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9-letter words with B as the 5th letter

A curated list of 9-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Use this when B is fixed in the 5th slot; rotate high-frequency consonants elsewhere to prune fast. For example: acerbated, acerbates, acrobatic.

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629 words
Word Definition Length Syllables
acerbated94
acerbates94
acrobatic94
adhibited94
adiabatic94
adumbrate93
aerobatic94
aerobrake93
algebraic93
antiblack93
autobahns93
autobuses94
backbeats92
backbench92
backbends92
backbiter93
backbites93
backblock92
backboard92
backbones93
bandboxes93
baneberry94
bankbooks92
bareboats93
baseballs93
baseboard93
beanballs92
bearberry93
bedabbled93
bedabbles93
belabored94
belabours93
bellbirds92
beriberis94
bilabials93
bilabiate93
billboard92
birdbaths92
birdbrain92
blabbered93
blaeberry93
blesbucks92
blowbacks92
blowballs92
blubbered93
blueballs92
bluebeard92
bluebells92
blueberry93
bluebills92
bluebirds92
bluebooks92
boatbills92
boomboxes93
bootblack92
brabblers92
brabbling92
bramblier92
brambling92
browbands92
browbeats92
buckbeans92
buckboard92
bushbucks92
calaboose93
calibrate93
callbacks92
canebrake93
capablest93
capybaras94
carabiner94
carabines94
cardboard92
casebooks93
cashbooks92
cashboxes93
catabolic94
celebrant93
celebrate93
celebrity94
celibates94
cellblock92
cenobites94
cenobitic94
cerebella94
cerebrals93
cerebrate93
cerebrums93
chambered93
chambrays92
chapbooks92
charbroil92
chawbacon93
chilblain92
chimbleys92
chimblies92
chinbones93
chipboard92
chubbiest92
clabbered93
clambakes93
clambered93
clamberer93
clapboard92
claybanks92
climbable92
clipboard92
clobbered93
clubbable92
clubbiest92
coalboxes93
cockbills92
cockboats92
cocobolas94
cocobolos94
codebooks93
codebtors93
cohabited94
cohobated94
cohobates94
coldblood92
colubrids93
colubrine93
comebacks93
cookbooks92
copublish93
copybooks93
corkboard92
cornballs92
cornbread92
corybants93
crabbiest92
cranberry93
cribbages93
cribbings92
crowberry93
crumbiest92
crumblier92
crumbling92
dahabeahs93
dahabiahs93
dahabiehs93
dahabiyas93
dartboard92
dashboard92
databanks93
databases94
deadbeats92
deadbolts92
deerberry93
demobbing93
deorbited93
deskbound92
dihybrids93
disabling93
disabused94
disabuses94
disobeyed93
disobeyer93
disoblige93
divebombs93
doorbells92
downbeats92
downburst92
drabbling92
drawbacks92
drawbores93
dribblers92
dribblets92
dribbling92
drubbings92
drumbeats92
drumbling92
duckbills92
duckboard92
dumbbells92
eastbound92
ennoblers93
ennobling93
establish93
eurybaths93
exhibited94
exhibitor94
extubated94
extubates94
fahlbands92
fallbacks92
faltboats92
fastbacks92
fastballs92
feedbacks92
feedboxes93
firebacks93
fireballs93
firebases94
firebirds93
fireboats93
firebombs93
fireboxes94
firebrand93
firebrats93
firebreak93
firebrick93
fishbolts92
fishbones93
fishbowls92
flabbiest92
flambeaus92
flambeaux92
flambeing92
flatboats92
fleabanes93
fleabites93
foldboats92
footballs92
footbaths92
footboard92
forebears93
foreboded94
foreboder94
forebodes94
forebooms93
forebrain93
forkballs92
foulbrood92
frambesia93
framboise92
freebased93
freebaser93
freebases93
freeboard92
freeboots92
fribblers92
fribbling92
fullbacks92
gadabouts93
galabiehs93
galabiyas93
gangbangs92
garibaldi94
gearboxes93
gemsbucks92
gigabytes94
givebacks93
globbiest92
goldbrick92
goofballs92
grabbiest92
grabblers92
grabbling92
graybacks92
graybeard92
grosbeaks92
grubbiest92
grumblers92
grumbling92
hackberry93
hairballs92
hairbands92
hairbrush92
halfbacks92
halfbeaks92
handballs92
handbells92
handbills92
handblown92
handbooks92
hangbirds92
hardbacks92
hardballs92
hardboard92
hardboots92
hardbound92
harebells93
hawkbills92
headbands92
headboard92
heelballs92
hellboxes93
hellbroth92
hidebound93
highballs92
highbrows92
hillbilly93
hindbrain92
holdbacks92
homebound93
homebreds93
homebuilt93
hoofbeats92
hornbeams92
hornbills92
hornbooks92
humpbacks92
hymnbooks92
hypoblast93
idioblast93
illiberal94
incubated94
incubates94
incubator94
incubuses94
inhabited94
inhabiter94
inhibited94
inhibitor94
intubated94
intubates94
ironbarks93
ironbound93
jackboots92
jacobuses94
jailbirds92
jailbreak92
jeroboams93
johnboats92
jukeboxes94
karabiner94
katabatic94
keelboats92
kickbacks92
kickballs92
kickboard92
kickboxer93
kielbasas93
kilobases94
kilobauds93
kilobytes94
kingbirds92
kingbolts92
knobbiest92
knobblier92
knubbiest92
ladybirds93
lamebrain93
lampblack92
layabouts92
lazybones94
lifeblood93
lifeboats93
lockboxes93
longboats92
lovebirds93
lyrebirds93
mailboxes93
makebates94
manubrium93
marabouts93
meatballs92
megabucks93
megabytes94
metabolic94
minibiker94
minibikes94
minibuses94
moldboard92
molybdate93
monobasic94
moonbeams92
mossbacks92
mothballs92
myrobalan94
nabobisms93
nailbrush92
neckbands92
newsbreak92
ninebarks93
nosebands93
nosebleed93
notebooks93
omnibuses94
osnaburgs93
ovalbumin94
ovenbirds93
overbaked94
overbakes94
overbears93
overbeats93
overbills93
overbites94
overblown93
overblows93
overboard93
overboils93
overbooks93
overborne93
overbrief93
overbroad93
overbuild93
overbuilt93
overburns93
overburnt93
packboard92
parabolas94
parabolic94
passbands92
passbooks92
periblems93
phlebitis93
phoebuses93
pillboxes93
playbacks92
playbills92
playbooks92
plowbacks92
plumbagos93
plumbings92
plumbisms92
pokeberry94
polybrids93
postboxes93
pourboire92
presbyope92
presbyter93
puffballs92
pullbacks92
pureblood93
purebreds93
pushballs92
quibblers92
quibbling92
railbirds92
railbuses93
rainbands92
rainbirds92
raspberry93
ratsbanes93
redubbing93
reedbirds92
reedbucks92
reembarks92
rehabbers93
rehabbing93
rehoboams93
reimburse92
relabeled94
republics93
republish93
resubmits93
rheobases93
rhomboids92
rhombuses93
rhumbaing92
ricebirds93
ringbarks92
ringbolts92
ringbones93
roadblock92
rockbound92
rollbacks92
roorbachs92
roorbacks92
runabouts93
rutabagas94
sagebrush93
sailboard92
sailboats92
saltboxes93
salubrity94
sandbanks92
sandblast92
sandboxes93
sandburrs92
sarabande93
sarabands93
scabbards92
scabbiest92
scabbling92
scatbacks92
scombroid92
scorbutic93
scrabbled92
scrabbler92
scrabbles92
scribbled92
scribbler92
scribbles92
scrubbers92
scrubbier92
scrubbing92
scrubland92
scumbling92
semibreve93
shabbiest92
shadberry93
shadblows92
shagbarks92
shambling92
shambolic93
sherberts92
shewbread92
shinbones93
shipboard92
shipborne92
shoebills92
shoeblack92
showbizzy93
showboats92
showbread92
shrubbery93
shrubbier92
sidebands93
sideboard93
sideburns93
signboard92
sjamboked93
skewbacks92
skewbalds92
slabbered93
slobbered93
slobberer93
slobbiest92
slotbacks92
slubbered93
slubbings92
slumbered93
slumberer93
slumbrous92
snapbacks92
snobbiest92
snobbisms92
snowballs92
snowbanks92
snowbells92
snowbelts92
snowberry93
snowbirds92
snowboard92
snowbound92
snowbrush92
snubbiest92
soapbarks92
soapberry93
soapboxes93
softbacks92
softballs92
softbound92
soilborne92
songbirds92
songbooks92
sonobuoys93
sourballs92
spitballs92
squabbier92
squabbled92
squabbler92
squabbles92
squibbing92
stabbings92
starboard92
stilbenes93
stilbites93
stopbanks92
strobilae92
strobiles93
strobilus93
stubbiest92
stubblier92
studbooks92
stumblers92
stumbling92
subabbots93
surfbirds92
surfboard92
surfboats92
svedbergs92
swaybacks92
tackboard92
tailbacks92
tailboard92
tailbones93
tenebrism93
tenebrist93
tenebrous93
terebenes94
terebinth93
textbooks92
throbbers92
throbbing92
thumbhole92
thumbkins92
thumbnail92
thumbnuts92
thumbtack92
tollbooth92
toolboxes93
trapballs92
tremblers92
tremblier92
trembling92
trombones93
troublers92
troubling92
troublous92
trueblues92
twayblade92
twinberry93
unlabeled94
unsubdued93
vagabonds93
vocabular94
wallboard92
washbasin93
washboard92
washbowls92
wavebands93
westbound92
whimbrels92
whizbangs92
windblast92
windblown92
windbreak92
windburns92
windburnt92
wingbacks92
wishbones93
wolfberry93
woodbinds92
woodbines93
woodblock92
woodboxes93
wordbooks92
workbench92
workboats92
workbooks92
workboxes93
yardbirds92
yearbooks92
zwiebacks92

FAQs

How do I play around a fixed B in the 5th slot?
Try mixing common consonant clusters (ST, TR, CH) in other positions while keeping B locked.

Why are uncommon words included?
We compile from a broad English list. Skim the top rows for more common picks.