Bunsen
6 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
Robert Wilhelm Bunsen, a 19th-century German chemist who co-pioneered spectrum analysis alongside Kirchhoff and invented the adjustable gas burner that bears his name.
“The chemistry teacher explained how bunsen's work on spectroscopy helped scientists identify chemical elements by their light signatures.”
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bun·sen
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Starts with BUN and ends with EN, the double N in the middle is easy to miss, no repeated vowels
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All common low-value tiles, useful as a valid six-letter word when holding two N tiles that are otherwise hard to place
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