Words Containing BUT

There are over 487 words with the letters BUT in English. From short BUT-words to long ones, find all the words that have BUT in it grouped by length, each valid in Scrabble, Wordle, and Words With Friends. You can also see five letter words with BUT.

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3-Letter Words With BUT

Short high-frequency BUT-words:

but

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4-Letter Words With BUT

Common 4-letter BUT-words:

abut

bute

buts

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5-Letter Words With BUT

Common 5-letter BUT-words:

debut

abuts

butch

buteo

butes

butle

butoh

butte

butts

butty

butut

butyl

rebut

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6-Letter Words With BUT

Common 6-letter BUT-words:

button

butter

arbute

barbut

butane

butchy

buteos

butled

butles

butted

buttie

buttle

bututs

butyls

debuts

krubut

rebuts

sacbut

sagbut

woobut

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7-Letter Words With BUT

Common 7-letter BUT-words:

tribute

debuted

buttons

abutter

barbuts

butanol

butenes

butlers

butlery

butment

buttals

butters

butties

butting

butyrin

butyryl

holibut

sackbut

sagbuts

zabuton

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8-Letter Words With BUT

Common 8-letter BUT-words:

abutilon

abutment

abuttals

arbutean

butanols

butchers

butments

buttered

butthurt

buttload

buttocks

buttoner

buttyman

butyrate

hackbuts

holibuts

isobutyl

rebutted

sackbuts

zabutons

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9-Letter Words With BUT

Common 9-letter BUT-words:

attribute

abutments

butanones

butcherer

butlerage

butterfat

butterfly

butternut

buttloads

buttoners

buttonier

buttoning

buttstock

butylates

hagbuteer

prebuttal

rebutting

rebuttons

retribute

surrebuts

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10-Letter Words With BUT

Common 10-letter BUT-words:

attributed

contribute

attributes

distribute

attributor

butcherers

butterbean

butterburs

butterfats

butteriest

buttonbush

buttonhook

buttstocks

butylation

hackbutter

hagbutters

prebuttals

retributes

unbuttered

unbuttoned

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11-Letter Words With BUT

Common 11-letter BUT-words:

contributed

distributed

contributes

attribution

attributive

butterflyer

buttonholer

butyraceous

deattribute

distributee

distributer

distributes

headbutters

isobutylene

misbuttoned

multibutton

retribution

scuttlebutt

surrebuttal

terbutaline

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12-Letter Words With BUT

Common 12-letter BUT-words:

distribution

contribution

contributing

aminobutenes

attributions

bellybuttons

butcherliest

butterflyers

butterflying

buttonbushes

celebutantes

clenbuterols

distributing

reattributed

reattributes

redistribute

retributions

scuttlebutts

surrebutters

surrebutting

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13-Letter Words With BUT

Common 13-letter BUT-words:

contributions

distributions

attributively

butterfingers

butterflyfish

buttonholding

buttonhooking

butyraldehyde

butyrophenone

contributable

deattributing

distributable

indolebutyric

misattributes

polybutadiene

postdebutante

reattributing

scorbutically

subdebutantes

undistributed

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14-Letter Words With BUT

Common 14-letter BUT-words:

antiscorbutics

butterfingered

butterscotches

butyraldehydes

butyrophenones

contributively

contributorily

deattributions

distributaries

distributional

distributively

distributivity

maldistributed

misattributing

misattribution

postdebutantes

reattributions

redistribution

redistributive

unattributably

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15-Letter Words With BUT

Common 15-letter BUT-words:

attributiveness

butterflyfishes

disattributions

distributorship

hydroxybutyrate

indistributable

maldistribution

misattributions

misdistribution

nonattributable

noncontributing

noncontributory

oxyphenbutazone

phenylbutazones

predistribution

redistributions

tributarinesses

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487 Common Words with BUT

Most Common Length
11
(80 words)
Avg Scrabble Score
14.9
(out of 41)
Most Common Ending
s
(39%)

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What is the highest scoring word in Scrabble that contains BUT?

41 Points

The highest scoring word in Scrabble that contains BUT is oxyphenbutazone with a total of 41 points.

O 1
X 8
Y 4
P 3
H 4
E 1
N 1
B 3
U 1
T 1
A 1
Z 10
O 1
N 1
E 1
noun 1. A hydroxy derivative of phenylbutazone, used as an anti-inflammatory drug; 4-butyl-3,5-dioxo-1-phenyl-2- p -hydroxyphenylpyrazolidine, C₁₉ H₂₀ N₂ O₃.

A list of all BUT words with their Scrabble and Words with Friends points. You can also find a list of all words that start with BUT. Also commonly searched for are words that end in BUT. Try our five letter words with BUT page if you’re playing Wordle-like games or use the New York Times Wordle Solver for finding the NYT Wordle daily answer.

FAQ Words With Letters BUT

  • How many words containing BUT are in the English dictionary?

    There are 487 words in the English dictionary that contain BUT, and most of them are 11 letters long (80 words of that length).

  • What's the longest word containing BUT?

    The longest word containing BUT is "noncontributing" at 15 letters long. If you're looking for a more everyday word, "contributions" is the longest common word containing BUT.

  • Are there any rare words containing BUT worth more in Scrabble?

    Yes. Uncommon words like "oxyphenbutazone", "hydroxybutyrate", "phenylbutazone", "kibbutzim" contain BUT and can score big thanks to their unusual letters. "oxyphenbutazone" is worth 41 points in Scrabble before any bonus tiles.

  • What are the most common words containing BUT?

    Most words containing BUT are 11 letters long, including everyday words like "contributed", "distributed", "contributes", "attribution", "attributive".