Redbug

Definition: Redbug

Redbug

Noun

1. Larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation.

Date "redbug" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1960. (references)

Synonyms: Redbug

Synonyms: chigger (n), harvest mite (n), jigger (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Redbug

English words defined with "redbug": Cotton stainer. (references)

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "redbug": redbugs. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Redbug" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Edburg, redcu, Redrup, Redux. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: bedrug, budger.
	Words within the letters "b-d-e-g-r-u"
	-1 letter: budge, debug, redub, urged.
	-2 letters: bedu, berg, bred, burd, burg, dreg, drub, drug, dure, grub, grue, gude, rube, rude, rued, urge.
	-3 letters: bed, beg, bud, bug, bur, deb, dub, due, dug, erg, ged, reb, red, reg, rub, rue, rug, urb, urd.
	-4 letters: be, de, ed, er, re.
	Words containing the letters "b-d-e-g-r-u"
	+1 letter: bedrugs, bludger, budgers, burgled, grubbed, redbugs.
	+2 letters: begrudge, berouged, bludgers, budgeter, buggered, debugger, grumbled, subgrade.
	+3 letters: bedrugged, begrudged, begrudges, budgetary, budgeteer, budgeters, burdening, burgeoned, debuggers, redubbing, subgrades, submerged, unbridged.
	+4 letters: bedrugging, begrudging, blundering, bourgeoned, budgerigar, budgeteers, bulldogger, burgundies, debruising, grubstaked, objurgated, outbragged, rebounding, rebuilding, redoubling, subrogated, unabridged, upgradable.
	+5 letters: aboveground, beardtongue, beglamoured, beleaguered, belowground, beshrouding, budgerigars, bulldoggers, bullyragged, burglarized, drumbeating, neighboured, outbreeding, overdubbing, unburdening, underbought, underbuying, upgradeable.
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