5 letter words starting with bur

Looking for a clue for todays Wordle or another Word game? Look no further! We got you covered. We got quite a few plausible five letter words starting with bur.

  • BURAN
  • BURAS
  • BURBS
  • BURDS
  • BURET
  • BURFI
  • BURGH
  • BURGS
  • BURIN
  • BURKA
  • BURKE
  • BURKS
  • BURLS
  • BURLY
  • BURNS
  • BURNT
  • BUROO
  • BURPS
  • BURQA
  • BURRA
  • BURRO
  • BURRS
  • BURRY
  • BURSA
  • BURSE
  • BURST

Sometimes the solution is an uncommon word, then It’s time to learn something new. Here’s the definition of a few of these words:

Definition of burin

burin (noun)

  1. A chisel with a sharp point, used for engraving; a graver.
  2. A prehistoric flint tool

Definition of burka

burka (noun)

  1. An Islamic garment that covers the whole body, which has a net screen covering the eyes so they cannot be seen, and is worn by women.
  2. A dress made from felt or karakul (the short curly fur of young lambs of the breed of that name), traditionally worn by men of the Caucasus region.

Definition of burke

burke (noun)

  1. (sometimes affectionate) A fool, prat, twit.
  2. Cunt.

burke (verb)

  1. To murder by suffocation
  2. To murder for the same purpose as Burke, to kill in order to have a body to sell to anatomists, surgeons, etc.
  3. To smother; to conceal, hush up, suppress.

Definition of burnt

burnt (verb)

  1. To cause to be consumed by fire.
  2. To be consumed by fire, or in flames.
  3. To overheat so as to make unusable.
  4. To become overheated to the point of being unusable.
  5. To make or produce by the application of fire or burning heat.
  6. To injure (a person or animal) with heat or chemicals that produce similar damage.
  7. To cauterize.
  8. To sunburn.
  9. To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does.
  10. To be hot, e.g. due to embarrassment.
  11. To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize.
  12. To combine energetically, with evolution of heat.
  13. To write data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
  14. To betray.
  15. To insult or defeat.
  16. To waste (time); to waste money or other resources.
  17. In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought.
  18. To accidentally touch a moving stone.
  19. In pontoon, to swap a pair of cards for another pair, or to deal a dead card.
  20. To increase the exposure for certain areas of a print in order to make them lighter (compare dodge).
  21. (of an element) To be converted to another element in a nuclear fusion reaction, especially in a star
  22. To discard.
  23. To shoot someone with a firearm.

burnt (adjective)

  1. Damaged or injured by fire or heat.
  2. (of food) Carbonised.
  3. (of a person) Having a sunburn.
  4. (of a colour) Being darker than standard, especially browner.

Definition of burrs

burrs (noun)

  1. A tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner.
  2. Wood of a mottled veneer, usually cut from such a growth.
  3. A knot or lump in thread or cloth.

burrs (noun)

  1. A sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter.
  2. A bur; a seed pod with sharp features that stick in fur or clothing.
  3. A small piece of material left on an edge after a cutting operation.
  4. A thin flat piece of metal, formed from a sheet by punching; a small washer put on the end of a rivet before it is swaged down.
  5. A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the grip, to prevent the hand from slipping.
  6. The ear lobe.
  7. The knot at the bottom of an antler.

burrs (noun)

  1. A rough humming sound.
  2. A uvular "r".

burrs (noun)

  1. A metal ring at the top of the hand-rest on a spear.