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3-letter words starting with B
There are 52 3-letter words starting with B in the standard word-game list. The most common are but, big, bad, boy, bit, bye.
Most common, with meanings
| Word | Meaning | Points |
|---|---|---|
| but | and nothing more | 5 |
| big | above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent | 6 |
| bad | having undesirable or negative qualities | 6 |
| boy | a youthful male person | 8 |
| bit | a small piece or quantity of something | 5 |
| bye | an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent | 8 |
| buy | an advantageous purchase | 8 |
| bed | a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep | 6 |
| bet | the money risked on a gamble | 5 |
| bag | a flexible container with a single opening | 6 |
| box | a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid | 12 |
| bar | a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine; used… | 5 |
| ben | a mountain or tall hill | 5 |
| bus | a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport | 5 |
| bob | a former monetary unit in Great Britain | 7 |
| beg | call upon in supplication; entreat | 6 |
| bro | Brother (a male sibling) | 5 |
| bay | (used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color | 8 |
| bow | a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces | 8 |
| bud | a partially opened flower | 6 |
| bat | nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for… | 5 |
| bug | general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate | 6 |
| bum | of very poor quality; flimsy | 7 |
| bee | any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species | 5 |
| bid | an authoritative direction or instruction to do something | 6 |
| boo | a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt | 5 |
| bin | an identification number consisting of a two-part code assigned to banks and savings associations; the first… | 5 |
| bra | an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts | 5 |
| bam | a sudden very loud noise | 7 |
| ban | a bachelor's degree in nursing | 5 |
| bun | small rounded bread either plain or sweet | 5 |
| bah | Expressing contempt, disgust, or bad temper. | 8 |
| bey | (formerly) a title of respect for a man in Turkey or Egypt | 8 |
| bog | wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation… | 6 |
| bio | Biographical sketch | 5 |
| bop | the law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and… | 7 |
| biz | your occupation or line of work | 14 |
| bel | a logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels | 5 |
| bot | botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human | 5 |
| bub | A woman's breast. | 7 |
| boa | a long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur | 5 |
| baa | the cry made by sheep | 5 |
| bod | alternative names for the body of a human being | 6 |
| bib | top part of an apron; covering the chest | 7 |
| brr | Used to express being cold, to show shivering. | 5 |
| bis | Twice; showing that something is, or is to be, repeated, such as a passage of music, or an item in accounts. | 5 |
| bap | a small loaf or roll of soft bread | 7 |
| bur | seed vessel having hooks or prickles | 5 |