4 Letter Words Ending In B

There are 101 four-letter words ending in B. 59 of them are playable in Scrabble or Words With Friends, 8 are everyday English, and the highest scorer is zimb at 17 points.

The words

All 101 of them, everyday words first.

Everyday words 8

Word-game words 51

Archaic and rare 42

What is in this list

Every word carries its Scrabble score; hover one to see its Words With Friends score, which differs because the two games value tiles differently. Both are raw tile totals and exclude double- and triple-letter squares, since those depend on where you put the word rather than on the word itself.

Words in total
101
Playable in Scrabble or Words With Friends
59 (58%)
Everyday words
8
Archaic or rare
42
Highest Scrabble score
zimb at 17
Average Scrabble score
8.5
Letters that turn up most
B 100%, A 33%, R 29%, O 26%, U 25%, L 19%

Questions

How many 4 letter words end in B?
101, across every dictionary this site merges. 8 of those are everyday English, 51 are valid in word games without being words you would say out loud, and 42 come from Webster's 1913 and are largely obsolete.
Which of them are valid in Scrabble?
59 appear in ENABLE, the word list Scrabble and Words With Friends programs check against. The 42 archaic entries are shown last and labelled, because a word game will usually reject them.
What is the highest-scoring 4 letter word that end in B?
zimb, worth 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Both are raw tile values, before any double- or triple-letter square.
Which are the most common?
By frequency in ordinary English: club, bomb, boob, grab, lamb, herb, carb, dumb. The list below is in that order, so the words you are most likely to want come first.

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