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5-Letter Words Starting with BAN

There are 18 five-letter words that start with BAN on Word.ws, from banal to banya. The most common are bangs, banjo, banco, banda and banal.

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All 18 five-letter words that start with 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...
2 rare five-letter words that start with BAN

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with BAN are there?
Word.ws lists 18 five-letter words that start with BAN, plus 2 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with BAN?
bangs, banjo, banco, banda, banal, bandy, banca and bando.
Which of the five-letter words that start with BAN has the highest letter score?
banky scores 14 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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