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Bud

/bʌd/

Scrabble:6 ptsWWF:8 pts3 letters
Definition of Bud

noun

  1. A newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet unfolded.

    "After a long, cold winter, the trees finally began to produce buds."

  2. Something that has begun to develop.

    "breast buds"

  3. A small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism.

    "In this slide, you can see a yeast cell forming buds."

  4. (usually uncountable) Potent cannabis taken from the flowering part of the plant (the “bud”), or marijuana generally.

    "Hey bro, want to smoke some bud?"

  5. A weaned calf in its first year, so called because the horns are then beginning to bud.

verb

  1. To form buds.

    "The trees are finally starting to bud."

  2. To reproduce by splitting off buds.

    "Yeast reproduces by budding."

  3. To begin to grow, or to issue from a stock in the manner of a bud, as a horn.
  4. To be like a bud in respect to youth and freshness, or growth and promise.
  5. To put forth as a bud.
Anagrams of Bud

1 word can be made by rearranging all the letters of "bud":

dub

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "bud" and rearranging:

+abauddaub
+ebedu
+mdumb
+nbund
+rburddrub
+sbudsdubs
Related Word Patterns
BU...Words starting with "bu"...UDWords ending with "ud"All 3-letter wordsUnscramble "bud"
Synonyms & Antonyms
Letter Values
b3
u1
d2

Total: 6 Scrabble points

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Find Anagrams of "bud"All 3-Letter WordsWords Starting With "B"
Rhymes With Bud
almudaloudantifraudapplaudbaudbecloudbelaudbeshroudbestudcloudcrudcud
Related 3-Letter Words
baabadbagbahbalbambanbapbarbasbatbaybedbeebeg

Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Bud"

Bud is a 3-letter word that scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "bud" can be rearranged to form 1 other valid word.

Using "Bud" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "bud" is a low-scoring word.