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7-letter words starting with BU

There are 247 7-letter words starting with BU in the standard word-game list. The most common are burning, bullets, buzzing, butcher, buttons, buffalo.

Most common, with meanings

WordMeaningPoints
burningof immediate import10
bulletsA pair of aces as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em9
buzzingnoisy like the sound of a bee28
butchera retailer of meat14
buttonsThe dung of sheep.9
buffalolarge shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains15
bubblesSparkling wine; champagne.13
bustingUrgently needing to urinate.10
burglara thief who enters a building with intent to steal10
buggingElectronic surveillance.12
bulliedHaving been a victim of a bully.10
buryingconcealing something under the ground13
buildera substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action10
bullockyoung bull15
bumpingThe sound or action of a bump.14
burritoa flour tortilla folded around a filling9
bulldoga sturdy thickset short-haired breed with a large head and strong undershot lower jaw; developed originally…11
buttersUgly.9
burgessa citizen of an English borough10
busiestSuperlative form of busy: most busy9
buffoona rude or vulgar fool15
buttingAn abuttal; a boundary.10
buildupthe act of building up an accumulation12
buddingbeginning to develop12
buzzarda New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States28
bumpkina person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture17
bulgingcurving or bulging outward11
buckingThe act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching.16
bullpena place on a baseball field where relief pitchers can warm up during a game11
bulliona mass of precious metal9
buntinga loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc.10
burpinga reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth12
bubonicof or evidencing buboes13
bunchesHair gathered together in two or more parts; pigtails.14
burnoutThe experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest, especially in one's career.9
butteryunpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech12
buttockeither of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump15
bungledspoiled through incompetence or clumsiness11
bulimicsuffering from bulimia13
bulimiaa disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and…11
bushidotraditional code of the Japanese samurai which stressed courage and loyalty and self-discipline and simple…13
buoyanttending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas12
busloadthe quantity of cargo or the number of passengers that a bus can carry10
buggeryintercourse via the anus, committed by a man with a man or woman14
bubblera public fountain to provide a jet of drinking water13
bubingaTimber of various species of Guibourtia.12
buckeenA poor young man of the lower Anglo-Irish gentry who aspires to the habits and dress of the wealthy.15
buckeyea native or resident of Ohio18
buckishLike a dandy; foppish.18
bucklerarmor carried on the arm to intercept blows15
buckramrigidly formal17
bucksawa saw that is set in a frame in the shape of an H; used with both hands to cut wood that is held in a sawbuck18
bucolic(used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic13
budlessWithout any buds.10
budlikeResembling a bud (newly formed leaf or flower, not yet unfolded).14
budwormAny of various moth caterpillars.15
buffingMaterial removed by the action of someone who buffs.16
bugabooan imaginary monster used to frighten children12
bugbaneNorth American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic…12
bugbearan imaginary monster used to frighten children12

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