hidden meaning of the Qur'an.
  • batis7n. Any of several passerine birds in the genus Batis, related to...
  • baton7n. A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes.
  • batta7n. An exchange rate.
  • batts7n. Batteries (power cells).
  • batty10adj. Mad, crazy, silly.

BAU

  • bauer7n. A German farmer or peasant.

BAV

  • bavin10n. Impure limestone.

BAW

  • bawdy14adj. Obscene; filthy; unchaste.

BAY

  • bayan10n. A type of chromatic button accordion developed in Russia in the early...
  • bayed11adj. Having a bay or bays.
  • bayou10n. A slow-moving, often stagnant creek or river.

BAZ

  • bazin16n. An unleavened bread in the cuisine of Libya prepared with barley, water...
  • bazoo16n. A simple wind instrument, such as a kazoo or tin horn.
37 rare five-letter words that start with BA

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with BA are there?
Word.ws lists 130 five-letter words that start with BA, plus 37 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with BA?
based, basic, basis, balls, badly, barry, baker and bacon.
Which of the five-letter words that start with BA has the highest letter score?
bajaj scores 21 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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