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8-letter words with B as the 3rd letter

A curated list of 8-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Use this when B is fixed in the 3rd slot; rotate high-frequency consonants elsewhere to prune fast. For example: abbacies, abbatial, abbesses.

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795 words

Word	Length	Syllables
abbacies	8	3
abbatial	8	3
abbesses	8	3
albacore	8	3
albedoes	8	3
albicore	8	3
albinism	8	3
albizias	8	3
albizzia	8	3
albumens	8	3
albumins	8	3
albumose	8	3
alburnum	8	3
ambaries	8	3
amberies	8	3
amberina	8	4
amberoid	8	3
ambiance	8	2
ambience	8	2
ambients	8	2
ambition	8	3
ambivert	8	3
amboinas	8	3
amboynas	8	3
ambroids	8	2
ambrosia	8	3
ambsaces	8	3
ambulant	8	3
ambulate	8	3
ambushed	8	3
ambusher	8	3
ambushes	8	3
arbalest	8	3
arbalist	8	3
arbelest	8	3
arbiters	8	3
arbitral	8	3
arboreal	8	3
arboreta	8	4
arborist	8	3
arborize	8	3
arborous	8	3
arboured	8	3
arbuscle	8	2
arbutean	8	3
asbestic	8	3
asbestos	8	3
asbestus	8	3
auberges	8	3
aubretia	8	3
aubrieta	8	3
babassus	8	3
babbitts	8	2
babblers	8	2
babbling	8	2
babesias	8	3
babiches	8	3
babirusa	8	4
babushka	8	3
babyhood	8	3
bebeerus	8	3
bebloods	8	2
bebopper	8	3
bibcocks	8	2
bibelots	8	3
biblical	8	3
biblists	8	2
bibulous	8	3
bobbinet	8	3
bobbling	8	2
bobeches	8	3
bobolink	8	3
bobsleds	8	2
bobstays	8	2
bobtails	8	2
bobwhite	8	2
bubaline	8	3
bubblers	8	2
bubblier	8	2
bubblies	8	2
bubbling	8	2
bubingas	8	3
cabalism	8	3
cabalist	8	3
caballed	8	3
cabarets	8	3
cabbaged	8	3
cabbages	8	3
cabbalah	8	3
cabbalas	8	3
cabernet	8	3
cabestro	8	3
cabezone	8	3
cabezons	8	3
cabildos	8	3
cabinets	8	3
cabining	8	3
cableway	8	3
caboched	8	3
cabochon	8	3
cabombas	8	3
caboodle	8	2
cabooses	8	3
caboshed	8	3
cabotage	8	3
cabresta	8	3
cabresto	8	3
cabretta	8	3
cabrilla	8	3
cabriole	8	2
cabstand	8	2
ciborium	8	3
ciboules	8	3
cobaltic	8	3
cobbiest	8	2
cobblers	8	2
cobbling	8	2
cobwebby	8	3
cubature	8	3
cubicity	8	4
cubicles	8	3
cubicula	8	4
cubiform	8	3
cubistic	8	3
cuboidal	8	3
dabblers	8	2
dabbling	8	2
dabchick	8	2
dabsters	8	2
debacles	8	3
debarked	8	3
debarred	8	3
debasers	8	3
debasing	8	3
debaters	8	3
debating	8	3
debeaked	8	3
debility	8	4
debiting	8	3
debonair	8	3
deboners	8	3
deboning	8	3
debouche	8	2
debrided	8	3
debrides	8	3
debriefs	8	2
debruise	8	2
debtless	8	2
debugged	8	3
debugger	8	3
debunked	8	3
debunker	8	3
debutant	8	3
debuting	8	3
dibblers	8	2
dibbling	8	2
dibbukim	8	3
doblones	8	3
dubbings	8	2
dubonnet	8	3
dybbukim	8	3
ecbolics	8	3
elbowing	8	3
embalmed	8	3
embalmer	8	3
embanked	8	3
embarked	8	3
embarred	8	3
embattle	8	2
embaying	8	2
embedded	8	3
embezzle	8	2
embitter	8	3
emblazed	8	3
emblazer	8	3
emblazes	8	3
emblazon	8	3
emblemed	8	3
embodied	8	3
embodier	8	3
embodies	8	3
embolden	8	3
embolies	8	3
embolism	8	3
emborder	8	3
embosked	8	3
embosoms	8	3
embossed	8	3
embosser	8	3
embosses	8	3
embowels	8	3
embowers	8	3
embowing	8	3
embraced	8	3
embracer	8	3
embraces	8	3
embroils	8	2
embrowns	8	2
embruing	8	2
embruted	8	3
embrutes	8	3
embryoid	8	2
embryons	8	2
eobionts	8	2
fabliaux	8	2
fabulist	8	3
fabulous	8	3
febrific	8	3
fiberize	8	3
fibranne	8	2
fibrilla	8	3
fibroids	8	2
fibroins	8	2
fibromas	8	3
fibroses	8	3
fibrosis	8	3
fibrotic	8	3
fubsiest	8	2
gabbards	8	2
gabbarts	8	2
gabbiest	8	2
gabblers	8	2
gabbling	8	2
gabbroic	8	2
gabbroid	8	2
gabelled	8	3
gabelles	8	3
gabfests	8	2
gibbered	8	3
gibbeted	8	3
gibbsite	8	2
gibingly	8	3
gobblers	8	2
gobbling	8	2
gobioids	8	2
habanera	8	4
habdalah	8	3
habitans	8	3
habitant	8	3
habitats	8	3
habiting	8	3
habitual	8	3
habitude	8	3
habitues	8	3
hebdomad	8	3
hebetate	8	3
hebetude	8	3
hebraize	8	2
hibachis	8	3
hibernal	8	3
hibiscus	8	3
hobblers	8	2
hobbling	8	2
hobbyist	8	2
hobnails	8	2
hoboisms	8	2
hubrises	8	3
hybrises	8	3
imbalmed	8	3
imbalmer	8	3
imbarked	8	3
imbecile	8	3
imbedded	8	3
imbibers	8	3
imbibing	8	3
imbitter	8	3
imblazed	8	3
imblazes	8	3
imbodied	8	3
imbodies	8	3
imbolden	8	3
imbosoms	8	3
imbowers	8	3
imbrowns	8	2
imbruing	8	2
imbruted	8	3
imbrutes	8	3
inbeings	8	2
inboards	8	2
inbounds	8	2
inbreeds	8	2
inbursts	8	2
jabbered	8	3
jabberer	8	3
jibbooms	8	2
jibingly	8	3
jobnames	8	3
jubilant	8	3
jubilate	8	3
jubilees	8	3
kabbalah	8	3
kabbalas	8	3
kabeljou	8	3
kebbocks	8	2
kebbucks	8	2
kibbling	8	2
kibitzed	8	3
kibitzer	8	3
kibitzes	8	3
kiboshed	8	3
kiboshes	8	3
kyboshed	8	3
kyboshes	8	3
labarums	8	3
labdanum	8	3
labelers	8	3
labeling	8	3
labelled	8	3
labeller	8	3
labellum	8	3
labially	8	3
labiated	8	3
labiates	8	3
lability	8	4
laborers	8	3
laboring	8	3
laborite	8	3
laboured	8	3
labourer	8	3
labrador	8	3
labroids	8	2
labrusca	8	3
laburnum	8	3
libation	8	3
libeccio	8	3
libelant	8	3
libelees	8	3
libelers	8	3
libeling	8	3
libelist	8	3
libelled	8	3
libellee	8	2
libeller	8	3
libelous	8	3
liberals	8	3
liberate	8	3
librated	8	3
librates	8	3
libretti	8	3
libretto	8	3
lobately	8	4
lobation	8	3
lobbyers	8	2
lobbygow	8	3
lobbying	8	2
lobbyism	8	2
lobbyist	8	2
lobefins	8	3
lobelias	8	3
lobeline	8	3
loblolly	8	3
lobotomy	8	4
lobsters	8	2
lobstick	8	2
lobulate	8	3
lobulose	8	3
lobworms	8	2
lubberly	8	3
lubrical	8	3
mobilise	8	3
mobility	8	4
mobilize	8	3
mobocrat	8	3
mobsters	8	2
nabobery	8	4
nabobess	8	3
nabobish	8	3
nabobism	8	3
nebbishy	8	3
nebulise	8	3
nebulize	8	3
nebulose	8	3
nebulous	8	3
nibblers	8	2
nibbling	8	2
niblicks	8	2
nobbiest	8	2
nobblers	8	2
nobbling	8	2
nobelium	8	3
nobility	8	4
nobleman	8	3
noblemen	8	3
noblesse	8	2
nobodies	8	3
nubbiest	8	2
nubblier	8	2
nubility	8	4
nubilose	8	3
nubilous	8	3
orbitals	8	3
orbiters	8	3
orbiting	8	3
oxbloods	8	2
pabulums	8	3
pebblier	8	2
pebbling	8	2
pibrochs	8	2
pubertal	8	3
publican	8	3
publicly	8	3
rabbeted	8	3
rabbinic	8	3
rabbited	8	3
rabbiter	8	3
rabbitry	8	3
rabblers	8	2
rabbling	8	2
rabbonis	8	3
rabidity	8	4
rabietic	8	3
rebaited	8	3
rebaters	8	3
rebating	8	3
rebegins	8	3
rebeldom	8	3
rebelled	8	3
rebidden	8	3
rebilled	8	3
rebirths	8	2
reblends	8	2
reblooms	8	2
reboards	8	2
rebodied	8	3
rebodies	8	3
reboiled	8	3
rebooked	8	3
rebooted	8	3
reboring	8	3
rebottle	8	2
rebought	8	2
rebounds	8	2
rebranch	8	2
rebreeds	8	2
rebuffed	8	3
rebuilds	8	2
rebukers	8	3
rebuking	8	3
reburial	8	3
reburied	8	3
reburies	8	3
rebuttal	8	3
rebutted	8	3
rebutter	8	3
rebutton	8	3
rebuying	8	2
ribaldly	8	3
ribaldry	8	3
ribbands	8	2
ribbiest	8	2
ribbings	8	2
ribboned	8	3
ribgrass	8	2
ribosome	8	3
ribworts	8	2
roborant	8	3
robotics	8	3
robotism	8	3
robotize	8	3
robustas	8	3
robuster	8	3
robustly	8	3
rubaboos	8	3
rubaiyat	8	2
rubasses	8	3
rubbaboo	8	3
rubbered	8	3
rubbings	8	2
rubbishy	8	3
rubblier	8	2
rubbling	8	2
rubdowns	8	2
rubellas	8	3
rubeolar	8	3
rubeolas	8	3
rubicund	8	3
rubidium	8	3
rubrical	8	3
rubylike	8	3
sabatons	8	3
sabayons	8	2
sabbaths	8	2
sabbatic	8	3
sabering	8	3
sabotage	8	3
saboteur	8	3
sabulose	8	3
sabulous	8	3
sibilant	8	3
sibilate	8	3
siblings	8	2
sibyllic	8	3
soberest	8	3
sobering	8	3
soberize	8	3
sobriety	8	3
subabbot	8	3
subacrid	8	3
subacute	8	3
subadars	8	3
subadult	8	3
subagent	8	3
subahdar	8	3
subareas	8	3
subatoms	8	3
subaxial	8	3
subbases	8	3
subbasin	8	3
subbings	8	2
subblock	8	2
subbreed	8	2
subcaste	8	2
subcause	8	2
subcells	8	2
subchief	8	2
subclans	8	2
subclass	8	2
subclerk	8	2
subcodes	8	3
subcools	8	2
subcults	8	2
subcutes	8	3
subcutis	8	3
subdeans	8	2
subdepot	8	3
subduals	8	2
subduced	8	3
subduces	8	3
subducts	8	2
subduers	8	2
subduing	8	2
subdural	8	3
subedits	8	3
subentry	8	3
subepoch	8	3
suberect	8	3
suberins	8	3
suberise	8	3
suberize	8	3
suberose	8	3
suberous	8	3
subfield	8	2
subfiles	8	3
subfixes	8	3
subfloor	8	2
subfluid	8	2
subframe	8	2
subgenre	8	2
subgenus	8	3
subgoals	8	2
subgrade	8	2
subgraph	8	2
subgroup	8	2
subheads	8	2
subhuman	8	3
subhumid	8	3
subideas	8	3
subindex	8	3
subitems	8	3
subjects	8	2
subjoins	8	2
sublated	8	3
sublates	8	3
sublease	8	2
sublevel	8	3
sublimed	8	3
sublimer	8	3
sublimes	8	3
sublines	8	3
sublunar	8	3
submenus	8	3
submerge	8	2
submerse	8	2
subnasal	8	3
subniche	8	2
subnodal	8	3
suboptic	8	3
suborder	8	3
suborned	8	3
suborner	8	3
subovate	8	3
suboxide	8	3
subpanel	8	3
subparts	8	2
subpenas	8	3
subphase	8	2
subphyla	8	3
subplots	8	2
subpoena	8	3
subpolar	8	3
subpubic	8	3
subraces	8	3
subrents	8	2
subrings	8	2
subrules	8	3
subsales	8	3
subscale	8	2
subsects	8	2
subsense	8	2
subseres	8	3
subserve	8	2
subshaft	8	2
subshell	8	2
subshrub	8	2
subsided	8	3
subsider	8	3
subsides	8	3
subsists	8	2
subsites	8	3
subskill	8	2
subsoils	8	2
subsolar	8	3
subsonic	8	3
subspace	8	2
substage	8	2
substate	8	2
subsumed	8	3
subsumes	8	3
subtasks	8	2
subtaxon	8	3
subteens	8	2
subtends	8	2
subtests	8	2
subtexts	8	2
subtheme	8	2
subtiler	8	3
subtilin	8	3
subtilty	8	3
subtitle	8	2
subtlest	8	2
subtlety	8	3
subtones	8	3
subtonic	8	3
subtopia	8	3
subtopic	8	3
subtotal	8	3
subtract	8	2
subtrend	8	2
subtribe	8	2
subtunic	8	3
subtypes	8	3
subulate	8	3
subunits	8	3
suburban	8	3
suburbed	8	3
suburbia	8	3
subvened	8	3
subvenes	8	3
subverts	8	2
subvicar	8	3
subviral	8	3
subvocal	8	3
subwayed	8	2
subworld	8	2
subzones	8	3
sybarite	8	3
tabanids	8	3
tabarded	8	3
tabarets	8	3
tabbises	8	3
tabbying	8	2
tabering	8	3
tabetics	8	3
tableaus	8	2
tableaux	8	2
tableful	8	3
tableted	8	3
tabletop	8	3
tabloids	8	2
tabooing	8	2
tabooley	8	3
taborers	8	3
taborets	8	3
taborine	8	3
taboring	8	3
taborins	8	3
taboulis	8	3
taboured	8	3
tabourer	8	3
tabouret	8	3
tabulate	8	3
tobaccos	8	3
toboggan	8	3
tubaists	8	2
tubbable	8	2
tubbiest	8	2
tubeless	8	3
tubelike	8	3
tubenose	8	3
tubercle	8	2
tuberoid	8	3
tuberose	8	3
tuberous	8	3
tubework	8	3
tubiform	8	3
tubulate	8	3
tubulins	8	3
tubulose	8	3
tubulous	8	3
tubulure	8	3
umbellar	8	3
umbelled	8	3
umbellet	8	3
umbering	8	3
umbilici	8	4
umbonate	8	3
umbrages	8	3
umbrella	8	3
umbrette	8	2
unbacked	8	3
unbanned	8	3
unbarbed	8	3
unbarred	8	3
unbathed	8	3
unbeared	8	3
unbeaten	8	3
unbelief	8	3
unbelted	8	3
unbended	8	3
unbenign	8	3
unbiased	8	3
unbidden	8	3
unbilled	8	3
unbitted	8	3
unbitten	8	3
unbitter	8	3
unblamed	8	3
unblocks	8	2
unbloody	8	3
unbodied	8	3
unbolted	8	3
unbonnet	8	3
unbosoms	8	3
unbought	8	2
unbouncy	8	3
unboxing	8	3
unbraced	8	3
unbraces	8	3
unbraids	8	2
unbraked	8	3
unbrakes	8	3
unbreech	8	2
unbridle	8	2
unbright	8	2
unbroken	8	3
unbuckle	8	2
unbuilds	8	2
unbundle	8	2
unburden	8	3
unburied	8	3
unburned	8	3
unbusted	8	3
unbutton	8	3
upbearer	8	3
upboiled	8	3
upbraids	8	2
upbuilds	8	2
urbanely	8	4
urbanest	8	3
urbanise	8	3
urbanism	8	3
urbanist	8	3
urbanite	8	3
urbanity	8	4
urbanize	8	3
vibrance	8	2
vibrancy	8	3
vibrants	8	2
vibrated	8	3
vibrates	8	3
vibrator	8	3
vibratos	8	3
vibrioid	8	2
vibrions	8	2
vibrissa	8	3
vibronic	8	3
viburnum	8	3
wabblers	8	2
wabblier	8	2
wabbling	8	2
webbiest	8	2
webbings	8	2
websites	8	3
websters	8	2
webworks	8	2
webworms	8	2
wobblers	8	2
wobblier	8	2
wobblies	8	2
wobbling	8	2
wobegone	8	3
yabbered	8	3
zabaione	8	2
zabajone	8	3
zibeline	8	3

FAQs

How do I play around a fixed B in the 3rd slot?
Try mixing common consonant clusters (ST, TR, CH) in other positions while keeping B locked.

Why are uncommon words included?
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