bust

1. Butt Vulgar Slang To make a strenuous effort; work very hard.

1. A failure; a flop: "The home-style bean curd is a bust, oily and rubbery” ( Mark and Gail Barnett).

2. A punch; a blow.

3. A spree: a fraternity beer bust.

4. A state of bankruptcy.

5. Slang A raid.

1. To break or smash especially with force.

2. To make inoperative.

3. To bring an end to.

4. To ruin financially.

5. To give a hard time to.

1. Games To lose at blackjack by exceeding a score of 21.

2. Slang To burst; break: "Several companies have threatened to bust out of their high-wage contracts by the dubious technique of declaring bankruptcy” ( Washington Post).

3. Slang To undergo breakage; become broken.

4. To become bankrupt or short of money.

1. Slang To make a police raid on.

2. Slang To place under arrest.

3. Slang To reduce in rank. See Synonyms at demote.

4. Slang To render inoperable or unusable: busted the vending machine by putting in foreign coins.

5. Slang To smash or break, especially forcefully: "Mr. Luger worked it with a rake, busting up the big clods, making a flat brown table” ( Garrison Keillor).

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
bust	6	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
us	2
ut	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
bus	5
but	5
sub	5
tub	5
uts	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
bust	6
buts	6
stub	6
tubs	6