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/pʌs/
noun

Is PUS a Scrabble word?

Yes. PUS is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Meaning A whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and dead pyogenic bacteria, normally found in regions of bacterial infection.

Noun 1 meaning

  1. A whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and dead pyogenic bacteria, normally found in regions of bacterial infection.

    “Pus was seeping out of the wound.”

Definitions adapted from Wiktionary: pus via Kaikki/Wiktextract, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English pus (15th c.), a borrowing from Latin pus (“pus”). Widely displaced quitter and atter in this sense.

PUS at a glance

PUS has 3 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (P 3 + U 1 + S 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #27,561 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -PUS

More endings

Same last three letters as PUS. This is a spelling match, so not every word here rhymes.

  • CAMPUS12
  • CORPUS10
  • OCTOPUS11
  • LUPUS7
  • OPUS6
  • HIPPOCAMPUS24
  • PLATYPUS15
  • RUMPUS10
  • PAPPUS12
  • XENOPUS16
  • PRIAPUS11
  • GRAMPUS12

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