buck: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 12 letter points · starts with B · ends with K
Meaning of buck
noun
A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the hamster, ferret, salmonid, shad, skunk and kangaroo.
- US
An uncastrated sheep, a ram.
- Africa
An antelope of either sex; compare with Afrikaans bok.
The sound made by a chicken.
Listed forms: bucks.
Source: Wiktionary — buck.
verb
- intransitive
To copulate, as bucks and does.
Listed forms: bucks, bucking, bucked.
Source: Wiktionary — buck.
verb
- intransitive
To bend; buckle.
- intransitive
To leap upward arching its back, coming down with head low and forelegs stiff, forcefully kicking its hind legs upward, often in an attempt to dislodge or throw a rider or pack.
- transitive
To throw (a rider or pack) by bucking.
- broadly, intransitive
To resist obstinately; oppose or object strongly.
Example: The vice president bucked at the board’s latest solution.
Listed forms: bucks, bucking, bucked.
Source: Wiktionary — buck.
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 buck.
noun
a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting
- vaulting horse
- long horse
noun
a piece of paper money worth one dollar
noun
a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
verb
resist
- go against
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is buck in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of buck
B(3) + U(1) + C(3) + K(5) = 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 buck
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 buck
3 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in buck. Showing up to 24, longest first.