Words That Start With BA
Here are 857 words that start with ba, from everyday words to rare ones that are still valid in word games. Common words come first with a short meaning, then the words are grouped by length, which helps with Wordle and crossword clues.
- Words starting with ba
- 857
- Most used
- back
- Shortest
- bad
- 5 letter words
- 85
Common words that start with ba
| # | Word | Meaning | Letters |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | back | in or to or toward a former location | 4 |
| 2 | bad | having undesirable or negative qualities | 3 |
| 3 | based | having a base | 5 |
| 4 | baby | a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk | 4 |
| 5 | bank | sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water) | 4 |
| 6 | base | use as a basis for; found on | 4 |
| 7 | ball | round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games | 4 |
| 8 | bar | a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter | 3 |
| 9 | battle | a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war | 6 |
| 10 | band | an unofficial association of people or groups | 4 |
| 11 | basic | pertaining to or constituting a base or basis | 5 |
| 12 | basis | a relation that provides the foundation for something | 5 |
| 13 | bag | a flexible container with a single opening | 3 |
| 14 | background | a person's social heritage: previous experience or training | 10 |
| 15 | balance | a state of equilibrium | 7 |
| 16 | bay | an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf | 3 |
| 17 | banks | English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820) | 5 |
| 18 | basically | in essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature | 9 |
| 19 | basketball | a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players | 10 |
| 20 | ban | forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper) | 3 |
| 21 | baseball | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players | 8 |
| 22 | bathroom | a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet | 8 |
| 23 | balls | round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games | 5 |
| 24 | battery | group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place | 7 |
| 25 | barely | only a very short time before; ; ; ; ; - W.B.Yeats | 6 |
| 26 | babies | a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk | 6 |
| 27 | bars | gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden rods supported on uprights | 4 |
| 28 | badly | to a severe or serious degree | 5 |
| 29 | bath | a vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant... | 4 |
| 30 | bags | a flexible container with a single opening | 4 |
| 31 | banned | forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper) | 6 |
| 32 | bands | an unofficial association of people or groups | 5 |
| 33 | banking | tip laterally | 7 |
| 34 | bang | strike violently | 4 |
| 35 | bat | strike with, or as if with a baseball bat | 3 |
| 36 | bass | the lowest part of the musical range | 4 |
| 37 | backed | be behind; approve of | 6 |
| 38 | backing | the act of providing approval and support | 7 |
| 39 | baker | someone who bakes commercially | 5 |
| 40 | batman | an orderly assigned to serve a British military officer | 6 |
| 41 | backup | an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage | 6 |
| 42 | bacteria | (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll... | 8 |
| 43 | balanced | being in a state of proper equilibrium | 8 |
| 44 | bare | completely unclothed | 4 |
| 45 | basement | the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage | 8 |
| 46 | bases | installation from which a military force initiates operations | 5 |
| 47 | battles | a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war | 7 |
| 48 | barrel | a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired | 6 |
| 49 | bacon | back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried | 5 |
| 50 | barrier | a structure or object that impedes free movement | 7 |
3 letter words that start with ba
- bad
- bar
- bag
- bay
- ban
- bat
- bam
- bas
- bal
- bah
- baa
- bap
4 letter words that start with ba
- back
- baby
- bank
- base
- ball
- band
- bars
- bath
- bags
- bang
- bass
- bare
- babe
- bail
- barn
- bake
- bait
- bark
- bald
- bats
- bash
- bans
- bale
- baba
- bach
- bard
- bays
- barb
- bane
- balm
- babu
- baht
- bask
- baal
- bate
- balk
- bade
- bani
- bast
- batt
- baud
- bawl
- baps
- baas
- bads
- bams
- baff
- barm
- bawd
- bals
5 letter words that start with ba
- based
- basic
- basis
- banks
- balls
- badly
- bands
- baker
- bases
- bacon
- backs
- basin
- badge
- baked
- batch
- baron
- baths
- basil
- bates
- baton
- barge
- bangs
- basal
- babes
- banjo
- bathe
- bagel
- baggy
- barns
- bayou
- barre
- banco
- barks
- bales
- babel
- banal
- barbs
- batty
- bakes
- bally
- balmy
- bards
- baits
- bared
- baldy
- bazar
- bails
- bandy
- batik
- bares
- balsa
- basso
- baste
- batts
- bated
- barmy
- baler
- balms
- baser
- banes
25 more in the filter below.
6 letter words that start with ba
- battle
- barely
- babies
- banned
- backed
- batman
- backup
- barrel
- banner
- basket
- bailey
- ballot
- banana
- ballet
- baking
- basics
- barber
- banker
- badass
- barred
- bakery
- bamboo
- barker
- batter
- badges
- barley
- badger
- banter
- ballad
- banged
- barren
- barrow
- bandit
- bazaar
- barlow
- bailed
- barbed
- basins
- basing
- batted
- bagged
- basque
- bakers
- barons
- banded
- bathed
- bashed
- banish
- barges
- barter
- bagels
- banger
- basalt
- backer
- banked
- baring
- balboa
- ballon
- baller
- barrio
76 more in the filter below.
7 letter words that start with ba
- balance
- battery
- banking
- backing
- battles
- barrier
- bargain
- balloon
- baptist
- bangkok
- batting
- barrels
- banning
- balcony
- bankers
- baggage
- bananas
- banging
- bathing
- ballots
- banners
- banquet
- baptism
- barking
- bashing
- baskets
- bathtub
- barring
- batsman
- bandits
- barrage
- baffled
- baroque
- bastion
- battled
- badgers
- bandage
- backers
- batches
- backlog
- bassist
- baseman
- bailout
- ballads
- ballast
- bayonet
- backups
- batters
- bassett
- baiting
- bagging
- bailiff
- batsmen
- bailing
- balding
- banding
- baffles
- basking
- bangers
- baronet
96 more in the filter below.
8 letter words that start with ba
- baseball
- bathroom
- bacteria
- balanced
- basement
- barriers
- bachelor
- backyard
- backpack
- bankrupt
- backward
- baseline
- battling
- barracks
- backlash
- balloons
- bastards
- balances
- barbecue
- backdrop
- backbone
- ballroom
- baptized
- battered
- banished
- barefoot
- baroness
- ballpark
- bargains
- barbaric
- backside
- backseat
- baffling
- backfire
- baseless
- basilica
- bandages
- bastille
- backdoor
- baptists
- baritone
- bakeries
- backhand
- bankroll
- babbling
- badlands
- baguette
- backroom
- baptised
- bayonets
- bagpipes
- balsamic
- banquets
- bandaged
- bacillus
- barbeque
- bailiffs
- ballgame
- bathrobe
- baldness
94 more in the filter below.
9 letter words that start with ba
- basically
- batteries
- backwards
- battalion
- balancing
- bacterial
- bathrooms
- bandwidth
- backstage
- bartender
- ballistic
- barrister
- badminton
- barbarian
- bandwagon
- bachelors
- barometer
- ballerina
- barricade
- backpacks
- bacterium
- backfired
- balconies
- bannister
- basements
- battering
- bargained
- backwater
- banknotes
- barracuda
- barbarism
- backwoods
- backfield
- backtrack
- backfires
- baptismal
- bathhouse
- barbecues
- balloting
- barnacles
- backboard
- bandstand
- backyards
- barbarous
- ballpoint
- backdrops
- balaclava
- bandicoot
- banishing
- backlight
- barbecued
- bartering
- barbarity
- baseballs
- backcourt
- ballooned
- baguettes
- barreling
- backbench
- badgering
56 more in the filter below.
10 letter words that start with ba
- background
- basketball
- bankruptcy
- bargaining
- barbarians
- babysitter
- battalions
- battleship
- barricades
- barbershop
- bartenders
- barristers
- ballistics
- backstreet
- banishment
- barricaded
- ballooning
- backstroke
- backpacker
- bankrupted
- barometric
- ballerinas
- bandleader
- bartending
- backgammon
- bamboozled
- backwaters
- balustrade
- backhanded
- backfiring
- banqueting
- bankrolled
- ballplayer
- barbecuing
- barefooted
- bathhouses
- barometers
- backlogged
- backbiting
- bandwidths
- backsplash
- backtracks
- balderdash
- baseboards
- baptistery
- bathymetry
- balaclavas
- bacteremia
- barramundi
- bandwagons
- banalities
- bafflement
- barrenness
- backfilled
- barracudas
- backdating
- battlement
- bandmaster
- barrelling
- backstairs
15 more in the filter below.
11 letter words that start with ba
- battlefield
- backgrounds
- backpacking
- battleships
- backcountry
- battlefront
- backpackers
- babysitters
- battlements
- backtracked
- backsliding
- bankrolling
- basketballs
- backbencher
- bankrupting
- backstreets
- ballplayers
- backscatter
- barbiturate
- balustrades
- bathymetric
- backstabber
- badmouthing
- backstretch
- barricading
- barbershops
- baserunning
- bastardized
- backbenches
- backstabbed
- backfilling
- bacchanalia
- backstopped
- backbreaker
- bamboozling
- backpedaled
- bastardised
- barbarously
- barnstormer
- bandleaders
12 letter words that start with ba
- bachelorette
- battleground
- battlefields
- bankruptcies
- backstabbing
- backtracking
- bantamweight
- bacteriology
- barbiturates
- backbenchers
- backwardness
- backbreaking
- barnstorming
- bactericidal
- backlighting
- backpedaling
- backgrounder
- backstabbers
- bachelorhood
- bacchanalian
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Questions people ask
How many words start with ba?
This list has 857 words starting with ba, all from a standard word-game dictionary and all seen in real English text.
What are common words that start with ba?
back, bad, based, baby, bank, base, ball, bar.
What 5 letter words start with ba?
based, basic, basis, banks, balls, badly, bands, baker, bases, bacon.
Source: the ENABLE word list (a public-domain dictionary used for word games), ranked by how often each word appears in English text (the open wordfreq project), with short meanings from Princeton WordNet. Offensive words are left out.