Words that contain 'bu' and end in 'us'


You will undoubtedly find the best words that contain 'bu' and end in 'us', since there are upwards of 100 words.

5 letter words

  • buxus

6 letter words

  • bulbus
  • burgus
  • ebulus

7 letter words

  • arbutus
  • bibulus
  • bulbous
  • bulimus
  • bullous
  • bureaus
  • burnous
  • butomus
  • buxeous
  • lobulus
  • tubulus

8 letter words

  • abusious
  • bibulous
  • bucorvus
  • bungarus
  • bunrakus
  • burhinus
  • butyrous
  • fabulous
  • galbulus
  • lobulous
  • nebulous
  • pabulous
  • rabulous
  • sabulous
  • sambucus
  • tribulus
  • tubulous

9 letter words

  • alburnous
  • bumptious
  • burdenous
  • buxaceous
  • eburneous
  • globulous
  • nebulosus
  • scorbutus

10 letter words

  • albuminous
  • bucephalus
  • bulbaceous
  • butcherous
  • nonbulbous
  • polybunous
  • robustious
  • robustuous
  • subbureaus
  • unbibulous
  • unfabulous
  • unnebulous

11 letter words

  • acetabulous
  • albugineous
  • bulbiferous
  • burglarious
  • butyraceous
  • butomaceous
  • combustious
  • nonbibulous
  • nonfabulous
  • nonnebulous
  • rumbustious
  • unbumptious

12 letter words

  • buccellarius
  • burseraceous
  • butteraceous
  • exalbuminous
  • filibustrous
  • nebuliferous
  • noctambulous
  • rambunctious
  • rumbumptious
  • semifabulous
  • seminebulous
  • somnambulous
  • tubuliferous

13 letter words

  • cogitabundous
  • comburivorous
  • filibusterous
  • globuliferous
  • nonbulbaceous
  • overbumptious
  • pseudobulbous
  • seralbuminous
  • tubuliflorous

14 letter words

  • albuminiferous
  • albuminiparous
  • albuminogenous
  • bulbocavernous
  • burmanniaceous
  • nonbulbiferous
  • tintinnabulous

15 letter words

  • acetabuliferous
  • bulbocavernosus
  • bulbomembranous
  • globulariaceous
  • strombuliferous

16 letter words

  • subumbelliferous

17 letter words

  • fibrinoalbuminous
  • lentibulariaceous

Which is the most interesting word from this list?
One example of a weird word from this list goes to 'albuminiparous'. It is defined as "Producing albumin.".

What is the longest word you can derive using this list?
'Fibrinoalbuminous' contains 17 letters, and is the longest word one can make from this list.

How many words can you make using the specified combination?
You can go with up to a maximum of 101 entries on our list of words that have 'bu' in and end with 'us'.

Is there a word on this page that jumps out as the most common?
We've discovered that 'fabulous' is the 16542nd most common word.

In Scrabble, what's the highest possible score possible using words containing 'bu' and ending with 'us'?
With the amount of words from which to select, your best option is to choose 'buxeous' which scores 16 points.