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88 verified matches
The opening tile is already settled, leaving 4 places to test. BACON keeps A, C, O, and N distinct after B, which makes it a useful comparison point rather than an automatic guess.
88 real matches in Wurdella
5-Letter Words Starting With B
88 playable 5-letter words begin with B, stretching alphabetically from BACON to BURST. The first tile is already settled here, so the useful differences all sit in the remaining 4 places.
Repeated letters
19 answers repeat a letter
BALAS, BANAL, BEDEL, and BEEDI are among the repeated-letter choices. For a cleaner letter test, compare them with BACON, BADLY, and BAGEL.
Reading order
The list runs from BACON to BURST
BACON, BADLY, BAGEL, BAIRN, and BAKER open the list; BURST is the final entry alphabetically.
All 88 matches from BACON to BURST
88 matches call for filters, not a top-to-bottom guessing queue. Start with excluded letters, use BACON as a comparison point and let the position and vowel summaries cut the field down.
- BACON
- BADLY
- BAGEL
- BAIRN
- BAKER
- BALAS
- BANAL
- BARYE
- BASIC
- BAWDY
- BEACH
- BEARD
- BEDEL
- BEEDI
- BEFIT
- BEGET
- BEGIN
- BEKAH
- BELIE
- BELOW
- BENCH
- BERRY
- BESET
- BESOM
- BESOT
- BETEL
- BEVEL
- BEZEL
- BIELD
- BIGHT
- BILGE
- BINAL
- BIRLE
- BIRSE
- BIRTH
- BLACK
- BLADE
- BLAME
- BLANK
- BLATE
- BLAZE
- BLEAK
- BLEND
- BLIND
- BLISS
- BLOCK
- BLOOD
- BLOOM
- BLUNT
- BLUSH
- BOARD
- BOGUE
- BOOST
- BORAX
- BOSON
- BOUND
- BOVID
- BRACH
- BRACT
- BRAIL
- BRAIN
- BRANK
- BRASH
- BRAVE
- BRAWL
- BRAWN
- BRAZE
- BREAD
- BREAK
- BRICK
- BRIDE
- BRIEF
- BRINE
- BRING
- BRISK
- BROAD
- BROOD
- BROOM
- BROWN
- BRUIT
- BRUME
- BRUSH
- BUDGE
- BUILD
- BUNCH
- BUNNY
- BURAN
- BURST
What separates these 88 candidates
E, A, and R appear across the open parts of the list more often than the other movable letters. BACON exposes 4 distinct letters outside the fixed clue: A, C, O, and N.
Leaders in open positions
- second: R in 25 words
- third: A in 19 words
- fourth: A in 10 words
- fifth: E in 16 words
Movable letters seen most often
- E appears outside the fixed clue in 41 candidates
- A appears outside the fixed clue in 37 candidates
- R appears outside the fixed clue in 37 candidates
- L appears outside the fixed clue in 32 candidates
- I appears outside the fixed clue in 26 candidates
Vowel count across the matches
57 of the 88 matches use 2 vowels. BACON is one concrete example of that shape.
1 vowel: 282 vowels: 573 vowels: 3
B owns the opening square
Why BACON is worth comparing
Keep B anchored at the front and compare the remaining tiles, not the whole word. BACON checks 4 different follow-up letters—A, C, O, and N—so any gray among them removes that word immediately and may clear several neighbors from the list too.
BACON belongs here because it starts with B; that alone does not make it legal on your current board. Submit it only when A, C, O, and N also agree with the feedback you have already earned.
Browse solving strategies →Meanings found in this 88-word result set
Every match on this page has a glossary note. The entries for BACON, BADLY, and BAGEL show the exact sense Wurdella uses, which is worth checking before an unfamiliar spelling costs a turn.
- BACON
- Salt-cured meat, usually cut from the back or belly of a pig.
- BADLY
- In a poor, harmful, severe, or unsuccessful manner.
- BAGEL
- A ring-shaped bread roll traditionally boiled briefly before baking.
- BAIRN
- A child, especially in Scottish and northern English usage.
- BAKER
- A person whose job is making and baking bread, cakes, and other baked goods.
- BALAS
- A pale rose-red variety of spinel historically known as balas ruby.
- BANAL
- Unoriginal and lacking freshness or interest.
- BARYE
- A centimeter-gram-second unit of pressure equal to one dyne per square centimeter.
- BASIC
- Simple, fundamental, or forming the starting point of something.
- BAWDY
- Humorously indecent or crudely suggestive.
- BEACH
- A shore covered with sand, pebbles, or other loose material beside a body of water.
- BEARD
- Hair that grows on the chin, cheeks, and jaw of a person's face.
- BEDEL
- A ceremonial official at a university or similar institution.
- BEEDI
- A small hand-rolled cigarette of South Asia, typically containing tobacco wrapped in a tendu or similar leaf.
- BEFIT
- To be suitable or appropriate for someone or something.
- BEGET
- To cause something to happen or produce offspring.
- BEGIN
- To start doing or experiencing something.
- BEKAH
- An ancient Hebrew unit of weight equal to half a shekel.
Keep B in front and change one other condition
From 5-Letter Words Starting With B, the nearest alternative is 5-Letter Words Starting With A, currently with 140 matches. Use the links below only when new board feedback changes the constraint you actually know.
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5-Letter Words Starting With A
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5-Letter Words Starting With C
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5-Letter Words Starting With S
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5-Letter Words Starting With F
Open list →64 matches
5-Letter Words Starting With P
Open list →62 matches
5-Letter Words Starting With G
Open list →Try BACON only with B already fixed first
Return to BACON only when the first square is confirmed as B. Keep every green where it is, move every yellow, and reject the word immediately if one of A, C, O, and N has already turned gray.