Words That Start With

BR

English words beginning with “BR” — sorted by frequency

✦176 words found

🟩39 Wordle words

🟩 5-Letter Words Starting With BR

39 Wordle words

These are valid 5-letter words — exactly the format Wordle uses every day.

BRASH BREAK BROOD BROAD BRUTE BRISK BRUSH BROOK BRUIT BRASS BRIEF BRAVE BRAND BRAWL BRACE BRILL BRAIN BREED BRUNT BROOL BRAVO BRING BRUSK BROWN BRAKE BRINK BRIAR BRAME BRATH BRINE BRAWN BRINY BRAIL BRICK BRAID BRIDE BRACH BREST BROMA

🎯 4-Letter Words Starting With BR

8 words

Useful for Scrabble, crossword fill-ins, and short word puzzles.

BRIO BRAY BRAT BROW BRIM BRAG BRIE BRAW

All Words Starting With BR

176 words — most common first

Sorted by how frequently each word appears in written English.

Word	Letters	Syllables	Type	Definition
brazen	6	2	verb	Shameless or impudent; shocking or audacious; brash.
brash	5	1	noun	(of people or behaviour) Overly bold or self-assertive to the point of being insensitive, tactless or impudent; shameless.
break	5	1	verb	(ergative, transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
bright	6	1	noun	Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant.
brusque	7	1	verb	Rudely abrupt; curt, unfriendly.
brood	5	1	noun	The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.
brassy	6	2	noun	(informal) Impudent; impudently bold.
broad	5	1	noun	Wide in extent or scope.
brute	5	1	noun	Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless, without intelligence or reason.
brisk	5	1	verb	Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action.
brawny	6	2		Characterized by brawn; muscular, thewy; strong.
bravado	7	3	noun	A swaggering show of defiance or courage.
brusquely	9	2		In a brusque manner; abruptly; rudely.
brush	5	1	noun	An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair.
brook	5	1	noun	(Northeastern US) A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.
bridge	6	1	noun	A construction or natural feature that spans a divide.
breach	6	1	noun	(law) A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment.
brilliant	9	2	noun	Highly intelligent.
brio	4	2	noun	Vigour or vivacity.
bruit	5	1	noun	(medicine) An abnormal sound in the body heard on auscultation (for example, through using a stethoscope); a murmur.
brutal	6	2		Savagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel, often in an unintelligent manner.
breathtaking	12	3		stunningly beautiful; amazing
brass	5	1	noun	(countable, uncountable) A metallic alloy of copper and zinc used in many industrial and plumbing applications.
brief	5	1	noun	Of short duration; happening quickly.
brooding	8	2	noun	Deeply or seriously thoughtful.
braggart	8	2	noun	Someone who constantly brags or boasts.
brave	5	1	verb	Strong in the face of fear; courageous.
brand	5	1	noun	A mark or scar made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark cattle or to classify the contents of a cask.
bray	4	1	noun	(intransitive) Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.
brawl	5	1	noun	A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved.
bravura	7	3	noun	A display of daring.
brumous	7	2		(literary) Foggy or misty; wintry.
brace	5	1	noun	A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
broach	6	1	verb	(transitive, figuratively) To begin discussion about (something).
bristly	7	2		Covered with bristles.
brobdingnagian	14	5	noun	(figurative) Enormous, huge, far larger than is customary for such a thing.
breadth	7	1	noun	The extent or measure of how broad or wide something is; width.
brat	4	1	noun	(derogatory) A child who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish.
brevity	7	3	noun	(uncountable) Succinctness; conciseness.
brimstone	9	2	noun	(biblical) The sulfur of hell; hell, damnation.
brutality	9	4	noun	A cruel or savage act.
brill	5	1	noun	A type of flatfish, Scophthalmus rhombus.
briskly	7	2		Fast, quickly, swiftly.
brain	5	1	noun	The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.
breed	5	1	noun	To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.
brittle	7	2	noun	Inflexible; liable to break, snap, or shatter easily under stress, pressure, or impact; crackly.
brimming	8	2		Full to the brim.
breakthrough	12	2	noun	Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.
brigade	7	2	noun	A group of people organized for a common purpose.
brunt	5	1	noun	The full adverse effects; the chief consequences or negative results of a thing or event.
brutish	7	2		Bestial; lacking human sensibility
browbeaten	10	3		intimidated or subjugated
brool	5	1	noun	A deep murmur.
bracket	7	2	noun	A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.
broken	6	2	noun	Fragmented; in separate pieces.
breathe	7	1	verb	(intransitive) To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
breeze	6	1	noun	A light, gentle wind.
bravo	5	2	noun	A shout of "bravo!"
brownie	7	2	noun	(usually countable, baking, originally US) A small square piece of rich cake, usually made with chocolate.
brushed	7	1		Having been cleaned, tidied, or straightened with a brush.
bristled	8	2		Having bristles
breast	6	1	noun	(anatomy) Either of the two organs on the front of a female human's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in males.
bridle	6	2	noun	(equestrianism) The headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins.
brackish	8	2		(of water) Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries.
broadcast	9	2	noun	Communicated, signalled, or transmitted to many people, through radio waves or electronic means.
bristle	7	2	noun	The hairs or other filaments that make up a brush, broom, or similar item, typically made from plant cellulose, animal hairs, or synthetic polymers.
brandish	8	2	verb	(transitive) To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating anger, threat or skill.
brigand	7	2	noun	(crime) An outlaw or bandit.
brainsick	9	2		Disordered in the understanding; giddy; thoughtless.
brazenly	8	3		In a brazen (shamelessly shocking and offensive) manner.
brashly	7	2		In a brash manner.
brisant	7	2		(of an explosion or explosive) Having a shattering effect.
brow	4	1	noun	The bony ridge over the eyes, upon which the eyebrows are located.
brim	4	1	noun	The topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container.
brothel	7	2	noun	A house of prostitution.
bruising	8	2	noun	That bruises.
brainpower	10	3	noun	Mental ability; intelligence.
brinded	7	2	noun	(archaic, dialect) Especially of the fur or skin of animals: having a patchy or streaky pattern, usually brown or grey in colour; brindled.
broker	6	2	noun	A mediator between a buyer and seller.
bring	5	1	verb	(transitive, ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
breeding	8	2	noun	Propagation of offspring through sexual reproduction.
brouhaha	8	3	noun	A stir; a fuss or uproar.
brusk	5	1		(British, obsolete or US) Alternative spelling of brusque. [Rudely abrupt; curt, unfriendly.]
braying	7	2	noun	An act or sound of braying.
brown	5	1	noun	(countable and uncountable) A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
brake	5	1	noun	A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or aerodynamic drag, can also be used); also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car.
brocade	7	2	noun	(countable, uncountable) A thick heavy fabric into which raised patterns have been woven, originally in gold and silver; more recently any cloth incorporating raised, woven patterns.
brink	5	1	noun	The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge.
brooch	6	1	noun	A piece of ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body.
briar	5	2	noun	Any of many plants with thorny stems growing in dense clusters, such as many in the Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax genera.
broody	6	2	noun	Of birds: sitting persistently and protectively on a nest, in order to hatch eggs.
brilliance	10	2	noun	The quality of having extraordinary mental capacity.
brumal	6	2		Belonging to winter; winterlike; wintry.
brutishly	9	3		In a brutish manner.
brame	5	1	noun	(obsolete) Intense passion or emotion; vexation.
brath	5	1	noun	(UK dialectal) Violence; fierceness; anger; fury; fit of rage.
brine	5	1	noun	Salt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a salt-and-water solution for pickling.
breakwater	10	3	noun	A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.
brawn	5	1	noun	Physical strength; muscularity.
bravery	7	3	noun	(usually uncountable) Being brave, courageousness.
breathless	10	2		Having difficulty breathing; gasping.
brioche	7	2	noun	(countable and uncountable) A type of light sweet pastry or bun of French origin.
brotherhood	11	3	noun	An association of people for any purpose, such as a society of monks; a fraternity.
brethren	8	2	noun	(figuratively) The body of members, especially of a fraternal, religious or military order.
briny	5	2	noun	Of, pertaining to, resembling or containing brine; salty.
brunette	8	2	noun	(of a person) Having brown hair.
brazier	7	3	noun	An upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal for a source of light or heat.
brail	5	1	noun	(nautical) A small rope used to truss up sails.
brindle	7	2	noun	A streaky colouration in animals.
brutally	8	3		In a brutal manner; viciously, barbarically.
bringing	8	2	noun	The act by which something is brought.
brusqueness	11	2	noun	The state or quality of being brusque; brusque behaviour.
breakthroughs	13	2	noun	Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.
broadened	9	2	verb	(intransitive) To become broad or broader.
brutely	7	2		In a rude or violent manner.
brattling	9	2	noun	A rattling or scampering noise.
brick	5	1	noun	(countable) A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.
breakdown	9	2	noun	(countable) A failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature.
breath	6	1	noun	(uncountable) The act or process of breathing.
brag	4	1	verb	(intransitive, often with of) To boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, is able to do, or has done; often as an attempt to popularize oneself.