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Is buller a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word buller is a Scrabble US word. The word buller is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is buller a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word buller is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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6-letter words (1 found)

BULLER,

5-letter words (4 found)

BLUER,BRULE,RUBEL,RUBLE,

4-letter words (9 found)

BELL,BLUE,BLUR,BULL,BURL,LUBE,LURE,RUBE,RULE,

3-letter words (12 found)

BEL,BRU,BUR,ELL,LEU,LUR,REB,RUB,RUE,ULE,URB,URE,

2-letter words (5 found)

BE,EL,ER,RE,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 32 words from buller according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of buller

buller

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbʊlə(ɹ)/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈbʊlɚ/

Etymology 1

From Scots buller (to boil, seethe). Of obscure origin. Probably related to Old Norse bulla (to boil) and Old French bullir (to boil), Latin bullio (I boil), all from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (swelling).

Verb

buller (third-person singular simple present bullers, present participle bullering, simple past and past participle bullered)

  1. To boil or seethe.

Noun

buller (plural bullers)

  1. The bubbling or seething of a torrent.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Scots buller, bullir (to bellow, roar), likely of North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bellaną (to roar). Compare Danish buldre (to rumble), Swedish bullra (to make a noise, roar, rumble).

Verb

buller (third-person singular simple present bullers, present participle bullering, simple past and past participle bullered)

  1. To make a lot of noise.
  2. To force one's way; to be pushy.
Translations

Etymology 3

bull +‎ -er

Noun

buller (plural bullers)

  1. A steer that allows itself to be mounted by bulls when in the crowded conditions of a feedlot.
  2. (Caribbean, Jamaica, derogatory) A homosexual man.

Anagrams

  • rubell

French

Etymology

From bulle +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /by.le/

Verb

buller

  1. (intransitive) to bubble

Conjugation

Further reading

  • “buller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

buller

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of bullō

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish bulder. Arguably from Old Norse, from or related to Proto-Germanic *bellaną (to roar), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-.

Deverbal from bullra.

Pronunciation

Noun

buller n

  1. unpleasant noise (usually associated with mechanical sources such as engines and machinery rather than electric/electromechanical sources)
  2. a loud rumble, as from thunder
    Synonym: muller

Declension

Derived terms

  • med buller och bång

See also

  • brus
  • dån
  • huller om buller

Further reading

  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 372, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 372
  • buller in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • buller in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • buller in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
  • bullra in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Source: wiktionary.org