BUB is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. BUB is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUB?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUB is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 2.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUB
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BUB scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in BUB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 2 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 40,425.
What stands out about BUB
- BUB is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BUB mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalNorth American
A curt form of address to a man or boy.
Bub is almost always aimed at somebody the speaker does not know, and it is what a stranger says just before an argument starts; how friendly it sounds depends entirely on the voice. It comes from brother by way of the nursery, which is why the same three letters serve as a pet name for a small child in some families.
How BUB is used
Direct address only — look, bub. It is not used to refer to somebody in the third person.
- Watch where you are going, bub.
- He called me bub and I knew how the evening would go.
- Listen, bub, the queue starts back there.
- Nobody has called him bub since he left the docks.
- Bub is the word that turns a remark into a challenge.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUB and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BUB
Showing 24 of 46 words that begin with BUB.
Words ending in BUB
7 words end in BUB. Useful as a back hook: play BUB onto a word already on the board.
Words with BUB inside
11 words contain BUB in the middle. Words that start with BUB are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Common questions about BUB
- Is BUB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUB, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUB worth?
- BUB is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUB mean?
- A curt form of address to a man or boy.
- What letters can be added to BUB?
- BUB takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of BUB:
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