5 letter words ending in B
There are 91 5 letter words ending in b in this list, most common first. Filter by letters.
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The most-used 5 letter words ending in b, and what they mean
These are the 13 that come up most often in written English, so they are the ones worth knowing first.
- jacob
- noun(biblical) One of the sons of Isaac and Rebecca, and twin brother of Esau; father of the Israelites (Jews and Samaritans) by 12 sons by 4 consorts, most famously…
- climb
- verb(intransitive) To ascend; rise; to go up.
- thumb
- nounThe shortest and thickest digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers.
- scrub
- verb(transitive) To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening
- shrub
- nounA woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base.
- sahib
- noun(historical) A term of respect for a white European or other man of rank in colonial India.
- caleb
- noun(biblical) Caleb the son of Jephunneh, an Israelite who entered Canaan with Joshua.
- plumb
- nounA little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction.
- nawab
- noun(historical) A Muslim official in South Asia acting as a provincial deputy ruler under the Mughal empire; a local governor.
- estab
- nounAbbreviation of establishment. [The act or process of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.]
- throb
- verb(intransitive, of a body part) To pulse (often painfully) in time with the circulation of blood.
- crumb
- nounA small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread).
- habib
- noun(Arab Australian) mate; a term of endearment for a friend
Nouns, verbs and adjectives
Of the 91 words in this list, 83 can be used as a noun, including jacob, climb, thumb, scrub, shrub. Plenty of words do more than one job: state is a noun, a verb and an adjective depending on how you use it, which is why these numbers add up to more than the list itself.
Using this for Wordle
Puzzle answers lean heavily on everyday words rather than obscure ones, and this list is sorted by exactly that: how often each word actually turns up in written English. So start at the top. On this list that means jacob, climb, thumb, scrub, shrub, sahib.
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How this list is built
The words come from the Datamuse language API, then get cleaned up, because the raw output is not much use on its own. Each word is checked against an English dictionary, with a frequency floor for anything not in it, so ordinary inflections survive while noise does not. Roman numerals, fragments and vowel-less abbreviations are stripped out.
What is left is ranked by how often each word actually appears in written English. That ordering is the point: it puts the words you might actually want at the top. The full method is on how we build these.
Common questions
How many 5 letter words ending in b are there?
This list holds 91, filtered to real dictionary words and ranked by how common they are. English has more if you count obscure and archaic ones, but they are little use to anybody.
Can a 5 letter word ending in B be a noun?
Yes. 83 of the 91 words on this list can be used as a noun. The breakdown above shows how many work as verbs, adjectives and adverbs too.
How are the words ordered?
By how often each word appears in written English, most common first, so the useful ones are at the top rather than buried under rarities. See how we build these.
Can I search inside the list?
Yes. The filter box narrows the list as you type, and where a list mixes lengths there are buttons to show only words of a given length.