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Words ending in BA

There are 56 words ending in BA in the standard word-game list. The most common are baba, samba, alba, scuba, abba, tuba.

Most common, with meanings

WordMeaningPoints
babaa small cake leavened with yeast8
sambalarge west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white…9
albaA type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn.6
scubaa device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained…9
abbaFather; religious superior; in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and…8
tubathe lowest brass wind instrument6
rumbasyncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba9
cordobathe basic unit of money in Nicaragua; equal to 100 centavos12
carambaExclamation of surprise or dismay.; golly!13
mambaarboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal11
amoebanaked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion10
abaa loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth; worn by Arabs5
algarobaThe carob, a leguminous tree of the Mediterranean region.11
algarrobalong pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate…12
amebanaked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion9
ararobaa bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases9
arrobaa unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries8
aucubaAny of several decorative evergreen shrubs of the genus Aucuba.10
carnaubahard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes12
casabamelon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh10
cassabaA Middle Eastern unit of length, in Egypt the 500th part of a parasang (فَرْسَخ), about 3.5 metres.11
catawbaa member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Carolinas14
ceibaAny tree of the genus Ceiba, the best-known of which is Ceiba pentandra.9
copaibaan oleoresin used in varnishes and ointments13
dagobaA stupa.10
djellabaA loose-fitting, ankle-length hooded robe worn by men in North Africa.18
endamebaany ameba of the genus Endamoeba13
entamebaAny of many parasitic amoebas, of the genus Entamoeba, that cause dysentery etc.12
gambaviol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello10
glebafleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn8
indabaa council at which indigenous peoples of southern Africa meet to discuss some important question9
jaboticabasmall evergreen tropical tree native to Brazil and West Indies but introduced into southern United States;…23
jellabaa loose cloak with a hood; worn in the Middle East and northern Africa16
jojobaA shrub native to the southwestern United States and to Mexico, Simmondsia chinensis: the only plant known…22
jubaThe mane of an animal.13
kalimbaA type of thumb piano, similar to the mbira.15
limbaA large African tree, Terminalia superba, whose hard wood is used for furniture, table tennis paddles and…9
macumba(Brazil) followers of a religious cult of African origin15
marimbaa percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with…13
mastabaan ancient Egyptian mud-brick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof11
rhumbasyncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba13
saxtubaAn obsolete valved brasswind instrument inspired by the Ancient Roman cornu and tuba.16
succubaa female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men13
tsubaThe guard at the end of the grip of a sword.7
yerbaIlex paraguariensis, a species of holly native to southern South America; or the dried leaves and twigs of…10

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