Common 5-letter words that contain BU
With their Scrabble points and, for the first 16, a short meaning, most used first.
- album★9a book for preserving photographs or stamps
- build★8to construct
- built★7to construct
- buyer★10one that buys
- abuse★7to use wrongly or improperly
- buddy★12a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
- busty★10full-bosomed
- bunch★12a grouping of a number of similar things
- debug★9to remove bugs from
- burns★7to destroy by fire
- butts★7to hit with the head
- debut★8the act of beginning something new
- bucks★13to leap forward and upward suddenly
- buses★7a vehicle carrying many passengers
- bunny★10a rabbit
- burst★7to break open suddenly or violently
All 154 words
5-letter words with A (6)
Top score: ABUZZ, 25 points. buzzing
5-letter words with B (122)
Top score: BUZZY, 28 points. having a vibrating sound
5-letter words with D (5)
Top score: DEBUG, 9 points (tied with one other). to remove bugs from
5-letter words with E (1)
Top score: EMBUS, 9 points
5-letter words with G (2)
Top score: GEBUR, 8 points (tied with one other)
5-letter words with H (1)
Top score: HABUS, 10 points. a poisonous snake
5-letter words with I (1)
Top score: IMBUE, 9 points. to make thoroughly wet
5-letter words with J (1)
Top score: JAMBU, 16 points
5-letter words with K (2)
Top score: KOMBU, 13 points. kelp used in Japanese cooking
5-letter words with L (1)
Top score: LOBUS, 7 points
5-letter words with O (1)
Top score: OMBUS, 9 points. fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high…
5-letter words with R (4)
Top score: REBUY, 10 points. to buy again
5-letter words with S (1)
Top score: SEBUM, 9 points. a fatty matter secreted by certain glands of the skin
5-letter words with T (2)
Top score: TABUS, 7 points (tied with one other). to taboo
5-letter words with U (1)
Top score: URUBU, 7 points
5-letter words with Z (3)
Top score: ZEBUB, 18 points
About these words
- 154 of the 12,982 5-letter words contain BU (1%).
- 109 are good in NWL2023, 154 in Collins Scrabble Words, 109 in WOW24 and 96 in the Words With Friends list. 26 are everyday words.
- In Scrabble points, buzzy scores the most (28), then abuzz (25), then zebub (18), then bunjy (17), then seven words on 16.
More word lists
5 Letter Words Starting With BU · 5 Letter Words Ending in BU
5 Letter Words With B · 5 Letter Words With U
5 letter words with other letter pairs
AB AU BA BB BE BH BI BL BO BR BS BY CU DU EB EU FU GU HU IB IU JU KU LB LU MB MU NB NU OB OU PU QU RB RU SU TU UA UB UC UD UE UF UG UH UI UJ UK UL UM UN UO UP UR US UT UV UX UY UZ