Words Containing BU
We found 2,148 words containing BU. Common examples are ABUNDANCE, ABUNDANT, ABUNDANTLY, ABUSE. Bold words are common everyday words; the number shows Scrabble points.
3-letter words (9)
4-letter words (45)
5-letter words (95)
- abuse7
- album9
- bucko13
- bucks13
- buddy12
- budge9
- buffs13
- buffy16
- buggy12
- bugle8
- build8
- built7
- bulbs9
- bulge8
- bulky14
- bulls7
- bully10
- bumps11
- bumpy14
- bunch12
- bunks11
- bunny10
- burbs9
- burke11
- burly10
- burns7
- burnt7
- burro7
- burst7
- buses7
- busts7
- busty10
- butch12
- butts7
- buyer10
- debut8
- abuts7
- abuzz25
- babul9
- babus9
- bubal9
- bubby14
- buffi13
- buffo13
- buhls10
- buhrs10
- bulgy11
- bulks11
- bulla7
- bumfs12
- bumph14
- bunco9
- bunds8
- bundt8
- bungs8
- bunko11
- bunns7
- bunts7
- bunya10
- buoys10
- buran7
- buras7
- burds8
- buret7
- burgh11
- burgs8
- burin7
- burls7
- burps9
- burrs7
- burry10
- bursa7
- burse7
- busby12
- bused8
- bushy13
- busks11
- buteo7
- butle7
- butte7
- butty10
- butut7
- butyl10
- buxom16
- debug9
- habus10
- imbue9
- rebus7
- rebut7
- rebuy10
- rubus7
- sebum9
- tabun7
- tabus7
- zebus16
6-letter words (209)
- abused9
- abuser8
- albums10
- ambush13
- bedbug12
- bubble12
- bubbly15
- bucket14
- buckle14
- budget10
- buffer14
- buffet14
- bugged11
- bugger10
- builds9
- bullet8
- bumble12
- bummed13
- bummer12
- bumped13
- bumper12
- bundle9
- bungee9
- bunion8
- bunker12
- burden9
- bureau8
- burger9
- burial8
- buried9
- buries8
- burlap10
- burley11
- burned9
- burner8
- burton8
- busboy13
- bushel11
- bushes11
- busier8
- busted9
- buster8
- bustle8
- butler8
- butted9
- butter8
- button8
- buyers11
- buying12
- buyout11
- buzzed27
- buzzer26
- buzzes26
- hubbub15
- humbug14
- imbued11
- nebula8
- robust8
- suburb10
- abulia8
- abulic10
- abuses8
- airbus8
- arbute8
- auburn8
- babuls10
- barbut10
- bubale10
- bubals10
- buboed11
- buboes10
- buccal12
- bucked15
- bucker14
- buckra14
- budded11
- budder10
- buddle10
- budged11
- budger10
- budges10
- budgie10
- buffed15
- buffos14
- bugeye12
- bugled10
- bugler9
- bugles9
- bugsha12
- bulbar10
- bulbed11
- bulbel10
- bulbil10
- bulbul10
- bulged10
- bulger9
- bulges9
- bulgur9
- bulked13
- bullae8
- bulled9
- bumkin14
- bumphs15
- bunchy16
- buncos10
- bundts9
- bunged10
- bungle9
- bunked13
- bunkos12
- bunkum14
- bunted9
- bunter8
- bunyas11
- buoyed12
- buppie12
- buqsha20
- burans8
- burble10
- burbly13
- burbot10
- burdie9
- burets8
- burgee9
- burghs12
- burgle9
- burgoo9
- burier8
- burins8
- burked13
- burker12
- burkes12
- burled9
- burler8
- burnet8
- burnie8
- burped11
- burred9
- burrer8
- burros8
- burrow11
- bursae8
- bursal8
- bursar8
- bursas8
- burses8
- bursts8
- busbar10
- bushed12
- busher11
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7-letter words (365)
- abusing10
- abusive12
- bedbugs13
- bubbies13
- bubbles13
- buckets15
- buckled16
- buddies11
- budding12
- budgets11
- budging12
- buffalo15
- buffoon15
- bugging12
- builder10
- buildup12
- bulbous11
- bulging11
- bulimic13
- bulldog11
- bullets9
- bullied10
- bullies9
- bullion9
- bullpen11
- bummers13
- bumming14
- bumping14
- bunches14
- bundles10
- bungled11
- bunions9
- bunking14
- bunnies9
- bunting10
- burdens10
- burgers10
- burgess10
- burglar10
- burning10
- burnout9
- burping12
- burrito9
- burrows12
- burying13
- busboys14
- busiest9
- busload10
- bussing10
- bustier9
- busting10
- butcher14
- butlers9
- butters9
- buttery12
- butting10
- buttons9
- buzzard28
- buzzing28
- combust13
- firebug13
- halibut12
- hamburg15
- rebuild10
- rebuilt9
- rosebud10
- suburbs11
- sunburn9
- tribune9
- tribute9
- abubble13
- abulias9
- abusers9
- abuttal9
- abutted10
- abutter9
- albumen11
- albumin11
- antibug10
- arbutes9
- arbutus9
- auburns9
- autobus9
- barbule11
- barbuts11
- billbug12
- bubales11
- bubalis11
- bubbled14
- bubbler13
- bubinga12
- bubonic13
- buckeen15
- buckers15
- buckeye18
- bucking16
- buckish18
- buckler15
- buckles15
- buckoes15
- buckram17
- buckras15
- bucksaw18
- bucolic13
- budders11
- buddied12
- buddles11
- budgers11
- budgies11
- budless10
- budlike14
- budworm15
- buffers15
- buffets15
- buffier15
- buffing16
- bugaboo12
- bugbane12
- bugbear12
- bugeyes13
- buggers11
- buggery14
- buggier11
- buggies11
- buglers10
- bugling11
- bugloss10
- bugseed11
- bugshas13
- builded11
- buirdly13
- bulbels11
- bulbils11
- bulblet11
- bulbuls11
- bulgers10
- bulgier10
- bulgurs10
- bulimia11
- bulkage14
- bulkier13
- bulkily16
- bulking14
- bullace11
- bullate9
- bullbat11
- bullier9
- bulling10
- bullish12
- bullock15
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8-letter words (361)
- abundant11
- ambushed16
- buckaroo16
- buckeyes19
- buckling17
- buckshot19
- budgeted13
- buffoons16
- buggered13
- building12
- bulldoze20
- bulletin10
- bullshit13
- bumbling15
- bumpkins18
- bungalow14
- burdened12
- burglary14
- burgundy15
- burritos10
- bursting11
- business10
- bustling11
- busybody19
- butchers15
- buttocks16
- buttoned11
- buzzards29
- fabulous13
- outburst10
- rebuttal10
- rosebuds11
- rosebush13
- suburban12
- suburbia12
- succubus14
- syllabus13
- tribunal10
- unburden11
- abusable12
- abutilon10
- abutment12
- abuttals10
- abutters10
- abutting11
- airburst10
- airbuses10
- albumens12
- albumins12
- albumose12
- alburnum12
- ambulant12
- ambulate12
- ambusher15
- ambushes15
- arbuscle12
- arbutean10
- arquebus19
- babushka19
- barbules12
- bibulous12
- billbugs13
- blesbuck18
- bubaline12
- bubblers14
- bubblier14
- bubblies14
- bubbling15
- bubingas13
- buccally17
- buckayro19
- buckbean18
- buckeens16
- buckeroo16
- bucketed17
- bucklers16
- buckrams18
- bucksaws19
- buckshee19
- buckskin20
- bucktail16
- bucolics14
- buddings13
- buddleia12
- buddying16
- budgeter12
- budworms16
- buffable18
- buffalos16
- buffered17
- buffeted17
- buffeter16
- buffiest16
- bugaboos13
- bugbanes13
- bugbears13
- buggiest12
- bughouse14
- bugseeds12
- buhlwork20
- builders11
- buildups13
- bulblets12
- bulgiest11
- bulimiac14
- bulimias12
- bulimics14
- bulkages15
- bulkhead18
- bulkiest14
- bullaces12
- bullbats12
- bulldogs12
- bulleted11
- bullfrog14
- bullhead14
- bullhorn13
- bulliest10
- bullions10
- bullneck16
- bullnose10
- bullocks16
- bullocky19
- bullpens12
- bullpout12
- bullring11
- bullrush13
- bullshot13
- bullweed14
- bullwhip18
- bullyboy18
- bullying14
- bullyrag14
- bulwarks17
- bumblers14
- bumboats14
- bumpered15
- bumpiest14
- bunchier15
- bunchily18
- bunching16
- buncoing13
- buncombe16
- bundists11
- bundlers11
- bundling12
- bunghole14
- bunglers11
- bungling12
- bunkered15
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9-letter words (306)
- abundance14
- ambulance15
- attribute11
- buildings13
- bulletins11
- bungalows15
- butchered17
- buttercup15
- butterfly17
- buttering12
- buttoning12
- carbuncle15
- combusted16
- debutante12
- hamburger17
- heartburn14
- ibuprofen16
- reimburse13
- sideburns12
- turbulent11
- vestibule14
- abuilding13
- abusively17
- abutilons11
- abutments13
- acetabula13
- airbursts11
- airbusses11
- albumoses13
- alburnums13
- ambulacra15
- ambulated14
- ambulates13
- ambuscade16
- ambushers16
- ambushing17
- arbuscles13
- arbutuses11
- autobuses11
- babushkas20
- blesbucks19
- bubalises13
- bubblegum18
- bubbliest15
- buccaneer15
- buckaroos17
- buckayros20
- buckbeans19
- buckboard20
- buckeroos17
- bucketful20
- bucketing18
- bucklered18
- buckramed20
- buckshees20
- buckshots20
- buckskins21
- bucktails17
- buckteeth20
- buckthorn20
- bucktooth20
- buckwheat23
- buckyball22
- buddleias13
- budgetary16
- budgeteer13
- budgeters13
- budgeting14
- buffaloed18
- buffaloes17
- buffering18
- buffeters17
- buffeting18
- buggeries13
- buggering14
- bughouses15
- bugleweed16
- buglosses12
- buhlworks21
- buhrstone14
- buildable14
- bulbously16
- bulkheads19
- bulkiness15
- bulldozed22
- bulldozer21
- bulldozes21
- bulleting12
- bullfight18
- bullfinch19
- bullfrogs15
- bullheads15
- bullhorns14
- bullishly17
- bullnecks17
- bullnoses11
- bullpouts13
- bullrings12
- bullshits14
- bullshots14
- bullweeds15
- bullwhips19
- bullyboys19
- bullyrags15
- bulrushes14
- bulwarked19
- bumblebee17
- bumblings16
- bumpering16
- bumpiness15
- bumpkinly22
- bumptious15
- bunchiest16
- buncombes17
- bundlings13
- bungholes15
- bunglings13
- bunkering16
- bunkhouse18
- bunkmates17
- buntlines11
- buoyances16
- buoyantly17
- burbliest13
- burdeners12
- burdening13
- burgeoned13
- burgesses12
- burgonets12
- burgraves15
- burladero12
- burlesque20
- burliness11
- burnables13
- burningly15
- burnished15
- burnisher14
- burnishes14
- burnoosed12
- burnooses11
- burnouses11
- burnsides12
- burrowers14
- burrowing15
- burrstone11
- bursaries11
- burstones11
- burthened15
- bushbucks22
- bushelers14
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10-letter words (236)
- abundantly16
- ambulances16
- attributed13
- attributes12
- bulldozers22
- bullheaded17
- bureaucrat14
- burgeoning14
- burglaries13
- businesses12
- butterball14
- carburetor14
- combustion16
- contribute14
- cummerbund19
- debutantes13
- distribute13
- fabulously18
- filibuster15
- hamburgers18
- rebuilding14
- reimbursed15
- turbulence14
- unbuttoned13
- vocabulary20
- abundances15
- acetabular14
- acetabulum16
- albuminous14
- ambulacral16
- ambulacrum18
- ambulating15
- ambulation14
- ambulatory17
- ambuscaded18
- ambuscader17
- ambuscades17
- ambushment19
- antibusing13
- arquebuses21
- autobusses12
- bibulously17
- bubblegums19
- bubblehead20
- buccaneers16
- buccinator16
- buckboards21
- bucketfuls21
- bucketsful21
- bucklering19
- buckraming21
- buckthorns21
- buckwheats24
- buckyballs23
- budgerigar15
- budgeteers14
- buffaloing19
- bufflehead22
- buffoonery21
- buffoonish21
- bugleweeds17
- buhrstones15
- bulldogged16
- bulldogger15
- bulldozing23
- bulletined13
- bullfights19
- bullnecked19
- bullrushes15
- bulwarking20
- bumblebees18
- bumblingly20
- bumpkinish23
- bunchberry22
- bunchgrass18
- bunglesome15
- bunglingly17
- bunkhouses19
- buoyancies17
- burdensome15
- burglarize22
- burgundies14
- burladeros13
- burlesqued22
- burlesquer21
- burlesques21
- burnishers15
- burnishing16
- burrstones12
- bursitises12
- burthening16
- bushelling16
- bushmaster17
- bushranger16
- bushwhacks27
- bustlingly16
- busybodies18
- busynesses15
- butadienes13
- butcheries17
- butchering18
- buttercups16
- butterfats15
- butterfish18
- butteriest12
- butterless12
- buttermilk18
- butternuts12
- butterweed16
- butterwort15
- buttonball14
- buttonbush17
- buttonhole15
- buttonhook19
- buttonless12
- buttonwood16
- buttressed13
- buttresses12
- buttstocks18
- butylating16
- butylation15
- carbuncled17
- carbuncles16
- carbureted15
- carburised15
- carburises14
- carburized24
- carburizes23
- cloudburst15
- cockleburs20
- combusting17
- combustive19
- combustors16
- cumberbund19
- disabusing14
- disbudding16
- disburdens14
- disbursers13
- disbursing14
- doodlebugs15
- downbursts16
- ebullience14
- ebulliency17
- ebullition12
- ethambutol17
- euglobulin13
- fabulistic17
- flashbulbs20
- floribunda16
- fussbudget17
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11-letter words (188)
- bellybutton18
- bulletproof18
- bureaucrats15
- businessman15
- businessmen15
- butterflies16
- combustible19
- contributed16
- contributes15
- contributor15
- distributed15
- distributor14
- fantabulous16
- retribution13
- abusiveness16
- acetabulums17
- afterburner16
- albuminuria15
- albuminuric17
- ambulations15
- ambuscaders18
- ambuscading19
- ambushments20
- antiburglar14
- attributing14
- attribution13
- attributive16
- blockbuster21
- blunderbuss16
- boatbuilder16
- bodybuilder20
- bubbleheads21
- buccaneered18
- buccinators17
- buckskinned24
- bucktoothed23
- bucolically20
- budgerigars16
- buffalofish25
- buffleheads23
- bulkinesses17
- bullbaiting16
- bulldoggers16
- bulldogging17
- bulletining14
- bullfighter20
- bullfinches21
- bullishness16
- bullmastiff21
- bullshitted17
- bullterrier13
- bullwhipped24
- bullyragged19
- bumbershoot20
- bumpinesses17
- bumptiously20
- bureaucracy20
- burglarious14
- burglarized24
- burglarizes23
- burgomaster16
- burlesquely25
- burlesquers22
- burlesquing23
- burlinesses13
- burnishings17
- bushinesses16
- bushmasters18
- bushrangers17
- bushranging18
- bushwhacked29
- bushwhacker28
- butterballs15
- butterflied17
- butterflyer19
- buttermilks19
- butterweeds17
- butterworts16
- buttinskies17
- buttonballs15
- buttonholed17
- buttonholer16
- buttonholes16
- buttonhooks20
- buttonwoods17
- buttressing14
- butylations16
- buxomnesses22
- carbuncular17
- carbureting16
- carburetion15
- carburetors15
- carburetted16
- carburetter15
- carburettor15
- carburising16
- carburizing25
- cloudbursts16
- combustibly22
- combustions17
- confabulate18
- cumberbunds20
- cummerbunds20
- decarburize25
- disburdened16
- distributee14
- distributes14
- ebulliences15
- ebulliently16
- ebullitions13
- ethambutols18
- euglobulins14
- filibusters16
- floribundas17
- funambulism20
- funambulist18
- fussbudgets18
- fussbudgety21
- gangbusters15
- groundburst15
- harquebuses25
- incunabulum17
- infibulated17
- infibulates16
- infundibula17
- isobutylene16
- kibbutzniks32
- kookaburras21
- lactalbumin17
- lobulations13
- mandibulate16
- microbursts17
- microbusses17
- microtubule17
- misbuilding17
- misbuttoned16
- moribundity19
- motorbusses15
- nonbuilding15
- nonburnable15
- nonbusiness13
- outbuilding15
- outbullying17
- overburdens17
- overburning17
- parbuckling22
- perambulate17
- reattribute13
- rebuttoning14
- reimbursing16
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12-letter words (154)
- blockbusters22
- bullshitting18
- butterscotch21
- cheeseburger20
- contributing17
- contribution16
- contributors16
- distributing16
- distribution15
- distributors15
- rambunctious18
- tribulations14
- afterburners17
- agribusiness15
- albuminurias16
- ambulatories16
- ambulatorily19
- antiburglary18
- antibusiness14
- antiglobulin15
- attributable16
- attributions14
- attributives17
- bellybuttons19
- bibulousness16
- blockbusting23
- boatbuilders17
- boatbuilding18
- bodybuilders21
- bodybuilding22
- broncobuster18
- bubbleheaded23
- buccaneering19
- buccaneerish21
- buffaloberry25
- buffooneries20
- bullbaitings17
- bulldoggings18
- bullfighters21
- bullfighting22
- bullheadedly22
- bullmastiffs22
- bullterriers14
- bullwhipping25
- bullyragging20
- bumbershoots21
- bunchberries21
- bunchgrasses20
- bureaucratic18
- burglarizing25
- burglarproof20
- burgomasters17
- bushrangings19
- bushwhackers29
- bushwhacking30
- businesslike18
- butterfishes20
- butterflyers20
- butterflying21
- buttonbushes19
- buttonholers17
- buttonholing18
- buttonhooked22
- carburetions16
- carburetters16
- carburetting17
- carburettors16
- combustibles20
- confabulated20
- confabulates19
- confabulator19
- constabulary19
- contributive19
- contributory19
- cumulonimbus20
- decarburized27
- decarburizes26
- disburdening17
- disbursement17
- distributary18
- distributees15
- distributive18
- ebulliencies16
- fabulousness17
- filibustered18
- filibusterer17
- funambulisms21
- funambulists19
- groundbursts16
- harquebusier26
- heartburning18
- hobblebushes24
- honeybunches25
- humbuggeries21
- infibulating18
- infibulation17
- infundibular18
- infundibulum20
- interlobular14
- isobutylenes17
- jitterbugged24
- lactalbumins18
- microtubular18
- microtubules18
- misattribute16
- misbuttoning17
- nebulization23
- nebulosities14
- nebulousness14
- noctambulist18
- nonbuildings16
- nonturbulent14
- outbuildings16
- overabundant18
- overbuilding19
- overburdened19
- perambulated19
- perambulates18
- perambulator18
- reattributed15
- reattributes14
- redistribute15
- reimbursable18
- retributions14
- robustiously17
- robustnesses14
- scuttlebutts16
- shipbuilders20
- shipbuilding21
- somnambulant18
- somnambulate18
- somnambulism20
- somnambulist18
- subdebutante17
- subumbrellas18
- suburbanised17
- suburbanises16
- suburbanites16
- suburbanized26
- suburbanizes25
- surrebutters14
- swashbuckled27
- swashbuckler26
- swashbuckles26
- tibiofibulae19
- tibiofibulas19
- tolbutamides17
- tribuneships19
- trolleybuses17
- trustbusters14
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13-letter words (87)
- businesswoman20
- businesswomen20
- cheeseburgers21
- contributions17
- abusivenesses18
- antiglobulins16
- antiscorbutic19
- attributional15
- attributively21
- blockbustings24
- blunderbusses18
- boatbuildings19
- bodybuildings23
- broncobusters19
- buffalofishes27
- bullfightings23
- bullishnesses18
- bumptiousness19
- bureaucracies19
- bureaucratese17
- bureaucratise17
- bureaucratism19
- bureaucratize26
- burglariously19
- butterfingers19
- buttonhooking23
- butyraldehyde26
- butyrophenone23
- carburization26
- confabulating21
- confabulation20
- confabulators20
- confabulatory23
- decarburizing28
- disburdenment19
- disbursements18
- distributions16
- filibusterers18
- filibustering19
- harquebusiers27
- heartburnings19
- incombustible21
- infibulations18
- jitterbugging25
- lactoglobulin18
- macroglobulin20
- misattributed18
- misattributes17
- moribundities18
- multibuilding19
- nebulizations24
- noctambulists19
- ombudsmanship25
- overabundance21
- overburdening20
- perambulating20
- perambulation19
- perambulators19
- perambulatory22
- polybutadiene21
- postdebutante18
- precombustion21
- reattributing16
- reattribution15
- redistributed17
- redistributes16
- reimbursement19
- retributively21
- rumbustiously20
- shipbuildings22
- somnambulated20
- somnambulates19
- somnambulisms21
- somnambulists19
- staggerbushes20
- steeplebushes20
- subdebutantes18
- submandibular20
- suburbanising18
- suburbanizing27
- superabundant18
- swashbucklers27
- swashbuckling28
- thyroglobulin22
- trolleybusses18
- underbudgeted19
- undistributed17
14-letter words (64)
- agribusinesses17
- antifilibuster19
- antiscorbutics20
- bibulousnesses18
- buffaloberries24
- bullheadedness21
- bureaucrateses18
- bureaucratised19
- bureaucratises18
- bureaucratisms20
- bureaucratized28
- bureaucratizes27
- businesspeople20
- businessperson18
- butterfingered21
- butterscotches23
- butyraldehydes27
- butyrophenones24
- carburizations27
- circumambulate24
- combustibility25
- confabulations21
- constabularies18
- contributively24
- cumulonimbuses22
- disburdenments20
- discombobulate23
- distributaries17
- distributional17
- distributively23
- distributivity23
- fabulousnesses19
- immunoglobulin21
- incombustibles22
- lactoglobulins19
- macroglobulins21
- misattributing19
- misattribution18
- nebulousnesses16
- noncombustible22
- ombudsmanships26
- overabundances22
- perambulations20
- phenylbutazone33
- polybutadienes22
- postdebutantes19
- precombustions22
- rambunctiously23
- reattributions16
- redistributing18
- redistribution17
- redistributive20
- reimbursements20
- robustiousness16
- somnambulating21
- somnambulation20
- somnambulistic22
- submandibulars21
- superabundance21
- thyroglobulins23
- tintinnabulary19
- unattributable18
- unbureaucratic20
- unbusinesslike20
15-letter words (29)
- agribusinessman20
- agribusinessmen20
- antifilibusters20
- bumptiousnesses21
- bureaucratising20
- bureaucratizing29
- businesspersons19
- circumambulated26
- circumambulates25
- decarburization29
- discombobulated25
- discombobulates24
- distributorship23
- immunoglobulins22
- infundibuliform26
- maldistribution20
- misattributions19
- misdistribution20
- noncombustibles23
- noncontributory22
- oxyphenbutazone41
- phenylbutazones34
- redistributions18
- rumbustiousness19
- somnambulations21
- suburbanization28
- superabundances22
- superabundantly23
- superbureaucrat21
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How many words containing BU are there?
There are 2,148 words containing BU in our word list, for example ABUNDANCE.
What is the highest scoring word containing bu in Scrabble?
OXYPHENBUTAZONE scores 41 points in Scrabble (before bonus squares) and 44 points in Words With Friends.