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BURST

5 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 2 pts
Big 2 pts
Super Big 2 pts

BURST is a valid 5-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 2 in Classic, 2 in Big, and 2 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

BURSTS-s 3 BURSTING-ing 11 BRAST 2 BURSTED-ed 5 BURSTEN-en 5 BRUST 2
verb
  1. intransitiveTo break from internal pressure.
    • I blew the balloon up too much, and it burst.
  2. transitiveTo cause to break from internal pressure.
    • I burst the balloon when I blew it up too much.
  3. obsoletetransitiveTo cause to break by any means.
  4. transitiveTo separate (printer paper) at perforation lines.
    • I printed the report on form-feed paper, then burst the sheets.
  5. intransitiveTo enter or exit hurriedly and unexpectedly.
  6. intransitiveTo erupt; to change state suddenly as if bursting.
    • The flowers burst into bloom on the first day of spring.
  7. transitiveTo produce as an effect of bursting.
    • to burst a hole through the wall
  8. transitiveTo interrupt suddenly in a violent or explosive manner; to shatter.
  9. intransitiveOf neurons: to exhibit an activation pattern where periods of rapid action potential spiking are followed by quiescent periods much longer than typical interspike intervals.
noun
  1. An act or instance of bursting.
    • The bursts of the bombs could be heard miles away.
  2. A sudden, often intense, expression, manifestation or display.
    • I read it in two bursts.
  3. A series of shots fired from an automatic firearm.
  4. The explosion of a bomb or missile.
    • a ground burst; a surface burst
  5. archaicA drinking spree.