bubble: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 12 letter points · starts with B · ends with E
Meaning of bubble
noun
A spherically contained volume of air or other gas in a liquid, commonly a soapy liquid.
A small spherical cavity in a solid material.
Example: bubbles in window glass, or in a lens
- broadly
Anything resembling a hollow sphere.
- figuratively
Anything lacking firmness or solidity; a cheat or fraud; an empty project.
Listed forms: bubbles.
Source: Wiktionary — bubble.
verb
- intransitive
To produce bubbles, to rise up in bubbles (such as in foods cooking or liquids boiling).
Example: The laminate is bubbling.
- figuratively, intransitive
To churn or foment, as if wishing to rise to the surface.
Example: Rage bubbled inside him.
- figuratively, intransitive
To rise through a medium or system, similar to the way that bubbles rise in liquid.
- Northern-England, Scotland, intransitive
To cry, weep.
Listed forms: bubbles, bubbling, bubbled.
Source: Wiktionary — bubble.
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 bubble.
noun
a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control
- house of cards
verb
flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
verb
expel gas from the stomach
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is bubble in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of bubble
B(3) + U(1) + B(3) + B(3) + L(1) + E(1) = 12 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 bubble
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 bubble
11 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in bubble. Showing up to 24, longest first.