/jʊs/
noun

Is YUS a Scrabble word?

Yes, in one Scrabble list. YUS is valid in Collins, but not in ENABLE and NWL2023. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends.

Not in NWL Collins Not in ENABLE

Meaning Either of two letters, little yus (Ѧ) and big yus (Ѫ), representing nasal vowel sounds in the Cyrillic alphabet. The only major Slavic language retaining these sounds is Polish, which is written in the Latin alphabet.

Noun 1 meaning

  1. Either of two letters, little yus (Ѧ) and big yus (Ѫ), representing nasal vowel sounds in the Cyrillic alphabet. The only major Slavic language retaining these sounds is Polish, which is written in the Latin alphabet.

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

Where it comes from

Etymology

Russian юс (jus), from Old Church Slavonic ѫсъ (ǫsŭ, “big yus”)

YUS at a glance

YUS has 3 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (Y 4 + U 1 + S 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #112,416 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -YUS

More endings

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

  • KIKUYUS18
  • AYUS7
  • CHANOYUS16
  • KYUS11
  • RYUS7
  • SENRYUS10
  • SHOYUS12

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