What is the highest-scoring 5-letter word ending with B?

ZEBUB scores 18 points, the highest of the 55 valid 5-letter words ending with B in the SOWPODS dictionary.

How many 5-letter words ending with B are there in Scrabble?

There are 55 valid 5-letter words ending with B in the SOWPODS (international) dictionary.

How many points is the letter B worth in Scrabble?

B is worth 3 points on a standard Scrabble tile.

5 Letter Words Ending with B

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July 30, 2026 7 min read Word Finder

There are 55 valid 5-letter words ending with B in the SOWPODS dictionary. B carries a modest 3-point value, and the highest-scoring option here is ZEBUB at 18 points. That's below average for 5-letter words ending with a letter — most letters in this slot manage around 542.

Why B at the End Matters

💡 Tile Value

B's 3 points are a reasonable chunk of a 5-letter word's total score without being so rare that plays are hard to find.

Because B lands last, 5-letter words ending with B are naturally suited to hooking: adding B onto a shorter word already on the board to build a new one on your turn.

Notable Words

Highest scorer: ZEBUB is worth 18 points — B's 3 points plus the rest of the tiles in the word. It's the play to look for if you're building toward a big turn.

Worth memorising first: WEAMB (12 points) is one of the lower scorers here, which usually means it's a more familiar word — a safer one to keep in your working vocabulary than the obscure high scorers.

How many options: 55 valid 5-letter words ending with B exist in SOWPODS — fewer than the ~542 typical for this slot, so it's realistic to learn most of the useful ones.

Try This on the Board

🧩 Worked Example

ZEBUB works as a hook too: if ZEBU is already on the board, adding the final B to reach ZEBUB lets you play across an existing word rather than starting fresh.