bullet: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 8 letter points · starts with B · ends with T
Meaning of bullet
noun
- countable, uncountable
A projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed.
- countable, informal, uncountable
An entire round of unfired ammunition for a firearm, including the projectile, the cartridge casing, the propellant charge, etc.
- countable, uncountable
Ammunition for a sling or slingshot which has been manufactured for such use.
- countable, uncountable
A printed symbol in the form of a solid circle ⟨•⟩, often used to mark items in a list.
Listed forms: bullets.
Source: Wiktionary — bullet.
verb
- informal, transitive
To draw attention to (text) by, or as if by, placing a graphic bullet in front of it.
- informal, intransitive
To speed, like a bullet.
Example: Their debut started slow, but bulleted to number six in its fourth week.
- informal, transitive
To make a shot, especially with great speed.
Example: He bulleted a header for his first score of the season.
- slang, transitive
To fire from a job; to dismiss.
Listed forms: bullets, bulleting, bulleted.
Source: Wiktionary — bullet.
noun
- rare
A young or little bull; a male calf.
Listed forms: bullets.
Source: Wiktionary — bullet.
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 bullet.
noun
a projectile that is fired from a gun
noun
a high-speed passenger train
- bullet train
noun
(baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is bullet in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of bullet
B(3) + U(1) + L(1) + L(1) + E(1) + T(1) = 8 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 bullet
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 bullet
22 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in bullet. Showing up to 24, longest first.