5-Letter Words Starting with BO

All 105 five-letter words that start with BO

BOA

• boaby12n. A penis.
• board8n. A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or...
• boast7n. A brag; ostentatious positive appraisal of oneself.
• boaty10adj. Relating to boats.

BOB

• bobak13n. The bobak marmot (Marmota bobak).
• bobby14n. A police officer.
• bobet9n. A flag which monitors which way the wind is blowing.

BOC

• bocca11n. The round hole in the furnace of a glassworks through which the fused...
• bocce11n. A game, similar to bowls or pétanque, played on a long, narrow...

BOD

• bodge9v. To do a clumsy or inelegant job, usually as a temporary repair; mend...
• bodhi11n. The state of enlightenment that finally ends the cycle of death and...
• bodle8n. A former Scottish copper coin of less value than a bawbee, worth about...

BOE

• boeuf10n. A bovine.

BOF

• boffo13adj. Outstanding; very good or successful.

BOG

• bogan8n. An unsophisticated person from a working class background.
• bogey11n. A ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature.
• boggo9adj. Bog-standard; ordinary; unexceptional.
• boggy12adj. Having the qualities of a bog; i.e. dank, squishy, muddy, and full of...
• bogie8n. A low, hand-operated truck, generally with four wheels, used for...
• bogle8n. A goblin, imp, bogeyman, bugbear or similar a frightful being or...
• bogue8n. A species of seabream fish native to the eastern Atlantic (Boops boops).
• bogus8adj. Counterfeit or fake; not genuine.

BOI

• boing8interj. A representation of the sound of something bouncing.
• boink11v. To have sexual intercourse (with); to bonk.

BOK

• bokeh14n. A subjective aesthetic quality of out-of-focus areas of an image...
• bokke15n. Synonym of sea raven (“fish”).

BOL

• bolar7adj. Of, relating to, or similar to, bole or clay; clayey.
• bolas7n. A throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of interconnected cords...
• boldo8n. Peumus boldus, a monimiaceous tree.
• bolis7n. A bolide or fireball (type of meteor).
• bolon7n. A traditional harp played in Mali.
• bolsa7n. An exchange for the transaction of business.
• bolus7n. A round mass of something, especially of chewed food in the mouth or...

BOM

• bomba11n. A form of traditional drumming, and an associated form of dance, from...
• bombe11n. A dessert made from ice cream frozen in a (generally spherical or...
• bomoh12n. A Malay shaman or witch doctor.

BON

• bonce9n. A large marble of grey stone used in various games, such as bonce...
• bonch12n. The perineum.
• bonds8n. Imprisonment, captivity.
• boned8adj. Having a (specific type of) bone.
• boner7n. One who or that which removes bones.
• bones7n. A percussive folk musical instrument played as a pair in one hand...
• bongo8n. A striped bovine mammal found in Africa, Tragelaphus eurycerus.
• bonks11adj. Crazy, bonkers.
• bonne7n. A French nursemaid.
• bonus7n. Something extra that is good; an added benefit.
• bonza16n. A reddish apple originating in Australia.
• bonze16n. A Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia.

BOO

• booch12n. Kombucha.
• boody11v. To sulk or mope.
• boogy11n. A black person.
• books11n. Accounting records.
• booky14adj. Bookish.
• boomy12adj. Characterized by heavy or undesirably loud bass sounds.
• boong8n. A native of New Guinea or Malaysia.
• boora7n. A kind of cargo boat used in the rivers of Bengal.
• boose7n. A stall for an animal (usually a cow).
• boost7n. A push from behind or below, as to one who is endeavoring to climb.
• booth10n. A small stall for the display and sale of goods.
• boots7n. A condom.
• booty10n. A form of prize which, when a ship was captured at sea, could be...
• booze16n. Any alcoholic beverage.
• boozy19adj. Intoxicated by alcohol.

BOP

• boppy14adj. Characteristic of bop or bebop.

BOR

• borak11n. A cosmetic face powder or paste to protect the face from the sun...
• boral7n. Aluminium borotartrate, an astringent and antiseptic.
• borax14n. A white or gray/grey crystalline salt, found in nature as a mineral...
• bored8adj. Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having...
• boree7n. Any of various species of wattle tree (genus Acacia), especially Acacia...
• borer7n. A tool used for drilling.
• borey10n. A gated community.
• borgo8n. A small Italian village.
• boric9adj. Of, pertaining to, or containing the element boron.
• borne7adj. Carried, supported.
• boron7n. The chemical element (symbol B) with an atomic number of 5, which is a...
• borra7n. Leafy matter found in wax.
• bortz16n. Diamond of inferior quality, commonly used for drill tips; abrasive...

BOS

• bosal7n. A type of noseband used on a horse.
• bosky14adj. Having abundant bushes, shrubs or trees.
• bosom9n. The breast or chest of a human (or sometimes of another animal).
• boson7n. A particle with totally symmetric composite quantum states, which...
• bossy10adj. Tending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted...

BOT

• botak11adj. Bald.
• botch12v. To perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner; to make a...
• bothy13n. A small cottage or hut; specifically (Scotland), one often left...
• botts7n. The disease caused by the maggots of the horse bot fly when they infect...
• botty10n. Bottom.

BOU

• bouge8n. The right to rations at court, granted to the king's household...
• bough11n. A tree-branch, usually a primary one directly attached to the trunk.
• boule7n. One of the bowls used in the French game of boules.
• bound8adj. Obliged (to).
• bouse7v. To haul or hoist (something) with a tackle.

BOV

• bovid11n. An animal of the family Bovidae (such as the antelope, cattle, goat...

BOW

• bowed11adj. Having a bow (rod for playing stringed instruments).
• bowel10n. A part or division of the intestines, usually the large intestine.
• bower10n. A bedroom or private apartments, especially for a woman in a medieval...
• bowie10n. A Bowie knife.
• bowls10n. A precision sport where the goal is to roll biased balls (weighted on...

BOX

• boxed15adj. Packed into a box or boxes.
• boxen14adj. Made of boxwood.
• boxer14n. A participant in a boxing match; a fighter who boxes.
• boxty17n. A traditional Irish potato pancake.

BOY

• boyar10n. A member of a rank of aristocracy (second only to princes) in Russia...
• boyer10n. A Flemish sloop with a castle at each end.

BOZ

• bozon16n. A notional particle of stupidity.

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with BO are there?

Word.ws lists 105 five-letter words that start with BO, plus 51 rare ones.

What are common five-letter words that start with BO?

board, books, bound, bonus, boost, boots, bones and bonds.

Which of the five-letter words that start with BO has the highest letter score?

boozy scores 19 points with the standard letter tile values.

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