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BUST

4 letters

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TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 1 pts
Big 1 pts
Super Big 1 pts

BUST is a valid 4-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 1 in Classic, 1 in Big, and 1 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

BUSTS-s 2 BUSTING-ing 5 BUSTED-ed 3

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BUSTINGS 11
verb
  1. UScolloquialtransitiveTo break.
    • I busted my cooker while trying to fix it.
  2. slangtransitiveTo arrest (someone or a group of people) for a crime.
    • Aaron got busted by the feds for leaking confidential government documents on Reddit.
  3. slangtransitiveTo catch (someone) in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal, especially when being done in a sneaky or secretive state.
  4. transitiveTo debunk, dispel (a belief).
    • MythBusters
  5. An emphatic synonym of do or get.
    • He busted huge air off that jump!
  6. USinformalTo reduce in rank.
    • He busted him down to patrolman for insubordination.
  7. transitiveTo undo a trade, generally an error trade, that has already been executed.
  8. To lose all of one's chips.
  9. To exceed a score of 21.
  10. slangtransitiveTo break in (an animal).
  11. slangtransitiveTo have sex with (a woman or girl) for the first time, to take another's virginity.
  12. intransitiveslangvulgarTo ejaculate; to eject semen or to squirt.
    • I busted a fat one just wackin' it to the selfie she sent me.
  13. intransitiveFor a headline to exceed the amount of space reserved for it.
  14. slangTo refute an established opening.
  15. slangtransitiveTo shoot (a gun).
    • He busted his glock.
  16. intransitiveslangTo attack, hit or insult (someone).
    • He's always busting on you.
  17. slangTo do or perform; to move quickly.
    • Bust a left turn.
noun
  1. slangThe act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation.
    • a narcotics bust
  2. slangA police raid or takedown of a criminal enterprise.
  3. slangA failed enterprise; a bomb.
  4. slangA refutation of an opening, or of a previously published analysis.
  5. slangA disappointment.
  6. derogatoryA player who fails to meet expectations.
  7. The downward portion of a boom and bust cycle; a recession.
  8. datedslangA spree, unrestrained revel, or wild party.
  9. A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders.
  10. A woman's breasts; the circumference of her chest measured around the breasts.
adjective
  1. slangWithout any money, broke, bankrupt.
    • After months of financial problems, the company finally went bust.