5 Letter Words starting with BAU

5 Letter Words beginning with BAU are often very useful for word games like Scrabble and Words with Friends. This list will help you to find the top scoring words to beat the opponent. Word Finder by WordTips gives you a list of words ordered by their word game points of your choice. You might also be interested in 5 Letter Words with BAU.
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What is the highest scoring word in Words With Friends that has 5 letters and starts with BAU?

The highest scoring word in Words With Friends that has 5 letters and starts with BAU is BAULK with a total of total of 14 points.

If the top letter is a double letter then the score is: 19 points
If the top letter is a triple letter then the score is: 24 points
If the word lands on a double word then the score is: 28 points
If the word lands on a triple word then the score is: 42 points

BAULK

Verb

hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking

Synonyms: eschew, resist, refuse to, be unwilling to, draw the line at, be reluctant to, draw back from, flinch from, shrink from, shy from, recoil from, quail at, demur from, hesitate over, scruple to, take exception to, not like to, hate to, jib at

Noun

a roughly squared timber beam

Synonyms: joist, purlin, girder, spar, support, strut, stay, brace, scantling, batten, transom, lintel, stringer, balk, board, timber, plank, lath, rafter

the area on a billiard table between the balk line and the bottom cushion, within which in some circumstances a ball is protected from a direct stroke