SUSS is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. SUSS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SUSS?
| 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 SUSS is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SUSS
No single letter turns SUSS into another word.
How SUSS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SUSS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 3 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 245,077.
What does SUSS mean in Scrabble?
verb
informalBritish
To work out or figure out something, especially by observation or intuition.
To suss something, or to suss it out, is to reach an understanding of a situation, a person's character or a problem through your own reasoning. The word implies working it out quietly, rather than being told directly.
How SUSS is used
Chiefly British informal speech; often paired with the particle out.
- It took her a week to suss out how the new software worked.
- He can usually suss whether someone is lying within minutes.
- Give me a moment to suss out the quickest route.
- They quickly sussed the pattern behind the puzzle.
- She sussed that something was wrong the second she walked in.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SUSS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SUSS
3 longer words begin with SUSS.
Words with SUSS inside
1 words contain SUSS in the middle. Words that start with SUSS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SUSS
Common questions about SUSS
- Is SUSS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SUSS, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SUSS worth?
- SUSS is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SUSS mean?
- To work out or figure out something, especially by observation or intuition.
- What letters can be added to SUSS?
- No single letter can be added to SUSS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SUSS:
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