bonus: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 7 letter points · starts with B · ends with S
Meaning of bonus
noun
Something extra that is good; an added benefit.
An extra sum given as a premium, e.g. to an employee or to a shareholder.
Example: The employee of the week receives a bonus for his excellent work.
An addition to the player's score based on performance, e.g. for time remaining.
One or more free throws awarded to a team when the opposing team has accumulated enough fouls.
Listed forms: bonuses, bonusses, boni.
Source: Wiktionary — bonus.
verb
- transitive
To pay a bonus, premium
Listed forms: bonuses, bonusses, bonusing, bonussing, bonused, bonussed.
Source: Wiktionary — bonus.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for bonus.
noun
anything that tends to arouse
noun
an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is bonus in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of bonus
B(3) + O(1) + N(1) + U(1) + S(1) = 7 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of bonus
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from bonus
26 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in bonus. Showing up to 24, longest first.