Words That Start with BU

3-letter words that start with BU

• bub7n. An alcoholic malt liquor, especially beer.
• bud6n. A newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet unfolded.
• bug6n. An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
• buk9n. A traditional Korean drum.
• bum7n. The buttocks.
• bun5n. A small bread roll that is sweetened or spiced.
• bur5n. A rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants.
• bus5n. A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.
• but5prep. Apart from, except (for), excluding.
• buy8v. To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.

4-letter words that start with BU

• buba8n. A woman's blouse worn in West African countries.
• bubo8n. An inflamed swelling of a lymph node, especially in the armpit or...
• buck12n. A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the...
• budo7n. Japanese martial arts.
• budu7n. An Asian fermented anchovy sauce.
• buff12n. Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.
• bufo9n. Toad, frog.
• bugs7adj. Crazy; unstable.
• buhl9n. A particularly decorative piece of brass or other material, used as...
• buhr9n. Synonym of burrstone.
• bujo13n. A confidence trick in which the victim is falsely diagnosed with a...
• buka10n. The short introduction to a gamelan piece, generally played by a single...
• buko10n. A coconut.
• bulb8n. The bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant such as a tulip...
• bulk10n. Size, specifically, volume.
• bull6n. Specifically, one that is uncastrated.
• bult6n. A ridge or small hill.
• bumf11n. Useless papers; now especially official documents, standardized forms...
• bump10n. A light blow or jolting collision.
• bund7n. A league or confederacy; especially the confederation of German states.
• bung7n. A stopper, alternative to a cork, often made of rubber, used to prevent...
• bunk10n. One of a series of berths or beds placed in tiers.
• buns6n. The buttocks.
• bunt6n. The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail...
• buoy9n. A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, indicate a...
• burb8n. A suburb.
• burd7n. Maiden, young woman.
• bure6n. A traditional Fijian cottage with a steep thatched roof and wide...
• burg7n. A city or town.
• burh9n. A fortified dwelling place belonging to a king or noble; a prehistoric...
• burk10v. To vomit.
• burl6n. A tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner; a burr...
• burn6n. A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or...
• burp8n. A belch.
• burr6n. A sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter.
• bury9v. To kill or murder.
• bush9n. A woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower...
• busk10v. To solicit money by entertaining the public in the street or in public...
• buss6v. To kiss (either literally or figuratively).
• bust6v. To break.
• busy9adj. Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.
• bute6n. Phenylbutazone.
• butt6n. The buttocks or anus (used as a minced oath in idiomatic expressions...
• buzz24n. A continuous humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of...

5-letter words that start with BU

• bubba11n. Brother; used as term of familiar address.
• bucks13n. Casual Oxford shoes made of buckskin, often white or a neutral color.
• bucky16n. A gun.
• buddy12n. A friend or casual acquaintance.
• budge9v. To move; to be shifted from a fixed position.
• buffy16adj. Of a buff color.
• buggy12n. A small horse-drawn cart.
• bugle8n. A horn used by hunters.
• bugsy11adj. Infested with bugs; buggy.
• build8v. To form (something) by combining materials or parts.
• built7adj. Well-built, muscular or toned.
• bulge8n. An object which is sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant...
• bulky14adj. Being large in size, mass, or volume; big, fat or muscular.
• bully10n. A person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to...
• bumps11n. The ritual tossing of someone into the air to celebrate their birthday.
• bumpy14adj. Rough; jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements.
• bunce9n. A bonus; additional pay; money.
• bunch12n. A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or...
• bundy11n. A tree, Eucalyptus goniocalyx.
• bunny10n. A rabbit, especially a juvenile one.
• burgh11n. A small mound, often used in reference to tumuli (mostly restricted to...
• burka11n. A dress made from felt or karakul (the short curly fur of young lambs...
• burke11v. To murder by suffocation.
• burly10adj. Large, well-built, and muscular.
• burnt7adj. Damaged or injured by fire or heat.
• burqa16n. An enveloping Central Asian garment which covers the whole body...
• burro7n. A small donkey, especially when used as a pack animal or one that is...
• burry10adj. Abounding in burs.
• bursa7n. Any of the many small fluid-filled sacs located at the point where a...
• burst7v. To break from internal pressure.
• busby12n. A fur hat, usually with a plume in the front, worn by certain members...
• bushy13adj. Like a bush in having many branches that spread out densely in all...
• bussy10n. A bus driver.
• busty10adj. Having large breasts.
• butch12adj. Very masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude.
• butte7n. An isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top.
• butyl10n. Any of four isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₄H₉, formally...
• buxom16adj. Having a full, voluptuous figure, especially possessing large breasts.
• buyer10n. A person who makes one or more purchases.
• buzzy28adj. Having a buzzing sound.

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6-letter words that start with BU

• bubble12n. A spherically contained volume of air or other gas in a liquid...
• bubbly15adj. Full of bubbles.
• bucket14n. A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry...
• buckle14n. A metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike through which a belt or...
• buddha13n. Marijuana.
• budget10n. The amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular...
• buffer14n. A machine with rotary brushes, passed over a hard floor to clean it.
• buffet14n. A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be...
• buffon14n. Synonym of buffont.
• bugged11adj. Affected by a bug (computer error).
• bugger10n. Someone who commits buggery; a sodomite.
• bulger9n. A driver or a brassy with a convex face.
• buller8v. To boil or seethe.
• bullet8n. A projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed.
• bumble12n. A confusion; a jumble.
• bummed13adj. Synonym of bummed out.
• bummer12n. An idle, worthless fellow, without any visible means of support; a...
• bumped13adj. Containing bumps.
• bumper12n. Someone or something that bumps.
• bundle9n. A group of objects held together by wrapping or tying.
• bungee9n. An elastic fabric-bound strap with a hook at each end, used for...
• bunker12n. A hardened shelter, often partly buried or fully underground, designed...
• buoyed12adj. Marked with buoys.
• burden9n. A heavy load.
• bureau8n. An administrative unit of government; office.
• burger9n. A hamburger.
• burial8n. The act of burying; interment; placing remains into the earth.
• buried9adj. Placed in a grave at a burial.
• burlap10n. A very strong, coarse cloth, made from jute, flax, or hemp, and used to...
• burley11n. A tobacco grown mainly in Kentucky, used in making cigarettes.
• burned9adj. Damaged or consumed by heat, fire, oxidation, or similar process.
• burner8n. An element on a kitchen stove, hob, or cooktop that generates localized...
• burnet8n. Any of the herbs of genus Sanguisorba (syn. Poterium), including salad...
• burrow11n. A tunnel or hole, or a system of tunnels, often as dug by a small...
• burton8n. An arrangement of blocks and pulleys, especially for tightening rigging...
• bushel11n. A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two...
• busted9adj. Having a certain type of bust (breasts; cleavage).
• buster8n. Someone who or something that bursts, breaks, or destroys a specified...
• bustle8n. An excited activity; a stir.
• butane8n. A hydrocarbon (either of the two isomers of C₄H₁₀, n-butane and...
• butler8n. A manservant having charge of wines and liquors.
• butted9adj. Affixed with a butt joint.
• butter8n. A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally...
• button8n. A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving...
• buying12n. The act of making a purchase.
• buyout11n. The acquisition of a controlling interest in a business or corporation...
• buzzed27adj. Slightly intoxicated.
• buzzer26n. One who, or that which, buzzes; an insect that buzzes.

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7-letter words that start with BU

• bubbles13n. Sparkling wine; champagne.
• bubonic13adj. Of or pertaining to buboes.
• buckeye18n. Any of several species of trees of the genus Aesculus.
• bucking16n. The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in...
• budding12adj. Beginning to develop.
• buffalo15n. An animal from the subtribe Bubalina, also known as true buffalos, such...
• buffing16n. Material removed by the action of someone who buffs.
• buffoon15n. One who performs in a silly or ridiculous fashion; a clown or fool.
• bugging12n. Electronic surveillance.
• builder10n. One who builds or constructs things.
• buildup12n. An accumulation; an increase; a gradual development.
• bulbous11adj. Having the shape of or resembling a bulb, bloated.
• bulging11n. The shape or motion of something that bulges.
• bulimia11n. A chronic eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle...
• bulking14n. The development of bulk; solidification.
• bulldog11n. A breed of dog developed in England by the crossing of the bullbaiting...
• bullets9n. A pair of aces as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
• bullied10adj. Having been a victim of a bully.
• bullion9n. A bulk quantity of precious metal, usually gold or silver, assessed by...
• bullish12adj. Having a muscular physique, built ‘like a bull’.
• bullock15n. A castrated bull; an ox.
• bullpen11n. An enclosed area used to hold bulls.
• bulwark16n. A defensive wall or rampart.
• bumping14adj. Rocking, excellent, great.
• bunched15adj. Formed in bunches.
• bunches14n. Hair gathered together in two or more parts; pigtails.
• bundled11adj. Arranged in a bundle.
• bunting10n. Strips of material used as festive decoration, especially in the...
• buoyant12adj. Having buoyancy; able to float.
• burgess10n. An inhabitant of a borough with full rights; a citizen.
• burglar10n. A person who breaks in to premises with the intent of committing a...
• burning10adj. So hot as to seem to burn (something).
• burnout9n. The experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest...
• burrito9n. A Mexican dish consisting of a flour tortilla wrapped around a filling...
• bursary12n. A monetary award to university students that allows them to continue...
• burying13n. A burial.
• bushing13n. A type of plain bearing, a cylindrical lining designed to reduce...
• bushman14n. A man who lives in or has extensive experience of the Australian bush...
• busting10adj. Urgently needing to urinate. Alternative form of bursting.
• butcher14n. A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the...
• butters9adj. Ugly.
• buttery12adj. Made with or tasting of butter.
• butting10n. An abuttal; a boundary.
• buttock15n. Each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body...
• buttons9n. The dung of sheep.
• buyback20n. The repurchase of something previously sold, especially of stock by the...
• buzzard28n. Any of several Old World birds of prey of the genus Buteo with broad...
• buzzing28n. The sound produced by something that buzzes.

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8-letter words that start with BU

• bubbling15n. The action or motion of something that bubbles.
• buckaroo16n. A cowboy; specifically, a working cowboy who generally does not...
• buckhorn19n. A horn of a buck.
• buckling17n. The act of fastening a buckle.
• buckshot19n. Lead shot used in shotgun cartridges, made of larger pellets than...
• buckskin20n. The skin of a male deer, a buck.
• budgeted13adj. Having a budget.
• buffered17adj. Using a buffer.
• buffeted17adj. Battered, especially by strong wind.
• buggered13adj. Broken; not properly functioning.
• building12n. The act or process by which something is built; construction.
• bulkhead18n. A vertical partition dividing the hull into separate compartments...
• bulldoze20v. To destroy with a bulldozer.
• bulleted11adj. Set off by bullet points.
• bulletin10n. A short report, especially one released through official channels to be...
• bullfrog14n. Any of various frogs having a croak that resembles the bellow of a cow...
• bullhead14n. The black bullhead, Ameiurus melas.
• bullhorn13n. A megaphone which electronically amplifies a person’s natural voice.
• bullocks16n. Testicles.
• bullseye13n. The centre of a target, inside the inner and magpie.
• bullwhip18n. A whip made from plaited leather, often with a knotted end, for use...
• bullying14n. An act of intimidating a person to do something, especially such...
• bumbling15n. The act of one who bumbles; a mistake or error, especially through...
• bunching16n. An arrangement of items in a bunch.
• bundling12n. Arrangement in a bundle or collection.
• bungalow14n. A single-storey house, typically with rooms all on one level, or...
• bungling12adj. Incompetent or inept.
• buoyancy18n. The upward force on a body immersed or partly immersed in a fluid.
• burdened12adj. Encumbered by a literal or figurative burden; having too much to deal...
• burglary14n. The crime of unlawfully breaking into a vehicle, house, store, or other...
• burgundy15n. A dark red colour tinged with purple, like that of Burgundy (red) wine.
• burnside11n. A moustache, with whiskers on the cheeks but no beard on the chin.
• bursitis10n. An inflammation of a bursa, most common in the shoulder, elbow or knee.
• bursting11adj. Very eager (to do something).
• bushfire16n. An uncontrolled fire in a wooded or grassy area; a wildfire.
• bushland14n. An area of land in a natural, uncultivated state; wilderness, open...
• bushmeat15n. Any edible animal from sub-Saharan Africa's dense forest that is not...
• bushveld17n. A terrain characterized by thick scrubby trees and dense thickets of...
• business10n. A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.
• bustling11adj. Busy; full of energy and noisy activity.
• busybody19n. Someone who interferes with others; one who is nosy, intrusive or...
• busyness13n. The state of being busy.
• butchery18n. The butchering of meat.
• buttered11adj. Spread with butter.
• buttoned11adj. Having a button or buttons.
• buttress10n. A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to...
• butyrate13n. Any salt or ester of butyric acid.
• buzzkill32n. Something that or someone who spoils an otherwise enjoyable event.

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9-letter words that start with BU

• bubblegum18n. A sweet, stretchable chewing gum designed for blowing bubbles.
• buccaneer15n. Any of a group of seamen who cruised on their own account on the...
• buckboard20n. A simple, distinctively American four-wheeled horse-drawn wagon...
• bucketful20n. The quantity contained in a bucket.
• bucketing18n. The act of moving material using a bucket.
• buckskins21n. Trousers and other clothing made from buckskin.
• buckthorn20n. Especially genus Rhamnus,.
• buckwheat23n. An Asian plant, of the species Fagopyrum esculentum.
• buckyball22n. A buckminsterfullerene molecule (C₆₀).
• budgetary16adj. Of or pertaining to a budget.
• budgeting14n. The activity of constructing a budget.
• budtender13n. A recreational or medical cannabis dispensary worker who sells...
• buffering18n. The use of a buffer.
• buffeting18n. A blow or motion that buffets.
• buggering14n. An act of buggery.
• buildable14adj. That can be built.
• bulkiness15n. The characteristic of being bulky, or of having bulk.
• bulldozer21n. A tractor with caterpillar tracks and an attached blade for pushing...
• bullfight18n. A public spectacle, in Spain and some other Latin countries, in which a...
• bullfinch19n. The Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula).
• bumblebee17n. Any of several species of large bee in the genus Bombus.
• bumiputra15n. A citizen of Malaysia having indigenous Malayan or Borneo ancestry.
• bumptious15adj. Obtrusively pushy; self-important; self-assertive to a pretentious...
• bunkering16n. The taking on board of bunker fuel.
• bunkhouse18n. A building providing sleeping quarters for workers or guests...
• buoyantly17adv. In a buoyant manner.
• bupleurum15n. Any member of the genus Bupleurum of apiaceous plants.
• bupropion15n. An antidepressant drug which is also given to relieve the symptoms of...
• burakumin17n. A member of a Japanese social minority group, descendants of feudal-era...
• burlesque20adj. Parodical; parodic.
• burnished15adj. Polished, made shiny by rubbing (especially with a burnisher).
• burrowing15n. The act or result of making a burrow.
• bushcraft19n. The skills needed to survive in the bush, and by extension in any...
• bushwhack26v. To travel through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make...
• buspirone13n. A mild antianxiety tranquilizer (trademark Buspar) that is administered...
• butadiene12n. An unsaturated hydrocarbon, CH₂=CH-CH=CH₂; it is obtained from...
• butchered17adj. Taken apart professionally, as a butcher might.
• buttcrack19n. The gluteal cleft.
• butterbur13n. Any of several Eurasian herbs, of the genus Petasites, having dense...
• buttercup15n. Any of many herbs, of the genus Ranunculus, having yellow flowers; the...
• butterfat14n. The fatty components of milk and other dairy products.
• butterfly17n. A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by...
• buttering12n. The application of butter (n.) to something.
• butterman13n. A man who makes or sells butter.
• butternut11n. A North American walnut tree, Juglans cinerea.
• buttoning12n. A fastening with buttons.
• buttstock17n. The stock in a firearm, located in the rear of the firing mechanism...
• butylated15adj. Modified to contain one or more butyl groups.

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10-letter words that start with BU

• bubblehead20n. A stupid person; someone who is empty-headed or oblivious.
• buccinator16n. A thin broad muscle forming the wall of the cheek.
• buckethead22n. A stupid or oblivious person.
• bucketload19n. As much as a bucket can hold.
• budesonide14n. A corticosteroid used in the treatment of various diseases.
• budgerigar15n. A species of small green parakeet, Melopsittacus undulatus, native to...
• bufflehead22n. A duck in the goldeneye genus, Bucephala albeola.
• buffoonery21n. The behavior of a buffoon; foolishness, silliness.
• buffoonish21adj. Characteristic of a buffoon.
• bulldozing23n. An act of demolition with a bulldozer.
• bullheaded17adj. Unreasonably stubborn.
• bullroarer12n. A ritual musical instrument and means of communicating over extended...
• bumblefoot19n. Ulcerative pododermatitis, a bacterial infection and inflammatory...
• bumetanide15n. A sulfamyl drug used to treat heart failure.
• bunchgrass18n. Any of various grasses of the family Poaceae that grow in clumps rather...
• burdensome15adj. Characteristic of a burden; arduous or demanding.
• bureaucrat14n. An official who is part of a bureaucracy.
• burgeoning14n. The act of budding or sprouting.
• burglarize22v. To commit burglary.
• burnishing16n. A polishing.
• bushmaster17n. A venomous pit viper, Lachesis muta, from tropical America.
• bushranger16n. A convict or outlaw who escapes to the bush to avoid capture; a roving...
• butalbital14n. A barbiturate drug.
• butanediol13n. Any of four isomeric diols derived from butane.
• butchering18n. Dismemberment of animals as food.
• butterball14n. A round lump of a coagulated fat used in cooking such as butter or...
• butterfish18n. Perciform fish of the family Stromateidae, including the genera Pampus...
• buttermilk18n. The liquid left over after producing butter from full cream milk by the...
• buttonhole15n. A hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some...
• buttonless12adj. Without buttons.
• buttonwood16n. The mangrove tree (Conocarpus erectus, family Combretaceae) a tropical...
• buttressed13adj. Having buttresses or supports.
• buzzworthy39adj. Worthy of enthusiastic popular attention, or buzz.

11-letter words that start with BU

• bubblicious19adj. Relating to a speculative bubble.
• bulletproof18adj. Capable of withstanding a direct shot by a bullet fired from a gun.
• bullfighter20n. One who engages in bullfighting; a toreador or matador.
• bullishness16n. The characteristic of being bullish.
• bumbershoot20n. An umbrella.
• bupivacaine20n. A local anesthetic C₁₈H₂₈N₂O that is like lidocaine in its action but...
• bureaucracy20n. Government by bureaus or their administrators or officers.
• burgomaster16n. The mayor, or head magistrate, of a town in the Netherlands, Belgium...
• bushwalking24n. The activity of hiking or backpacking.
• bushwhacker28n. One who travels through the woods, off the designated path.
• businessman15n. A man in business, one who works at a commercial institution.
• butorphanol18n. A synthetic analgesic and antitussive opioid drug (trademark Stadol)...
• buttercream17n. A type of thick, sweet icing or cake-filling made by creaming butter...
• buttermaker19n. A manufacturer of butter.

12-letter words that start with BU

• buccaneering19adj. Bold, reckless and unscrupulous.
• bullfighting22n. A traditional spectacle, popular in Spain and many former Spanish...
• bureaucratic18adj. Of or pertaining to bureaucracy or the actions of bureaucrats.
• bushwhacking30n. Travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make...
• businesslike18adj. Methodical and efficient, in a way that would be advantageous to a...
• butterfinger18n. Synonym of butterfingers (“someone who tends to drop things; (more...
• butterscotch21n. A hard candy made from butter, brown sugar, syrup and vanilla.
• buttonwillow20n. A shrub with round flower heads found near water in California, the...
• butyllithium22n. Any of three isomeric organolithium reagents used in chemical synthesis.

13-letter words that start with BU

• buprenorphine22n. A semisynthetic narcotic analgesic that is administered in the form of...
• businesswoman20n. A woman involved in business.
• butoxyethanol28n. The mono-butyl ether of ethylene glycol; used as a solvent, and in...
• butterfingers19n. Someone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is...
• butterflyfish27n. Any of a group of conspicuous tropical marine fish of the family...
• butyrolactone20n. Any lactone derived from a hydroxybutyric acid.

14-letter words that start with BU

• businessperson18n. A person in business, or one who works at a commercial institution.

Questions about these words

How many words that start with BU are there?

Word.ws lists 537 words that start with BU, plus 1,386 rare ones.

What are common words that start with BU?

but, business, buy, building, built, build, bus and budget.

Which of the words that start with BU has the highest letter score?

buzzworthy scores 39 points with the standard letter tile values.

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