19 common words, 89 with definitions — filter by type, find a Wordle guess.
In 5-letter words starting with BA, the most common letters in position 3 are: S, D, K, N, R.
| Word | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| BABBY | noun | Baby (human infant). |
| BABOO | noun | Archaic spelling of babu. |
| BABUL | noun | A tree native to South Asia, Vachellia nilotica subsp. indica, formerly Acacia nilotica subsp. indica. |
| BACCA | noun | a fleshy berry-like fruit, such as a grape or tomato |
| BACHE | noun | The dale of a stream or rivulet. |
| BACON | noun | back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried |
| BADGE | noun | a small device worn to show rank, membership, or achievement |
| BADLY | adverb | in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well |
| BAFFY | noun | An obsolete wooden golf club with high loft. |
| BAFTA | noun | A coarse material, usually of cotton, originally made in India. |
| BAGEL | noun | A toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked. |
| BAGGY | adjective | Of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang away from the body. |
| BAGRE | noun | Any of various types of catfish, located along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas. |
| BAHAR | noun | A weight used in the 18th and 19th century in the Middle East and the East Indies, of no single… |
| BAHOO | noun | Alternative form of bahu. |
| BAHUR | noun | Alternative form of bochur. |
| BAHUT | noun | A portable coffer or chest with a rounded lid covered in leather, garnished with nails, once… |
| BAIOC | noun | Obsolete form of bajocco. |
| BAIRN | noun | A child or baby. |
| BAIZE | noun | A thick, soft, usually woolen cloth resembling felt; often colored green and used for coverings on card tables, billiard and snooker tables, etc. |
| BAJAN | noun | Alternative form of bayan (“type of accordion”). |
| BAJRA | noun | Pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) |
| BAJRI | noun | Alternative form of bajra. |
| BAKED | adjective | cooked by dry heat |
| BAKEN | noun | alternative past participle of bake; baked. |
| BAKER | noun | someone who bakes bread or cake |
| BALAO | noun | The halfbeak. |
| BALAS | noun | A type of rose-coloured spinel once thought to be a form of ruby. |
| BALDY | noun | (sometimes derogatory) Someone who is bald. |
| BALEI | noun | a type of hall, station, or large building for public uses, typically found in present-day Malaysia |
| BALER | noun | A machine for creating bales, e.g., of hay or cotton. |
| BALKY | adjective | stubborn; inclined to stop suddenly and refuse to continue |
| BALLY | adjective | Bloody (used as a mild intensifier). |
| BALMY | adjective | pleasantly warm; mild and soothing |
| BALSA | noun | A large tree, Ochroma pyramidale, native to tropical America, with wood that is very light in weight. |
| BALUT | noun | Asian street food consisting of a developing duck embryo boiled alive and eaten in the shell |
| BANAL | adjective | so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring |
| BANAT | noun | The territory governed by a ban. |
| BANCA | noun | A canoe; an outrigger canoe or dugout. |
| BANCO | noun | A bank, especially that of Venice; formerly used to indicate bank money, as distinguished from the current money when it has become depreciated. |
| BANDA | noun | A style of Mexican brass band music, emerged in the 19th century. |
| BANDO | noun | A Welsh team sport related to hockey, hurling, shinty, and bandy. |
| BANDY | adjective | (of legs) curved outward at the knees; to exchange words |
| BANJO | noun | a stringed musical instrument with a round body like a drum |
| BANKY | noun | Hilly; sloping. |
| BANNS | noun | The announcement of a forthcoming marriage (legally required for a church wedding in England and Wales and read on the three Sundays preceding the marriage). |
| BANTY | noun | bantam (small, but aggressive) |
| BANYA | noun | A type of steam bath, popular in Russia (and in some parts of Alaska as well). |
| BARAD | noun | A unit of pressure, equal to one dyne per square centimeter. |
| BARDO | noun | The state of existence between death and subsequent reincarnation. |
| BARDY | noun | The edible larva of an insect. |
| BARER | adjective | Minimal; that is or are just sufficient. |
| BARGE | verb | push one's way |
| BARIA | noun | baryta |
| BARIC | noun | Of or pertaining to weight, especially to the weight or pressure of the atmosphere as measured… |
| BARIS | noun | A type of flat-bottomed freighter used on the Nile in Ancient Egypt, powered either by sail, or… |
| BARKY | noun | Having bark. |
| BARMY | adjective | Odd, strange, or crazy. |
| BARNY | noun | Alternative form of barney (“argument or fight”). |
| BARON | noun | a member of the lowest order of British nobility |
| BARRA | noun | A barrow; a hand-pushed cart of the type commonly used in markets. |
| BARRY | noun | A field divided transversely into several equal parts, and consisting of two different tinctures interchangeably disposed. |
| BARSE | noun | The perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch. |
| BARTH | noun | A place of shelter for cattle. |
| BARYE | noun | A unit of pressure under the CGS system; symbol Ba; equal to 1 dyne per square centimeter. 1 Ba… |
| BASAL | noun | Base, bottom, minimum |
| BASED | adjective | having a base of operations |
| BASES | noun | Something from which other things extend; a foundation. |
| BASIC | adjective | forming an essential foundation; fundamental |
| BASIL | noun | a fragrant herb used widely in cooking, especially Italian |
| BASIN | noun | bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids |
| BASIS | noun | fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained |
| BASON | noun | Alternative form of basin. |
| BASSO | noun | A bass singer, especially in opera. |
| BASTA | noun | (that's) enough; stop! |
| BASTE | verb | to pour fat over meat during cooking; to sew loosely |
| BASTO | noun | A card of the suit clubs in Spanish-suited playing cards |
| BATCH | noun | a quantity of goods produced or grouped at one time |
| BATED | verb | To reduce the force of something; to abate. |
| BATHE | verb | cleanse the entire body |
| BATIK | noun | A wax-resist method of dyeing fabric. |
| BATON | noun | a short stick used by a conductor or passed in relay races |
| BATTA | noun | An exchange rate. |
| BATTY | adjective | Mad, crazy, silly. |
| BAUNO | noun | Mangifera caesia; a wild mango found in the Philippines. |
| BAVIN | noun | A bundle of wood or twigs, which may be used in broom-making. A faggot bound with only one band. |
| BAYED | verb | To howl. |
| BAYOU | noun | a marshy outlet of a lake or river, especially in the US south |
| BAZOO | noun | A simple wind instrument, such as a kazoo or tin horn. |
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This list has 89 five-letter words starting with BA that have definitions. 19 are common everyday words. Wordle's answer list includes 1 of them.
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