LUSUS is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. LUSUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LUSUS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 19 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LUSUS is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LUSUS
No single letter turns LUSUS into another word.
How LUSUS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LUSUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 522,830.
What does LUSUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
literaryrare
An unusual or freakish product of nature that departs sharply from the normal form of its kind.
A lusus is an oddity or freak of nature, something that departs so far from the usual shape or growth of its kind that it seems almost like a joke of nature itself. The word comes straight from Latin, where it literally meant a sport or a piece of play, and English writers borrowed it to describe two-headed animals, strangely twisted plants, or other biological curiosities. Naturalists of earlier centuries often used lusus when cataloguing specimens that did not fit any recognized species. Today the word survives mainly in older scientific writing and in occasional literary use.
How LUSUS is used
Rare and mostly literary or historical, occurring in older natural-history writing rather than modern speech.
- The two-headed calf was displayed as a famous lusus of nature.
- Scientists studied the rare lusus to understand how such deformities occur.
- The museum's collection includes several preserved specimens once labeled as a lusus.
- Villagers regarded the strange plant as a lusus rather than a natural growth.
- Old naturalists recorded every lusus they found, however small or strange.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LUSUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LUSUS
The 5 tiles of LUSUS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with LUSUS
1 longer words begin with LUSUS.
Shorter words from the letters in LUSUS
Common questions about LUSUS
- Is LUSUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LUSUS, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LUSUS worth?
- LUSUS is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LUSUS mean?
- An unusual or freakish product of nature that departs sharply from the normal form of its kind.
- What letters can be added to LUSUS?
- No single letter can be added to LUSUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LUSUS:
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