Words starting with B, then A, then S, ending in T
102 words fit this spine. They're all listed below. They start with B, end with T, and contain A then S in that order in between — not necessarily side by side.
- babble doesn't fit: it starts with B but ends with E, not T.
- ballet doesn't fit: it has the right ends but no S in the middle.
4-letter words
bast
5-letter words
beast, blast, boast
6-letter words
barest, basalt, basest, basket, basset, breast, bypast
7-letter words
babiest, babysat, babysit, backset, baddest, baldest, ballast, baptist, basinet, bassett, bassist, bawsunt, bedfast, bombast, bravest, brawest
8-letter words
backcast, backlist, backmost, backrest, backseat, baggiest, balkiest, balmiest, bandiest, banjoist, barghest, barguest, barkiest, barmiest, barniest, basement, bassinet, battiest, bawdiest, beadiest, beakiest, beamiest, bigamist, blackest, blandest, blankest, bleakest, botanist, braggest, brakiest, brashest, brassart, broadest
9-letter words
backswept, balladist, ballsiest, barrenest, baulkiest, beachiest, blacklist, blastiest, blastment, bleariest, braggiest, braillist, brainiest, branniest, brashiest, brassiest, brattiest, bratwurst, brawliest, brawniest, breakfast, broadcast
10-letter words
backstreet, bairnliest, balloonist, banishment, bassoonist, beastliest, blastocyst, brambliest, branchiest, breathiest, broadsheet
11-letter words
behaviorist, bimetallist, breadbasket
12-letter words
bacteriostat, beautifulest, blandishment
13-letter words
blepharoplast
14-letter words
bacteriologist, biosystematist
Where this pattern came from
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