What BUDDING Means
- noun: reproduction of some unicellular organisms (such as yeasts) by growth and specialization followed by the separation by constriction of a part of the parent
- adjective: beginning to develop“a budding genius”
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
BUDDING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 U1 D2 D2 I1 N1 G2.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 62 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In BUDDING
47 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (1)
5 letter words (3)
4 letter words (8)
3 letter words (26)
2 letter words (9)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.