5-letter words starting with BA

There are 108 5-letter words that start with BA in the Scrabble dictionary, about 1% of all 8,909 5-letter words. Every one is valid in US Scrabble play.

The highest scoring is Baffy, Baiza and Baize, worth 16 points without any bonuses (2 more tie). The commonest third letter is R: 20 of these words begin BAR. Words like Backs, Baled, Barbe, Based and Batty are on the list.

If Wordle has shown you a green B and A in the first two boxes, this is the list to scan. The Scrabble dictionary is bigger than Wordle's own word lists, so not every word here will be a Wordle answer; our Wordle Cheat narrows the list down with the other clues you have.