buttress

1. A structure, usually brick or stone, built against a wall for support or reinforcement.

2. Something resembling a buttress, as:.

3. Something that serves to support, prop, or reinforce: "The law is by its very nature a buttress of the status quo” ( J. William Fulbright).

4. The flared base of certain tree trunks.

5. A projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building.

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1. To furnish or shore up with a buttress.

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1. To support or reinforce with a buttress.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
buttress	10	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
be	4
er	2
es	2
et	2
re	2
te	2
us	2
ut	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
bes	5
bet	5
bur	5
bus	5
but	5
ers	3
ess	3
est	3
reb	5
res	3
ret	3
rub	5
rue	3
rut	3
ser	3
set	3
sub	5
sue	3
sus	3
tes	3
tet	3
tub	5
tut	3
urb	5
use	3
ute	3
uts	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
best	6
bets	6
brut	6
burs	6
buss	6
bust	6
bute	6
buts	6
butt	6
erst	4
ests	4
rebs	6
rest	4
rets	4
rube	6
rubs	6
rues	4
ruse	4
rust	4
ruts	4
sers	4
sets	4
sett	4
stet	4
stub	6
subs	6
suer	4
sues	4
suet	4
sure	4
test	4
tets	4
tret	4
true	4
tube	6
tubs	6
tuts	4
urbs	6
user	4
uses	4
utes	4

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
bests	7
brute	7
bruts	7
buret	7
burse	7
burst	7
buses	7
busts	7
butes	7
butte	7
butts	7
rebus	7
rebut	7
rests	5
rubes	7
ruses	5
rusts	5
setts	5
stets	5
strut	5
stubs	7
sturt	5
suber	7
suers	5
suets	5
tests	5
tress	5
trets	5
trues	5
truss	5
trust	5
tuber	7
tubes	7
users	5
utter	5

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
brutes	8
burets	8
burses	8
bursts	8
buster	8
butter	8
buttes	8
estrus	6
rebuts	8
russet	6
struts	6
sturts	6
subers	8
subset	8
surest	6
truest	6
trusts	6
tubers	8
tusser	6
utters	6

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
brutest	9
busters	9
butters	9
subtest	9

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
buttress	10