6 Letter Words Starting with B

Common six-letter words that start with B

The 50 most used in spoken English (SUBTLEX-US), with a short meaning.

• before 11/12 earlier in time
• better 8/9 surpass in excellence
• behind 12/13 in or to or toward the rear
• become 12/15 enter or assume a certain state or condition
• bought 12/14
• broken 12/14 physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
• bother 11/11 take the trouble to do something
• bigger 10/13 large or big relative to something else
• bottle 8/10 a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids
• bottom 10/12 the lower side of anything
• beauty 11/12 the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
• became 12/15
• bridge 10/12 a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
• breath 11/11 the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
• bright 12/13 emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
• belong 9/13 be owned by
• beyond 12/13 farther along in space or time or degree
• battle 8/10 a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
• bloody 12/13 having or covered with or accompanied by blood
• bullet 8/12 a projectile that is fired from a gun
• brings 9/12 (form of bring) take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
• buried 9/11 placed in a grave
• babies 10/12 (form of baby) a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
• bodies 9/10 (form of body) the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
• buying 12/15 the act of buying
• borrow 11/12 get temporarily
• barely 11/12 only a very short time before
• burned 9/12 (form of burn) destroy by fire
• button 8/11 a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes
• brains 8/10 (form of brain) that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers
• boring 9/12 so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
• boston 8/10 state capital and largest city of Massachusetts
• busted 9/11 out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken')
• breaks 12/13 (form of break) terminate
• border 9/10 a line that indicates a boundary
• backup 16/20 an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage
• bishop 13/14 a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority
• begins 9/12 (form of begin) take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
• behave 14/15 behave in a certain manner
• buster 8/10 an informal form of address for a man
• beside 9/10
• blocks 14/17 (form of block) a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
• blonde 9/12 a person with fair skin and hair
• bonnie 8/11 very pleasing to the eye
• berlin 8/11 capital of Germany located in eastern Germany
• basket 12/13 a container that is usually woven and has handles
• behalf 14/15 as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as `on behalf of' rather than `in behalf of')
• beaten 8/10 formed or made thin by hammering
• beings 9/12 (form of being) the state or fact of existing
• bitter 8/9 marked by strong resentment or cynicism

The 1,000 most common of 1,061 six-letter words that start with B

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