5 Letter Words With BA

475 5 letter words with ba, listed strongest first, so the top of the list is the part that matters on a live board.

Need BA side by side, in that order? ABACK, ABASE, ABATE and more keep the run intact, and 34 can still be the answer, marked green.

BACON is the most familiar word here that could still come up as the answer.

Best First Guesses

With 475 words to get through, the first guess decides most of the round. Each one below is on this list, so it could be the answer outright, and the number beside it is how many words would still be left in the worst case.

BASIN: takes 475 down to 121 at worst. It is on the answer list.
BANDS: down to 130.
BASED: down to 130.

What These Words Have in Common

A is the ending to expect here, closing 97 of these words. The letters that turn up alongside most often are S (137), R (106) and E (100). 19 words out of 475 would pass unnoticed in conversation. That thin share is why the letter counts above matter more here than the list itself.

Best 5 Letter Words With BA

The strongest picks, with answer-list words first.

ABACK
ABASE
ABATE
BACON
BADGE
BADLY
BAGEL
BAGGY
BAKER
BALER
BALMY
BANJO
BARGE
BARON
BASAL
BASIC
BASIL
BASIN
BASIS
BASTE
BATCH
BATHE
BATON
BATTY
BAWDY
BAYOU
CABAL
DEBAR
KEBAB
REBAR
RUMBA
SCUBA
TUBAL
URBAN
BABES
BALLS
BANDS
BANKS
BARRY
BASED
BASES
BATHS
SAMBA

5 Letter Words With BA Starting With A

ABACK
ABASE
ABATE
ABACA
ABACI
ABACS
ABADA
ABAFF
ABAFT
ABAHT
ABAKA
ABAMA
ABAMP
ABAND
ABASH
ABASK
ABAUE
ABAVE
ABAYA
ABAZE
ABBAS
AGBAS
ALBAN
ALBAS
AMBAN
AMBAR
AMBAS
AMBAY
AMEBA
ANIBA
ARABA
ARBAH
ARBAS
AROBA
ATEBA

5 Letter Words With BA Starting With B

BACON
BADGE
BADLY
BAGEL
BAGGY
BAKER
BALER
BALMY
BANJO
BARGE
BARON
BASAL
BASIC
BASIL
BASIN
BASIS
BASTE
BATCH
BATHE
BATON
BATTY
BAWDY
BAYOU
BABES
BALLS
BANDS
BANKS
BARRY
BASED
BASES
BATHS
BAAED
BAALS
BAAPS
BABAI
BABAS
BABBY
BABEL
BABIS
BABKA
BABLE
BABOO
BABUA
BABUL
BABUS
BACAO
BACCA
BACCO
BACCY
BACHA
BACHE
BACHS
BACIN
BACIS
BACKS
BACKY
BACNE
BADAM
BADAN
BADDY
BADJU
BADON
BAELS
BAFFS
BAFFY
BAFTA
BAFTS
BAGDI
BAGGE
BAGHS
BAGIE
BAGIO
BAGLE
BAGNE
BAGRE
BAGSY
BAGUA
BAHAI
BAHAM
BAHAN
BAHAR
BAHAY
BAHOE
BAHOO
BAHTS
BAHUR
BAHUS
BAHUT
BAIGN
BAIKS
BAILE
BAILO
BAILS
BAIOC
BAIRN
BAISA
BAITH
BAITS
BAIZA
BAIZE
BAJAN
BAJAU
BAJRA
BAJRI
BAJUS
BAKAL
BAKED
BAKEN
BAKES
BAKIE
BAKLI
BAKRA
BALAI
BALAK
BALAN
BALAO
BALAS
BALAT
BALAU
BALDS
BALDY
BALED
BALEI
BALES
BALKS
BALKY
BALLI
BALLO
BALLY
BALMS
BALOI
BALON
BALOO
BALOR
BALOT
BALOW
BALSA
BALTI
BALUN
BALUS
BALUT
BALZA
BAMAH
BAMAS
BAMBI
BAMMA
BAMMY
BANAK
BANAL
BANAT

5 Letter Words With BA Starting With C

CABAL
CAABA
CABAA
CABAN
CABAS
CAOBA
CEIBA
CHEBA
CHIBA
COOBA
CUBAN
CUBAS
CYMBA

5 Letter Words With BA Starting With D

DEBAR
DABBA
DBAGS
DEBAG
DEBAT
DHABA
DOMBA
DORBA
DRABA
DUBBA
DUMBA

5 Letter Words With BA Starting With G

GABBA
GAMBA
GARBA
GIRBA
GLEBA
GOBAN
GOBAR
GUABA
GUBAT
GUBBA
GUIBA

5 Letter Words With BA Starting With K

KEBAB
KAABA
KABAB
KABAR
KAMBA
KBARS
KEBAR
KOBAN
KUBBA

5 Letter Words With BA Starting With M

MABAN
MAMBA
MANBA
MBARI
MBARS
MBAYA
MBUBA
MELBA

5 Letter Words With BA Starting With R

REBAR
RUMBA
RABAL
RABAT
REBAB
REBAG
REBAN
RIBAS
RIBAT
RUBAI
RUBAN
RYBAT

5 Letter Words With BA Starting With S

SCUBA
SAMBA
SABAL
SABAN
SAUBA
SEBAT
SHUBA
SIMBA
SOBAS
SUBAH
SUBAK
SUBAS

5 Letter Words With BA Starting With U

URBAN
UBACS
UNBAG
UNBAN
UNBAR
UNBAY
UPBAR
UPBAY
UZBAK

5 Letter Words With BA Starting With E, F, H and other letters

EBANK
EMBAR
EMBAY
ESBAY
FUBAR
HABAB
HAMBA
HERBA
HIBAS
HUBBA
IMBAN
IMBAR
IMBAT
ISBAS
JEBAT
JIBBA
JUBAS
JUMBA
LABAN
LABBA
LAMBA
LEBAN
LIMBA
LOBAL
LOBAR
NABAK
NABAL
NABAM
OBANG
ORBAT
PEBAN
PEBAS
PIABA
PIBAL
PUBAL
QUBBA
TUBAL
TABAC
TSUBA
TUBAE
TUBAR
TUBAS
TUBBA
VERBA
WHIBA
YABAS
YABBA
YERBA

Less Familiar Words Here

This page carries a lot of words most players would not define. Reading them once is quicker than meeting them cold in a puzzle.

BARYE: The absolute unit of pressure equal to one dyne per square centimeter.
GLEBA: Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
BARIC: Of or relating to or containing barium.
BARDE: Put a caparison on.
ABASE: Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of. It is on the answer list.
BALKY: Stopping short and refusing to go on.
BARKY: Resembling the rough bark of a tree.
LOBAR: Of or relating to or affecting a lobe.
BARBU: Found along western Atlantic coast.
BACCY: Leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion.
BALAS: A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
BABKA: A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
ABACA: A kind of hemp obtained from the abaca plant in the Philippines.
ABAFT: At or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane.

FAQs

Is this the same as 5 Letter Words With A and B?

No. Every word here keeps BA together, in that order. BABES does, ABOUT does not. 5 Letter Words With A and B takes those letters anywhere in the word.

Can a Wordle answer have BA side by side?

Yes. BASIC, BASIS and URBAN all sit on the Wordle answer list, so the pattern is worth playing for rather than ruling out.

Do any of these use the same letter twice?

Yes. BASIS and BALLS are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.

Is ABAMP really a word?

Yes. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.

Which one has the best chance of just being the answer?

BASIC. It is the most ordinary word here that the answer list carries, so it is the guess to make when you want to win the round rather than learn from it.

Are all of these accepted as guesses?

Yes. Every word on this list is a legal guess, including the ones that look wrong. YABAS and WHIBA are among them. Only a smaller set sits on the answer list, and those are the ones marked in green.

Which of these would most players overlook?

ABASE, BALER and BASTE. All three are on the answer list, and none is a word you would reach for early, so they are worth remembering once the obvious guesses run out.