/əs/
pronoundeterminernoun

Is US a Scrabble word?

Yes. US is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 2 points in Scrabble and 3 in Words With Friends.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Meaning Me and at least one other person, excluding the person(s) being addressed. (exclusive us.)

Pronoun 4 meanings

  1. Me and at least one other person, excluding the person(s) being addressed. (exclusive us.)

    “Don't treat us like idiots.”

  2. Me and at least one other person, including the person(s) being addressed. (inclusive us.)

    “Let's ask him if he'll give us a lift.”

  3. We, used in the same circumstances where “me” would be used instead of “I”, e.g. for the pronoun in isolation or as the complement of the copula

    “Who's there? — Us. (or) — It's us.”

  4. Any entity that the speaker is a part of or identifies with, such as place of employment or education, nation, region, language, etc.

    “It's not true that the rest of Europe hates us.”

Determiner 3 meanings

  1. Designates the speaker(s)/writer(s) as constituting or belonging to the stated category of people (objective case).

    “It's not good enough for us teachers.”

  2. Designates the speaker(s)/writer(s) as constituting or belonging to the stated category of people (subjective case).

  3. Our.

    “We'll have to throw us food out.”

Noun 1 meaning

  1. The relationship between the speaker and some other unspecified person.

    “There is no us.”

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

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English us, from Old English ūs (“us”, dative personal pronoun), from Proto-West Germanic *uns, from Proto-Germanic *uns (“us”), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥swé, alteration of *n̥smé (“us”). The compensatory lengthening was lost in Middle English due to the word being unstressed when used.

US at a glance

US has 2 letters and scores 2 points in Scrabble (U 1 + S 1) and 3 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #92 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

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