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5-Letter Words Ending in B

There are 16 common five-letter words ending in B in Hintwordo's list, and 19 more that are valid but rarely used. The most familiar are CLIMB, THUMB, REHAB, SCRUB, SHRUB, KEBAB. Words are ranked by how often they appear in real-world writing, so the ones at the top are the likeliest answers in a daily five-letter puzzle.

Apart from the letter in the name, the most common letters in this list are U (in 50% of words), R (44%) and C (31%) — good letters to test next.

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Common words (16)

Type a pattern with ? for unknown letters (s?a?e), or letters the word must contain (ae).

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Letter patterns in these words

Most common other letters

  • u50%
  • r44%
  • c31%
  • h31%
  • a31%
  • s31%

Most common letter by position

Position 1Position 2Position 3Position 4Position 5
s31%l19%u38%m25%b100%

A strong first guess from this list: scrub

Puzzle tips

  • Many words ending in B share their last two or three letters. If several fit, pick a guess that tests their different first letters at once.
  • Remember that plurals and simple past tenses are rarely used as answers in daily puzzles; they're listed under less common words.
  • The solver can suggest a next guess that splits the remaining words as evenly as possible.
Less common valid words (19)

nawab · kabob · kabab · nabob · demob · rhomb · rhumb · zineb · redub · exurb · cubeb · coomb · clomb · kebob · acerb · ardeb · chimb · cabob · slurb