bug
VERBNOUN
/bəɡ/
3 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH B
bug is a valid 3-letter word worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
B3U1G2
3 + 1 + 2 =6 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 12TRIPLE WORD → 18
MEANING
What does bug mean?
VERB · 2 SENSES
1
Tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information.
“Is this hotel room bugged?”
SYNONYMS
BROADER
2
Annoy persistently.
SYNONYMS
BROADER
NOUN · 5 SENSES
1
Insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis.
SYNONYMS
BROADER
NARROWER
2
A fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine.
SYNONYMS
BROADER
3
A minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use.
SYNONYMS
BROADER
4
A small hidden microphone; for listening secretly.
BROADER
5
General term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate.
BROADER
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Anagrams of bug
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