How many words start with BO?

1,263, ranging from 2 to 15 letters.

What is the best scoring word that starts with BO?

BOWDLERIZATIONS, worth 30 points in Scrabble.

BOWDLERIZATIONS and BOURGEOISIFYING, at 15 letters.

1,263 words begin with BO, and BOWDLERIZATIONS scores the most at 30 points.

Showing the highest-scoring of 1,263 words. The pages linked below split the rest into smaller lists.

Searching for words that begin with BO turns up 1,263 of them, grouped below by how long they are.

8 words reach 15 letters, the longest here. The bulk sit at 8 letters with 248 entries.

Scrabble values put BOWDLERIZATIONS at 30 points on top. Words With Friends scores it differently and prefers BOLSHEVIZING at 34.

Top of the list by length: BOWDLERIZATIONS, BOURGEOISIFYING and BOUSTROPHEDONIC, all 15 letters.

Only the highest-scoring words are shown. Use the solver above with a starting or ending filter to find the rest.

boustrophedonic: of or relating to writing alternate lines in opposite directions
bowdlerization: written material that has been bowdlerized
bougainvillaea: ornamental tropical woody vines
bottomlessness: the property of being very deep
boisterousness: a turbulent and stormy state of the sea

How many words start with BO?: 1,263, ranging from 2 to 15 letters.
What is the best scoring word that starts with BO?: BOWDLERIZATIONS, worth 30 points in Scrabble.
What is the longest word that starts with BO?: BOWDLERIZATIONS and BOURGEOISIFYING, at 15 letters.