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8-letter words ending in B
There are 23 8-letter words ending in B in the standard word-game list. The most common are doorknob, memsahib, antisnob, backstab, catacomb, choriamb.
Most common, with meanings
| Word | Meaning | Points |
|---|---|---|
| doorknob | a knob used to release the catch when opening a door (often called ‘doorhandle’ in Great Britain) | 15 |
| memsahib | a woman sahib | 17 |
| antisnob | Opposing snobbery. | 10 |
| backstab | To attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly in a deceitful, underhand, or treacherous manner,… | 18 |
| catacomb | an underground tunnel with recesses where bodies were buried (as in ancient Rome) | 16 |
| choriamb | A choriambus. | 17 |
| corncrib | a crib for storing and drying ears of corn | 14 |
| divebomb | To bomb whilst in a steep dive. | 18 |
| doorjamb | a jamb for a door | 20 |
| firebomb | a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel) | 17 |
| forelimb | the front limb (or the homologous structure in other animals, such as a flipper or wing) | 15 |
| hecatomb | a great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen | 17 |
| outclimb | To climb better or farther than. | 14 |
| outthrob | To throb more than. | 13 |
| reabsorb | undergo resorption | 12 |
| sillabub | spiced hot milk with rum or wine | 12 |
| sparerib | a cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off | 12 |
| subshrub | low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base | 15 |
| syllabub | spiced hot milk with rum or wine | 15 |