/sʌs/
nounadjectiveverbinterjection

Is SUS a Scrabble word?

Yes. SUS is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words With Friends.

NWL Collins Not in ENABLE

Meaning Suspicious; having suspicions or questions.

Noun 1 meaning

  1. Suspicion (in terms of a sus law).

Adjective 2 meanings

  1. Suspicious; having suspicions or questions.

  2. Suspicious; raising or causing people to have suspicions.

Verb 1 meaning

  1. To suspend an account on social media (almost exclusively Twitter/X).

    “yeah, the account posting offensive stuff got sussed.”

Interjection 1 meaning

  1. A nonsense word commonly used in YouTube Poop by playing an audio clip forward and in reverse consecutively; said in reference to this editing style, and to describe palindromes and humorously symmetrized images.

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

Where it comes from

Etymology

Clipping of suspicion. Compare suss out, suss.

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SUS at a glance

SUS has 3 letters and scores 3 points in Scrabble (S 1 + U 1 + S 1) and 4 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #26,917 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

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