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5-Letter Words Starting with BU (76 words)

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5-Letter Words (76):

bubal (9 points)

""A large antelope, also BUBALE, BUBALIS""

B·3+U·1+B·3+A·1+L·1 = 9 pts

bucko (13 points)

Young fellow, in Dublin

Young lad, in Dublin

Foine young fellow

B·3+U·1+C·3+K·5+O·1 = 13 pts

bucks (13 points)

Deer; county (abbreviation)

Resists responsibilities (wordplay)

Animals; a county (abbreviation)

B·3+U·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 13 pts

buddy (12 points)

Friend (mainly US)

Close friend (US)

Pal's sprout to dry right out

B·3+U·1+D·2+D·2+Y·4 = 12 pts

budge (9 points)

Move slightly - perhaps in opinion

AKA Frank Radford (Crawley)

Cage bird to stir? Not half!

B·3+U·1+D·2+G·2+E·1 = 9 pts

buffi (13 points)

Buffo

B·3+U·1+F·4+F·4+I·1 = 13 pts

buffo (13 points)

Burlesque (opera) (It.)

Comic Albert leaving American city

Comic in Italian opera

B·3+U·1+F·4+F·4+O·1 = 13 pts

buffs (13 points)

Uses Polish enthusiasts (wordplay)

Folks who Owen Meany films say

Folks who Owen Meany films, say

B·3+U·1+F·4+F·4+S·1 = 13 pts

buffy (16 points)

"Family Affair" character

Family Affair character

Willow's friend

B·3+U·1+F·4+F·4+Y·4 = 16 pts

buggy (12 points)

Vehicle infected (wordplay)

Pioneer wheels (wordplay)

Vehicle that's infested (wordplay)

B·3+U·1+G·2+G·2+Y·4 = 12 pts

bugle (8 points)

Military brass (wordplay)

Sound for chargers (wordplay)

Taps maker (wordplay)

B·3+U·1+G·2+L·1+E·1 = 8 pts

buhls (10 points)

Inlaid decorations

Inlaid designs

Inlaid designs.

B·3+U·1+H·4+L·1+S·1 = 10 pts

buhrs (10 points)

Buhr

B·3+U·1+H·4+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts

build (8 points)

Play with Lincoln Logs, say

Play with blocks maybe

Play with blocks, maybe

B·3+U·1+I·1+L·1+D·2 = 8 pts

built (7 points)

Made with Legos, say

Like a brick house

Saving one pound, still made up

B·3+U·1+I·1+L·1+T·1 = 7 pts

bulbs (9 points)

Theyre often screwed up

Some spring plantings

Tulips to be

B·3+U·1+L·1+B·3+S·1 = 9 pts

bulge (8 points)

WWII battle formation (wordplay)

Be ready to burst, maybe

Evidence of a concealed weapon maybe

B·3+U·1+L·1+G·2+E·1 = 8 pts

bulgy (11 points)

Ill-fitting in a way

Like Major Hoople

Swollen in spots

B·3+U·1+L·1+G·2+Y·4 = 11 pts

bulks (11 points)

Gains muscle, with "up"

Gains muscle, with 'up'

Adds muscle mass, with "up"

B·3+U·1+L·1+K·5+S·1 = 11 pts

bulky (14 points)

Like a heavy parka

Large and cumbersome

Like a heavy sweater

B·3+U·1+L·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts

bulla (7 points)

Type of seal.

Seal attached to a papal document

Pope's seal

B·3+U·1+L·1+L·1+A·1 = 7 pts

bulls (7 points)

s NBA dynasty team

The Last Dance team

Bears opposites on the TSE

B·3+U·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 7 pts

bully (10 points)

Cow, like her mate (wordplay)

Sort of beef well done for you!

Big man on campus (wordplay)

B·3+U·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

bumfs (12 points)

Bumf

B·3+U·1+M·3+F·4+S·1 = 12 pts

bumph (14 points)

Boring documents and written information

Colloquial word for official papers or documents

Useless info Greek character's written up in book on pub

B·3+U·1+M·3+P·3+H·4 = 14 pts

bumps (11 points)

Knocks (given on one's birthday?)

Accidentally walks (into)

Dislodges extra lines added to bottom

B·3+U·1+M·3+P·3+S·1 = 11 pts

bumpy (14 points)

My pub (anagram)

(Of surface) uneven

Uneven (surface); jolting

B·3+U·1+M·3+P·3+Y·4 = 14 pts

bunch (12 points)

Posy (of picked flowers)

Group of people (informal)

Group (of bananas)

B·3+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4 = 12 pts

bunco (9 points)

Misrepresentational art (wordplay)

Con mans game

Game with three dice

B·3+U·1+N·1+C·3+O·1 = 9 pts

bunds (8 points)

Pro-Nazi groups.

German clubs in the USA

German clubs in the U.S.A.

B·3+U·1+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 8 pts

bundt (8 points)

Hole-in-the-middle cake pan

Fluted ringshaped cake variety

Type of tube pan

B·3+U·1+N·1+D·2+T·1 = 8 pts

bungs (8 points)

Stoppers in casks

They close openings for bribes

Stops illegal payments

B·3+U·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 8 pts

bunko (11 points)

Confidence game (Var.)

Swindler's operation

Con game variable

B·3+U·1+N·1+K·5+O·1 = 11 pts

bunks (11 points)

Double beds (wordplay)

Stays the night (with)

Beds at sea

B·3+U·1+N·1+K·5+S·1 = 11 pts

bunns (7 points)

Bunn

B·3+U·1+N·1+N·1+S·1 = 7 pts

bunny (10 points)

Bugs this pet!

Sort of hug for friend of raffles, say

Bugs for one

B·3+U·1+N·1+N·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

bunts (7 points)

Minor hits (wordplay)

Tries for a hit maybe

Tries for a hit, maybe

B·3+U·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 7 pts

bunya (10 points)

Australian conifer

B·3+U·1+N·1+Y·4+A·1 = 10 pts

buoys (10 points)

Gulls' perches, often

Encourages, with 'up'

Lifts, as spirits

B·3+U·1+O·1+Y·4+S·1 = 10 pts

buran (7 points)

Blizzard on Asiatic steppes.

Wind blowing from the north

Russian gale

B·3+U·1+R·1+A·1+N·1 = 7 pts

buras (7 points)

Asiatic windstorms.

B·3+U·1+R·1+A·1+S·1 = 7 pts

burbs (9 points)

Commuters' home, perhaps

Commuters home perhaps

Desperate Housewives setting

B·3+U·1+R·1+B·3+S·1 = 9 pts

burds (8 points)

Burd

B·3+U·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 8 pts

buret (7 points)

Laboratory tube (var.)

Chemist's measuring device

Graduated glass tube used by chemists.

B·3+U·1+R·1+E·1+T·1 = 7 pts

burgh (11 points)

Chartered town (arch.)

Any Scottish town

Dundee or Dumfries

B·3+U·1+R·1+G·2+H·4 = 11 pts

burgs (8 points)

Hamlet's relatives (wordplay)

One-horse towns

Cities or towns: Colloq.

B·3+U·1+R·1+G·2+S·1 = 8 pts

burin (7 points)

Marble workers tool

Engraver's cutting tool.

Engraver's tool

B·3+U·1+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 7 pts

burke (11 points)

Famous orator of 177475

Billie of "The Wizard of Oz"

Designing Women actress Delta

B·3+U·1+R·1+K·5+E·1 = 11 pts

burls (7 points)

Bumps on a log

Tree trunk outgrowths

Knots in cloth.

B·3+U·1+R·1+L·1+S·1 = 7 pts

burly (10 points)

Not at all sylphic

Strongly and heavily built

Like Paul Bunyan

B·3+U·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

burns (7 points)

Streams of fire (wordplay)

What fire does for poetry (wordplay)

To a Mouse poet

B·3+U·1+R·1+N·1+S·1 = 7 pts

burnt (7 points)

More than charred (Var.)

Left under the broiler too long, say

Extremely well-done (wordplay)

B·3+U·1+R·1+N·1+T·1 = 7 pts

burps (9 points)

Oral reports (wordplay)

Pats on the back say

Pats on the back, maybe

B·3+U·1+R·1+P·3+S·1 = 9 pts

burro (7 points)

Common carrier (wordplay)

Ride through the Grand Canyon (wordplay)

Small donkey (US)

B·3+U·1+R·1+R·1+O·1 = 7 pts

burrs (7 points)

Dentist's drill bits

Prickly seed coverings

Vice President Aaron and family

B·3+U·1+R·1+R·1+S·1 = 7 pts

burry (10 points)

{prickly=adj}

B·3+U·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

bursa (7 points)

Black bear's pouch

Fluid-filled sac near a joint

sac pouch between bones and tendons

B·3+U·1+R·1+S·1+A·1 = 7 pts

burse (7 points)

Scot's scholarship

Student allowance fund, in Scotland

Scholarship for Scottie

B·3+U·1+R·1+S·1+E·1 = 7 pts

burst (7 points)

Explode; volley (of fire)

Let it all out say

Succumb to pressure (wordplay)

B·3+U·1+R·1+S·1+T·1 = 7 pts

busby (12 points)

Mil. bearskin (colloq.)

Bearskin cap (colloq.)

Tall fur hat

B·3+U·1+S·1+B·3+Y·4 = 12 pts

bused (8 points)

Did some afterdinner work maybe

Coached, in England (wordplay)

Transported by Greyhound

B·3+U·1+S·1+E·1+D·2 = 8 pts

buses (7 points)

Varsity team coaches (wordplay)

Student drivers (wordplay)

Vehicles for rock stars and roadies

B·3+U·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts

bushy (13 points)

Be you blushing but not bald (wordplay)

Thick, like George (wordplay)

Thick, like the US President (wordplay)

B·3+U·1+S·1+H·4+Y·4 = 13 pts

busks (11 points)

Plays music on the street

Sings on the sidewalk

Plays in the street

B·3+U·1+S·1+K·5+S·1 = 11 pts

busts (7 points)

Works at a museum say

Gets three tens in a Blackjack hand, say

Works at a museum, say

B·3+U·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 7 pts

busty (10 points)

Like West or Parton

With a heavy chest

With a substantial rack

B·3+U·1+S·1+T·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

butch (12 points)

Acting as a male (colloq.)

1969 role for Paul

Sundance's sidekick

B·3+U·1+T·1+C·3+H·4 = 12 pts

buteo (7 points)

Broad-winged hawk

High-flying hawk

Soaring bird of prey

B·3+U·1+T·1+E·1+O·1 = 7 pts

butle (7 points)

To serve as a butler

B·3+U·1+T·1+L·1+E·1 = 7 pts

butte (7 points)

Montana geological feature (foul!)

Geologist's flattop (wordplay)

Devils Tower, for one

B·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+E·1 = 7 pts

butts (7 points)

Moon views (wordplay)

Goes head-to-head with (wordplay)

Inventor of "Scrabble"

B·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+S·1 = 7 pts

butty (10 points)

Races in to purchase a sandwich

Sandwich; towed barge

Sandwich; freight barge

B·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

butut (7 points)

Gambian monetary unit

B·3+U·1+T·1+U·1+T·1 = 7 pts

butyl (10 points)

Synthetic rubber used in footballs

Modern substitute for rubber.

Industry's answer to a rubber shortage.

B·3+U·1+T·1+Y·4+L·1 = 10 pts

buxom (16 points)

Like Jessica Rabbit

Full-bodied, in a way

Adjective for Dolly Parton

B·3+U·1+X·8+O·1+M·3 = 16 pts

buyer (10 points)

Ill take it sayer

One to beware (wordplay)

Record store visitor, maybe

B·3+U·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts

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