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5-Letter Words Ending in B

35 five-letter words end in B; 8 of them are common words, shown in bold. Common words are where Wordle answers come from.

Best Wordle guesses

Ranked by how many green and yellow tiles each word turns up, on average, against the common words Wordle answers come from.

#WordGreenYellow
1rehab0.231.33
2celeb0.410.82
3sahib0.370.86
4kebab0.210.89
5scrub0.270.82
6shrub0.320.75
7climb0.300.67
8thumb0.220.64

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  • climbcommon
  • thumbcommon
  • rehabcommon
  • scrubcommon
  • shrubcommon
  • kebabcommon
  • sahibcommon
  • celebcommon
  • crumb
  • plumb
  • blurb
  • throb
  • nawab
  • dweeb
  • squib
  • carob
  • squab
  • kabob
  • kabab
  • nabob
  • demob
  • rhomb
  • rhumb
  • zineb
  • redub
  • exurb
  • cubeb
  • coomb
  • acerb
  • ardeb
  • cabob
  • chimb
  • clomb
  • kebob
  • slurb

All 35 five-letter words

Starting with A 2

acerb ardeb

Starting with B 1

blurb

Starting with C 9

cabob carob celeb chimb climb clomb coomb crumb cubeb

Starting with D 2

demob dweeb

Starting with E 1

exurb

Starting with K 4

kabab kabob kebab kebob

Starting with N 2

nabob nawab

Starting with P 1

plumb

Starting with R 4

redub rehab rhomb rhumb

Starting with S 6

sahib scrub shrub slurb squab squib

Starting with T 2

throb thumb

Starting with Z 1

zineb

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Questions people ask

How many five-letter words end in B?

Our list has 35. 8 of them are common everyday words; the rest are rarer words you are more likely to meet in Scrabble or a crossword than in conversation. The list is a public-domain English word list, sorted by how often each word appears in everyday writing.

What are the most common five-letter words that end in B?

CLIMB, THUMB, REHAB, SCRUB, SHRUB — in that order, by how often they appear in everyday English.

What is the best Wordle guess that ends in B?

REHAB. Against the common five-letter words Wordle draws its answers from, it turns up 0.23 green and 1.33 yellow tiles on average — more than any other word on this list. The method is the same as on our Best Wordle Starting Words page.