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13 Letter Words Starting With B

There are 739 valid 13 letter words that start with B, drawn from NWL2023, CSW24, and Words With Friends. Sorted below by score, with the single highest scorer called out.

Highest Scoring 13-Letter Words

US Scrabble (NWL)

backcheckings - 33 points

UK Scrabble (CSW)

backcheckings - 33 points

Words With Friends

backcheckings - 38 points

13 Letter Words (739)

View all words starting with B

Top 20 Highest-Scoring 13 Letter Words Starting With b

Point values shown for US Scrabble, UK Scrabble, and Words With Friends. The average across this full 739 word list is 74.2 combined points.

Rank Word US Scrabble UK Scrabble WWF Points Total
#1 babingtonites 18 18 23 59
#2 babyishnesses 23 23 24 70
#3 baccalaureate 19 19 24 62
#4 bacchanalians 22 22 27 71
#5 bachelorettes 20 20 22 62
#6 bachelorhoods 24 24 25 73
#7 bachelorships 25 25 27 77
#8 bacillariales 17 17 22 56
#9 bacilliparous 19 19 25 63
#10 bacillogenous 18 18 25 61
#11 bacillophobia 24 24 29 77
🏆 #12 backcheckings 33 33 38 104
#13 backcountries 23 23 28 74
#14 backflippings 29 29 36 94
#15 backgammoning 27 27 35 89
#16 backgrounders 23 23 28 74
#17 backgrounding 24 24 31 79
#18 backlightings 26 26 31 83
#19 backpedalling 25 25 32 82
#20 backscattered 24 24 27 75

Where 13 Letter Words Fit on the Board

At 13 letters, a word almost always uses your entire rack plus tiles already on the board these are realistically bingo-adjacent plays rather than everyday moves, which is why the list leans heavily on compound and suffixed forms (-nesses, -ation, -izing). If you're looking for words you can play more often, shorter lengths starting with B will give you far more flexible options try 13 letter words starting with B for a more practical middle ground.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the highest-scoring 13 letter word starting with b?

backcheckings — worth 104 combined points (US Scrabble: 33, UK Scrabble: 33, Words With Friends: 38).

How many 13 letter words start with b?

739 valid words, combining entries from NWL2023, CSW24, and the Words With Friends dictionary.

Are 13 letter words realistic to actually play?

Only occasionally — you'd need most of your rack plus letters already on the board to reach 13 tiles. They're worth knowing for the rare bingo-extension play, but for regular turns, shorter b words will come up far more often.