SUCCUS is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points

It depends on the list you play by. SUCCUS is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.

Which word lists accept SUCCUS?

Word power: 26 / 100

Our own measure of how useful SUCCUS is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for SUCCUS

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How SUCCUS scores

Face value of the 6 tiles in SUCCUS, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 33,113 thousand.

What stands out about SUCCUS

• SUCCUS is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
• SUCCUS begins and ends with the same letter.

Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things

Anagrams of SUCCUS

The 6 tiles of SUCCUS in a different order — 1 found.

Words starting with SUCCUS

9 longer words begin with SUCCUS.

Shorter words from the letters in SUCCUS

Common questions about SUCCUS

Is SUCCUS valid in Words with Friends?

No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SUCCUS is not in it.

How many points is SUCCUS worth?

SUCCUS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to SUCCUS?

SUCCUS takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.