7-Letter Words Starting with B

All 762 seven-letter words that start with B: page 1 of 2

BA

• babassu11n. A tall Brazilian feather palm, Attalea speciosa, having hard-shelled...
• babbitt13v. To line (something) with babbitt metal to reduce friction.
• babbler13n. Someone who babbles.
• babesia11n. Any of the hematozoa of the genus Babesia that invades the erythrocytes...
• babying15n. The act of coddling or pampering somebody.
• babyish17adj. Like or suitable for a baby or a young child; childish.
• babylon14n. A female breast.
• babysit14v. To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for...
• baccala13n. Dried and salted codfish.
• bacchic18adj. Of or relating to Bacchus.
• bachata14n. A genre of music originating in the Dominican Republic.
• backfat18n. Fat of the back, especially of pigs.
• backhoe18n. A piece of excavating equipment, either an integral subassembly or an...
• backing16n. Support, especially financial.
• backlit15adj. Lit or illuminated from behind.
• backlog16n. A large log to burn at the back of a fire.
• backlot15n. The farthest section of a parking lot.
• backman17n. A defender in Australian rules football.
• backoff21n. The situation where an algorithm or process refrains from taking an...
• backout15n. A reversal or undoing of tasks previously done (often in reverse order).
• backrub17n. A massage of the back.
• baculum13n. A bone found in the penis of some placental mammals.
• badness10n. The quality or degree of being bad.
• baffled16adj. Thoroughly confused, puzzled.
• baffler15n. Something that causes a person to be baffled, particularly a difficult...
• bagasse10n. The residue from processing sugar cane or other plants such as sorghum...
• baggage12n. Portable cases, large bags, and similar equipment for manually...
• baggies11n. Baggy shorts worn by surfers.
• bagging12n. The act of putting anything into a bag.
• baghead14n. A drug addict.
• bagless10adj. Without a bag, or one's bag.
• bagoong11n. A Philippine condiment made from fermented fish or shrimps.
• bagpipe14v. To play the bagpipes.
• bagworm15n. A bagworm moth, any member of the family Psychidae.
• bahadur13n. A warrior, especially a Turko-Mongol.
• bailiff15n. A reeve, (specifically) the chief officer executing the decisions of...
• bailing10n. The act by which something is bailed.
• baillie9n. The equivalent of alderman in some Scottish cities.
• bailout9n. A rescue, especially a financial rescue.
• baingan10n. An eggplant; a brinjal.
• bainite9n. A microstructure of steel consisting of needle-like particles of...
• baiting10n. A bloodsport involving the act of worrying or tormenting a chained or...
• baklava16n. A sweet pastry found in many cuisines of the Middle East and the...
• balaban11n. An Azerbaijani wind instrument made of wood.
• balance11n. A state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium.
• balanus9n. The glans.
• balcony14n. An accessible structure extending from a building, especially outside a...
• balding11adj. Becoming bald, especially having male pattern baldness.
• baldric12n. A broad belt, originally of leather and often richly ornamented, worn...
• baleful12adj. Portending evil; ominous.
• balking14n. A frustration or disappointment; a check.
• ballade10n. Any of various genres of single-movement musical pieces having lyrical...
• ballast9n. Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship (or in the gondola...
• ballcap13n. A baseball cap.
• balling10n. Aggregation into clumps or balls;.
• balloon9n. An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and...
• ballout9n. The pinout of a ball grid array integrated circuit.
• baloney12n. A type of sausage; bologna.
• bambino13n. A child or baby, especially a representation in art of the infant...
• bananas9adj. Crazy, mad, nuts.
• banchan14n. A small dish of food served with cooked rice in Korean cuisine.
• bandage11n. A strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound...
• bandana10n. A large kerchief, usually colourful and used either as headgear or as a...
• bandari10n. A kind of rhythmic dance music originating from the Iranian side of the...
• bandbox19n. A box of lightweight construction (e.g. cardboard, thin wood) for...
• bandeau10n. A band for the hair.
• bandgap13n. The energy difference between two allowed ranges of electron energy in...
• banding11n. A pattern of band-like markings.
• bandini10n. A swimsuit consisting of a generally strapless bandeau top and a bikini...
• bandito10n. A bandit, particularly of the type associated with Mexico.
• bandsaw13n. A powered saw whose blade is a continuous band of metal with teeth...
• bandung11n. A sweet and cold Malaysian and Singaporean drink made with rose syrup...
• bandura10n. A Ukrainian plucked stringed instrument with a tear-shaped body, like...
• baneful12adj. Harmful, injurious.
• bangbus12n. A motorbus associated with licentious, often solicited sexual activity...
• banging11n. The action or sound of something that bangs.
• bangkok18n. A kind of straw hat.
• banking14n. The business of managing a bank.
• banksia13n. A plant belonging to the genus Banksia.
• banning10n. The act by which something is banned; a prohibition.
• bannock15n. An unleavened bread, usually made with barleymeal, wheatmeal, or...
• banquet18n. A large celebratory meal; a feast.
• banshee12n. A female spirit, usually taking the form of a woman whose mournful...
• banteng10n. A wild ox, Bos javanicus, found in Borneo, Malaysia and the Indochina...
• banting10n. A diet aimed at losing weight, mostly accomplished by avoiding...
• baptism13n. A Christian sacrament, by which one is received into a church and...
• baptist11n. A person who baptizes.
• baptize20v. To perform the sacrament of baptism by sprinkling or pouring water over...
• barakah16n. The spiritual power or wisdom that resides in holy places and people...
• barback17n. An assistant to a bartender.
• barbary14adj. Barbarian; non-Christian.
• barbell11n. A wide steel bar with premeasured weights counterpoised at either end...
• barbera11n. An Italian grape variety grown for use in red wine, or a wine made from...
• barcade12n. A bar (drinking establishment) equipped with video arcade games.
• barchan14n. An arc-shaped shifting sand dune comprising well-sorted (uniformly...
• barcode12n. Any set of machine-readable parallel bars or concentric circles...
• barding11n. Armor for a warhorse.
• baretta9n. Any member of the genus Helietta of flowering plants in the citrus...
• bargain10n. An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a...
• bargirl10n. A woman who works as a hostess in a bar, typically in Southeast Asia...
• barilla9n. Any of several not closely related saltmarsh plants that were once...
• barista9n. A person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers.
• barkada14n. Gang; clique; informal group of friends.
• barkeep15n. A bartender.
• barking14n. The action of the verb to bark.
• barling10n. The smallest pig in a litter; runt.
• barmaid12n. A woman who serves in a bar.
• barocco13adj. Synonym of baroque.
• baronet9n. The bearer of a hereditary title, below a peerage and senior to most...
• baronne9n. A French baroness.
• baroque18adj. Ornate, intricate, decorated, laden with detail.
• barrack15n. A building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally...
• barrage10n. An artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river designed to...
• barrier9n. A structure that bars passage.
• barring10n. Bars; an arrangement or pattern of stripes or bars.
• barroom11n. A room where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
• bartend10v. To tend a bar; to act as a barman.
• barware12n. Drinking utensils that lack a stem, such as beer mugs.
• barwise12adv. Horizontally.
• barwood13n. Red wood of a leguminous African tree, Baphia nitida, used as a dyewood...
• barytes12n. Barite.
• basalis9n. The basal portion of the endometrium.
• basally12adv. In a basal manner.
• bascule11n. A counterbalanced structure having one end that rises as the other...
• baseman11n. A player positioned at or near a base: first baseman, second baseman or...
• bashful15adj. Shy; not liking to be noticed; socially timid.
• bashing13n. An instance of bashing; a physical or verbal attack.
• basilar9adj. Of, pertaining to, or located at a base, but especially at the base of...
• basilic11n. A basilica.
• basking14n. The act of one who basks.
• basmati11n. A variety of long-grain rice, notable for its fragrance.
• bassist9n. A musician who plays a bass instrument, especially the bass guitar.
• bassman11n. A man who plays the bass guitar.
• bassoon9n. A musical instrument in the woodwind family, having a double reed and...
• bastard10n. A person who was born out of wedlock, and hence often considered an...
• bastide10n. A mansion in Provence.
• basting10n. The act by which a food item is basted.
• bastion9n. A projecting part of a rampart or other fortification.
• batched15adj. Made in batches.
• batcher14n. A machine for preparing batches, especially of concrete, of a fixed...
• batfish15n. Any of several anglerfish of the family Ogcocephalidae.
• batgirl10n. The female equivalent of a batboy.
• bathers12n. A swimsuit; a bathing costume.
• bathing13n. The act of taking a bath.
• bathtub14n. A large container for holding water in which a person may bathe (take a...
• bathyal15adj. Relating to the ocean bottom, between the sublittoral and abyssal...
• batiste9n. A fine cloth made from cotton or linen; cambric.
• batsman11n. A player of the batting side now on the field.
• battery12n. A device used to power electric devices, consisting of one or more...
• batting10n. Cotton, wool, silk or synthetic material used to stuff the inside of a...
• battled10adj. Embattled.
• battler9n. One who wages battle against an enemy; a soldier; a general.
• battuta9n. Beat.
• batwing13n. The wing of a bat, or its shape.
• bauxite16n. The principal ore of aluminium; a clay-like mineral, being a mixture of...
• bawling13n. The act of one who bawls or shouts.
• bayless12adj. Of a coast or shore, without bays.
• bayonet12n. A blade mounted to the end of a long gun, originally with a handle...
• bayside13adj. Located along a bay.
• baywood16n. The wood of the bay tree.
• bazinga19interj. Exclamation indicating a successful trick or prank.
• bazooka22n. A primitive trombone having wide tubes.

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• beached15adj. Run or brought ashore.
• beading11n. A decorative, ornamental molding often used to conceal a joint.
• bealach14n. A mountain pass.
• beaming12adj. Smilingly happy; showing happy emotion.
• beamish14adj. Radiantly beaming; happy; cheerful.
• beanbag12n. A small cloth bag filled with drybeans, used as a toy or for exercising...
• beanery12n. An inexpensive restaurant or cafe; a bistro.
• beanpot11n. A pot for cooking or serving beans.
• bearcat11n. A binturong (Arctictis binturong, in the family Viverridae).
• bearded11adj. Having a beard; involving a beard.
• beardie10n. A fish, a bearded loach or stone loach (Barbatula barbatula).
• bearhug13v. To embrace in a bear hug.
• bearing10adj. That bears (some specified thing).
• bearish12adj. Resembling or likened to a bear, typically in being rough, surly, or...
• beastie9n. Beast, animal.
• beastly12adj. Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast.
• beatbox18n. A type of electronic percussion device.
• beatify15v. To make blissful.
• beating10n. The action by which someone or something is beaten.
• beatnik13n. A person who dresses in a manner that is not socially acceptable and is...
• because11conj. By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.
• becloud12v. To cause to become obscure or muddled.
• bedding12n. The textiles associated with a bed, e.g., sheets, pillowcases...
• bedevil13v. To harass or cause trouble for; to plague.
• bedhead14n. The condition of having unkempt hair, generally as a result of having...
• bedload11n. The (large particles of) sediment carried along the bottom of a river...
• bedmate12n. A person with whom one shares a bed.
• bedpost12n. Any of the four upright supports of a bedstead.
• bedrest10n. A device used to support a person sitting up in bed.
• bedrock16n. The solid rock found at some depth below the ground surface.
• bedroll10n. A roll of bedding that can be carried when hiking or camping etc.
• bedroom12n. A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is...
• bedside11n. A position at the side of one's bed.
• bedsore10n. A lesion caused by unrelieved pressure to any part of the body...
• bedtime12n. The time or hour at which one retires to bed in order to sleep.
• bedwell13v. To dwell around or about (a place); inhabit.
• beechen14adj. Consisting or made of the wood or bark of the beech tree.
• beefalo12n. A cross between a domestic cow and an American buffalo or bison.
• beehive15n. Such a home prepared by the bees themselves, in which some species of...
• beeline9n. A very direct or quick path or trip.
• beeping12n. An instance of beeping; a sound that beeps.
• beeswax19n. A wax secreted by bees from which they make honeycomb; or, the...
• beggary14n. The state of a beggar; indigence, extreme poverty.
• begging12n. The act of one who begs.
• begonia10n. Any plant of the large genus of Begonia.
• beguile10v. To deceive or delude (using guile).
• beguine10n. A ballroom dance, similar to a slow rumba, originally from French West...
• behaved16adj. Exhibiting the specified kind of behaviour.
• behoove15v. To befit, be appropriate or necessary to somebody. Alternative form of...
• beignet10n. A fritter (with a fruit or vegetable filling).
• bejesus16interj. Used to express surprise, annoyance, dismay, or anger.
• belated10adj. Affected or overtaken by the lateness of the time; hence, synonym of...
• belayer12n. A person who belays.
• belcher14n. Someone who belches.
• beldame12n. A grandmother.
• beleave12v. To leave behind, abandon.
• belgard11n. A loving look, an amorous glance.
• believe12v. To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as...
• bellboy14n. A male worker, usually at a hotel, who carries luggage and runs errands.
• bellhop14n. An employee of a hotel who carries a guest's luggage and runs errands.
• bellied10adj. Having a large or prominent belly.
• belling10n. Bellowing; the sound of a male deer during the rutting season.
• bellman11n. A town crier.
• bellows12n. A device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity to a...
• beloved13adj. Much loved, dearly loved.
• belting10adj. Very good; exceptional (can also be used adverbially).
• beltway15n. A freeway that encircles a city.
• bemused12adj. Deeply thoughtful; preoccupied.
• benched15adj. Fitted with a bench, or benches.
• bencher14n. A senior member of a law society in a Canadian province (except New...
• bending11n. A motion or action that bends.
• beneath12adv. Below or underneath.
• benefic14adj. Favorable; beneficent.
• benefit12n. An advantage; help or aid from something.
• benison9n. A blessing; benediction.
• benthic14adj. Pertaining to the benthos; living on the seafloor, as opposed to...
• benthos12n. The flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water.
• benzene18n. An aromatic hydrocarbon of formula C₆H₆ whose structure consists of a...
• benzine18n. Benzene.
• benzoic20adj. Pertaining to, or obtained from, benzoin.
• benzoin18n. A resinous substance, dry and brittle, obtained from Styrax benzoin, a...
• benzoyl21n. A univalent radical formally derived from benzoic acid, C₆H₅CO-, by...
• bequest18n. The act of bequeathing or leaving by will.
• bequiet18v. To make quiet or still; silence; becalm; bestill.
• berbere11n. A spice mixture, usually consisting of chili peppers, garlic, ginger...
• berline9n. A sedan-type (saloon-type) car.
• bernard10n. Shortened form of Saint Bernard (the dog).
• berried10adj. Bearing berries.
• berrier9n. One who picks or forages for berries.
• berserk13n. Synonym of berserker (“a Norse warrior who fought in a frenzy”).
• bertram11n. A flowering plant of species Anacyclus pyrethrum.
• beseech14v. To beg or implore something of (a person).
• beshear12v. To shear or shave off; shear or shave all over.
• beshrew15v. An imperative uttered as a mildly imprecatory or merely expletive...
• besides10prep. In addition to.
• besiege10v. To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to...
• bespeak15v. To speak for beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for...
• bespoke15adj. Made or done in a way adjusted to the needs of a specific person or...
• bestand10v. To stand by or near; stand around.
• bestial9adj. Beast-like.
• betaine9n. A sweet, crystalline compound (not an alkaloid)...
• betamax18n. A Betamax (videocassette tape).
• bethink16v. To think of (something or somebody) or that (followed by clause); to...
• betimes11adv. In good season or time; early, especially in the morning; seasonably.
• betoken13v. To signify by some visible object; show by signs or tokens.
• betroth12v. Of a man: to promise to take (a woman) as a future spouse; to plight...
• betting10adj. Describing one who bets or gambles.
• bettong10n. Any of the marsupial genera Bettongia and Aepyprymnus; closely related...
• between12prep. In the position or interval that separates (two things), or...
• betwixt19prep. Between.
• beveled13adj. Having a bevel, especially at an edge.
• bewitch17v. To cast a spell upon.
• bezique27n. A trick-taking card game for two players.

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• bhangra13n. A lively style of music originating from India.
• bhikkhu23n. A male Buddhist monk or priest; one who follows all Buddhist precepts...
• bhikshu19n. A bhikkhu.

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• biasing10n. The process of adding a bias.
• biaxial16adj. Having two axes.
• bicubic15adj. Of or pertaining to interpolation in two dimensions using cubic splines...
• bicycle16n. A vehicle that has two primary wheels, one behind the other, a steering...
• bicyclo16n. A structure having two rings (either fused, or having a common...
• bidding12n. That which one is bidden to do; a command.
• bidness10n. (Southern US) Pronunciation spelling of business.
• bifilar12adj. Having two wires, threads or filaments.
• bifocal14adj. Having two focal lengths.
• bigfoot13v. To control or manage forcefully; to exercise authority over.
• biggers11n. Those bigger than oneself.
• biggest11n. Something that is bigger than all others in its class.
• bigging12n. A building, especially an outbuilding.
• biggish14adj. Somewhat big.
• bighead14n. A person with an inflated opinion of themselves; a conceited or...
• bighorn13n. Certain North American species of sheep.
• bigleaf13adj. Applied to various kinds of plant characterized by large leaves.
• bigness10n. The characteristic of being big.
• bigoted11adj. Having the characteristics of a bigot; strongly prejudiced; forming...
• bigotry13n. The condition or the characteristic quality of a bigot, especially...
• bigtime12adj. Of major significance or importance.
• bikeway19n. A bicycle lane or path.
• bilayer12n. Any structure consisting of two layers of molecules.
• bilevel12adj. Having two levels.
• biliary12adj. Of or pertaining to bile or the bile duct.
• bilious9adj. Of or pertaining to something containing or consisting of bile.
• bilking14n. The act of one who bilks (in any sense).
• billard10n. A coalfish, especially a young one.
• billing10n. Amounts billed.
• billman11n. A man who uses, or is armed with, a bill or hooked axe.
• billowy15adj. Swelling or swollen into large waves; full of billows or surges...
• bilobed12adj. Having two lobes.
• biltong10n. A South African food categorized by strips of lean meat cured by...
• bimetal11adj. Consisting of two metals.
• bimodal12adj. Having two modes or forms.
• bindery13n. A workshop or factory where books are bound.
• binding11adj. Imposing stipulations or requirements that must be honoured.
• binning10n. A data pre-processing technique in which original data values fall into...
• biobank15n. Any of several types of repository of biological material (e.g. seeds)...
• biochar14n. Charcoal that is used as a soil conditioner.
• biochem16n. Biochemistry (science or industry).
• biochip16n. A microchip made from biological macromolecules (especially DNA) rather...
• biocide12n. Any action or substance that can destroy living organisms.
• biodata10n. Biographical data.
• biodome12n. A closed ecosystem housed in a dome-like structure.
• biofilm14n. A structured community of microorganisms, such as bacteria, that adhere...
• biofuel12n. Any fuel that is obtained from a renewable biological resource...
• biology13n. The study of all life or living matter.
• biomass11n. The total mass of a living thing or a part thereof (such as a cell).
• bionics11n. The design of engineering systems, especially electronic ones, based on...
• bioroid10n. A cybernetic or fully biological organism created by artificial means.
• biotech14n. Biotechnology.
• biotest9v. To determine the strength of biological activity of a substance.
• biotics11n. The promotion of enjoyment and the reduction of suffering.
• biotite9n. A dark brown mica; it is a mixed aluminosilicate and fluoride of...
• biotope11n. A geographical area that has a uniform biological environment and a...
• biotype14n. A group of organisms having the same specific genotype.
• biozone18n. A biostratigraphic unit: an interval of geological strata defined on...
• bipedal12adj. Walking on two feet or two legs; biped.
• biplane11adj. Composed of, or relating to, two planes (flat surfaces extending...
• bipolar11adj. Involving or having both extremes or poles at the same time.
• bircher14n. A person who flogs using a birch rod.
• birding11n. Birdwatching.
• birdman12n. A man who works with birds.
• biretta9n. A square cap, originally with four ridges across the top, surmounted by...
• birlinn9n. A type of boat used especially in the Hebrides and West Highlands of...
• birther12n. One who gives birth.
• biryani12n. A spiced dish of rice, blended with meat and/or vegetables.
• biscuit11n. A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft...
• bismuth14n. A chemical element (symbol Bi) with an atomic number of 83: a brittle...
• bitcoin11n. A unit of the bitcoin (proper noun proper noun sense 1) cryptocurrency.
• bitless9adj. Without a bit (piece of metal in a horse's mouth).
• bitrate9n. The frequency at which bits (binary digits) pass a given physical or...
• bittern9n. Several bird species in the Botaurinae subfamily of the heron family...
• bitters9n. A liquid used in mixed drinks or as a tonic into which bitter herbs...
• bitting10n. The part of a key that engages the tumblers to activate the lock.
• bitumen11n. A sticky, black, highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum...
• bitwise12adj. Treating a value as a series of bits rather than a numerical quantity.
• bivalve15n. Any mollusc belonging to the taxonomic class Bivalvia, characterized by...
• bivouac14n. An encampment for the night, usually without tents or covering.
• bizarre18adj. Strangely unconventional; highly unusual and different from common...
• bizarro18adj. Being the opposite or logical inverse of a familiar person, place, or...

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• blabber13v. To blather; to talk foolishly or incoherently.
• blacked16adj. Colored black.
• blacken15v. To cause to be or become black.
• blacker15n. One who blacks (in various senses).
• blackly18adv. With a black appearance.
• bladder11n. A flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or...
• blading11n. Rollerblading (sport).
• blaming12n. The act of accusing or assigning culpability to.
• blandly13adv. In a bland manner.
• blanked14adj. Damned; accursed (from the euphemistic printed form d—d).
• blanken13v. To make or become blank.
• blanker13n. An early form of screensaver that blanked out the screen display when...
• blanket13n. A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for...
• blankie13n. A blanket, especially one used as a security blanket.
• blankly16adv. In a blank manner, especially showing no emotion or expression.
• blaring10n. Any loud noise, such as from an elephant.
• blarney12n. Mindless chatter.
• blasted10adj. Subjected to an explosion.
• blaster9n. Anything that, or anyone who blasts.
• blastic11adj. Having formative elements such as buds, germs, cells, or cell layers.
• blatant9adj. Obvious, on show; unashamed; loudly obtrusive or offensive.
• blatter9n. Blather; foolish talk.
• blazing19adj. Very fast.
• bleakly16adv. In a bleak manner.
• bleeder10n. A person who is easily made to bleed, or who bleeds in unusually large...
• blemish14n. A small flaw which spoils the appearance of something, a stain, a spot.
• blended11adj. Being a mixture.
• blender10n. A machine with sharp rotating blades in a bowl, for mashing, crushing...
• blessed10adj. Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.
• blesser9n. One who blesses; one who bestows or invokes a blessing.
• bleurgh13interj. Expressing a sick or sickened feeling, or vomiting.
• blinded11adj. Deprived of sight in a way that is or may be permanent, by damage to...
• blinder10n. A bag or cloth put over the head of a difficult horse while it is being...
• blindly13adv. In a blind manner; without sight.
• blinged11adj. Showing a great deal of shiny jewelry.
• blinked14adj. Affected with blinking.
• blinker13n. Anything that blinks.
• blissed10adj. In a state of bliss.
• blister9n. A small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or...
• blitzed19adj. Drunk; wasted.

Questions about these words

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

Word.ws lists 762 seven-letter words that start with B, plus 1,540 rare ones.

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

because, between, believe, brother, biggest, benefit, balance and besides.

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

buzzsaw scores 30 points with the standard letter tile values.

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