Best words to try
Sorted by how many of this list's common letters they use: BURLED, BURIES, BURKES, BUSTER, BURNED and BUSIER. Words with no repeated letters test the most letters per guess; 83 of the 153 words have none.
Highest-scoring words
- BUZZED27 points
- BUZZER26 points
- BUZZES26 points
- BUZUKI21 points
- BUQSHA20 points
Patterns in this list
The most common third letter is R (41 words), followed by S (23).
More 6 letter words starting with B
BU at other lengths
Questions
How many 6 letter words start with BU?
There are 153 6 letter words that start with BU in our word list.
What is the highest scoring 6 letter word that start with BU?
BUZZED, worth 27 points with standard Scrabble letter values.
Which 6 letter words that start with BU make good guesses?
BURKES, BURIES and BURLED use 6 different letters that are common in this list, so they rule out the most words.