SUSU is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. SUSU 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 4 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept SUSU?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 22 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SUSU is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SUSU
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sususChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SUSU scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SUSU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 108,923.
What does SUSU mean in Scrabble?
noun
Caribbean
An informal savings arrangement, mainly in the Caribbean and West Africa, in which members pay into a shared fund and take turns receiving the whole amount.
A susu works because every member trusts the group: each person contributes the same sum on a regular schedule. The collected total is then handed to a different member each round until everyone has had a turn.
How SUSU is used
Regional community term; the collected fund itself is often called a susu too.
- Her grandmother ran a susu among the women on the street for decades.
- They started a susu to help each member save for the holidays.
- Missing a payment to the susu could mean losing your turn.
- He used his susu payout to repair the roof.
- The market traders organised a small susu among themselves.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SUSU and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SUSU
11 longer words begin with SUSU.
Shorter words from the letters in SUSU
Common questions about SUSU
- Is SUSU valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SUSU is not in it.
- How many points is SUSU worth?
- SUSU is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SUSU mean?
- An informal savings arrangement, mainly in the Caribbean and West Africa, in which members pay into a shared fund and take turns receiving the whole amount.
- What letters can be added to SUSU?
- SUSU takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SUSU:
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