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There are 9 three-letter words containing BU

BUB• bub n. (Slang, historical) An alcoholic malt liquor, especially beer.
• bub n. (Slang) A woman’s breast.
• bub n. A term of familiar address; bubba; bubby.
BUD• bud n. A newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet unfolded.
• bud n. (Figuratively) Something that has begun to develop.
• bud n. A small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically…
BUG• bug n. (Entomology) An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
• bug n. Any of various species of marine or freshwater crustaceans; e.g. a Moreton Bay bug, mudbug.
• bug n. (Informal) Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest.
BUM• bum n. (Informal or childish, chiefly Commonwealth) The buttocks.
• bum n. (Informal or childish, chiefly Commonwealth) The anus.
• bum v. (UK, transitive, colloquial) To sodomize; to engage in anal sex.
BUN• bun n. A small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced.
• bun n. A tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head.
• bun n. (Northern England, Ireland) A cupcake.
BUR• bur n. A rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants.
• bur n. Any of several plants having such husks.
• bur n. A rotary cutting implement having a selection of variously shaped heads.
BUS• bus n. (Automotive) A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.
• bus n. An electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components.
• bus n. Part of a MIRV missile, having on-board motors used to deliver the warhead to a target.
BUT• but prep. Apart from, except (for), excluding.
• but prep. (Obsolete outside Scotland) Outside of.
• but adv. (Chiefly literary or poetic) Merely, only, just, no more than.
BUY• buy v. (Transitive, ditransitive) To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.
• buy v. (Transitive, ditransitive) To obtain, especially by some sacrifice.
• buy v. (Transitive, archaic) To suffer consequences for (something) through being deprived of something; to…

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.
Definitions are short excerpt from the WikWik.org.

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