budding

ADJECTIVENOUN
7 LETTERS · STARTS WITH B

budding is a valid 7-letter word worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
B3U1D2D2I1N1G2
3 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 2 =12 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 24TRIPLE WORD → 36
MEANING

What does budding mean?

ADJECTIVE · 1 SENSE
1

Beginning to develop.

“a budding genius”

NOUN · 1 SENSE
1

Reproduction of some unicellular organisms (such as yeasts) by growth and specialization followed by the separation by constriction of a part of the parent.