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FUSS

4 letters, 7 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What FUSS Means

  1. noun: an excited state of agitation“he was in a dither”
  2. noun: an angry disturbance“he didn't want to make a fuss”
  3. verb: worry unnecessarily or excessively“don't fuss too much over the grandchildren, they are quite big now”
  4. verb: care for like a mother“She fusses over her husband”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

FUSS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as F4 U1 S1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In FUSS

2 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

3 letter words (1)

2 letter words (1)

Longer Words Containing FUSS

FUSS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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