5-Letter Words With B and U
There are 231 five-letter words with B and U in them. The list below ranks them by real-world frequency, so everyday words like ABOUT, ALBUM, BUILD appear before the obscurities.
Every entry comes from the tournament word lists, the kind of list used in Wordle, Scrabble, and Words With Friends, so each one is a genuine dictionary word.
Most common
- about7
- album9
- build8
- built7
- buyer10
- urban7
- abuse7
- clubs9
- bonus7
- buddy12
- blues7
- bound8
- doubt8
- rugby11
- bunch12
- turbo7
- brush10
- debug9
- burns7
- butts7
All 231 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- begun 8
- tubes 7
- thumb 12
- debut 8
- scuba 9
- bucks 13
- buses 7
- cubic 11
- bunny 10
- burke 11
- burst 7
- bulbs 9
- buffy 16
- blunt 7
- bluff 13
- bulls 7
- jumbo 16
- burnt 7
- butte 7
- scrub 9
- buggy 12
- bogus 8
- cubes 9
- blush 10
- bully 10
- bumps 11
- shrub 10
- bayou 10
- brute 7
- butch 12
- bulky 14
- bubba 11
- hubby 15
- stubs 7
- pubic 11
- bulge 8
- blurb 9
- butyl 10
- busts 7
- bumpy 14
- crumb 11
- plumb 11
- buffs 13
- bugle 8
- tubal 7
- buoys 10
- lubes 7
- bough 11
- brunt 7
- curbs 9
- gumbo 10
- bouts 7
- bruin 7
- bushy 13
- cubed 10
- beaux 14
- blume 9
- budge 9
- busby 12
- rumba 9
- burgh 11
- bursa 7
- dumbo 10
- bijou 14
- umbra 9
- umber 9
- tubby 12
- bolus 7
- blurs 7
- ruble 7
- burly 10
- tuber 7
- buxom 16
- rebut 7
- rebus 7
- qubit 16
- cubby 14
- bourg 8
- bunks 11
- unban 7
- burbs 9
- burro 7
- rubel 7
- fubar 10
- chubs 12
- beaut 7
- grubs 8
- bundt 8
- rubus 7
- burrs 7
- begum 10
- cubit 9
- bunko 11
- bulla 7
- boule 7
- squib 16
- abuts 7
- imbue 9
- abuzz 25
- nubia 7
- sebum 9
- buteo 7
- tubas 7
- snubs 7
- blued 8
- burry 10
- blurt 7
- bouse 7
- bluer 7
- suber 7
- burka 11
- bosun 7
- lubed 8
- bluey 10
- bourn 7
- bruit 7
- tabus 7
- tubed 8
- pubis 9
- bused 8
- rubes 7
- rebuy 10
- burqa 16
- burin 7
- bunya 10
- burps 9
- buras 7
- bunco 9
- buran 7
- flubs 10
- bubby 14
- bulks 11
- squab 16
- bucko 13
- bungs 8
- nubby 12
- tsuba 7
- bluet 7
- bunds 8
- unbox 14
- butty 10
- numbs 9
- burse 7
- baulk 11
- brung 8
- burls 7
- bunts 7
- tabun 7
- buret 7
- babul 9
- beaus 7
- kombu 13
- cuber 9
- rhumb 12
- daube 8
- drubs 8
- brume 9
- buffi 13
- butes 7
- brugh 11
- umbel 9
- buffo 13
- babus 9
- battu 7
- bauds 8
- bhuts 10
- blubs 9
- bousy 10
- brusk 11
- bruts 7
- bubal 9
- bubus 9
- buhls 10
- buhrs 10
- bulgy 11
- bumfs 12
- bumph 14
- bunas 7
- bunns 7
- buppy 14
- burds 8
- burgs 8
- busks 11
- butle 7
- butut 7
- cubeb 11
- daubs 8
- dauby 11
- dumbs 10
- exurb 14
- fubsy 13
- habus 10
- jubas 14
- jubes 14
- krubi 11
- outby 10
- redub 8
- rubby 12
- shlub 10
- slubs 7
- slurb 7
- subah 10
- subas 7
- tubae 7
- umbos 9
- unbar 7
- unbid 8
- upbow 12
- upbye 12
- urbia 7
- zebus 16
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many five-letter words are there with B and U in them?
There are 231 five-letter words with B and U in them in the tournament word lists. The most common are ABOUT, ALBUM, BUILD.
What are common five-letter words with B and U in them?
ABOUT, ALBUM, BUILD, BUILT, BUYER are the most frequently used. The full list of 231 words on this page is sorted by everyday frequency, so the common ones come first.
Are these valid Wordle words?
Nearly all of them. Wordle draws its answers from a curated list of common five-letter words, but it accepts almost any dictionary word as a guess, including the words on this page.