8 Letter Words Containing US
There are 867 8-letter English words that contain US. The highest scorer in Scrabble® is BEJEEZUS at 26 points.
Word list
A
- abacuses12
- abomasus12
- abstruse10
- abusable12
- acanthus13
- acarpous12
- acaulous10
- accusals12
- accusant12
- accusers12
- accusing13
- accustom14
- acoustic12
- adjusted17
- adjuster16
- adjustor16
- aduncous11
- afflatus14
- affusion14
- airbrush13
- airbuses10
- alehouse11
- allusion8
- allusive11
- alveolus11
- ambushed16
- ambusher15
- ambushes15
- amiantus10
- amplexus19
- amusable12
- amusedly14
- anchusas13
- anchusin13
- anestrus8
- anginous9
- angulous9
- animuses10
- ankushes15
- anserous8
- antirust8
- aphthous16
- apiculus12
- applause12
- apterous10
- araceous10
- arborous10
- arbuscle12
- arethusa11
- arousals8
- arousers8
- arousing9
- arquebus19
- arsenous8
- arsonous8
- asbestus10
- astomous10
- auguster9
- augustly12
- ausforms13
- auspices12
- austerer8
- australs8
B
- babassus12
- babirusa12
- babushka19
- bacchius17
- bacillus12
- backrush19
- baghouse14
- baluster10
- banausic12
- bandeaus11
- bebeerus12
- becrusts12
- bejeezus26
- bemusing13
- berceuse12
- bespouse12
- bibulous12
- bicuspid15
- bigamous13
- bijugous18
- bimanous12
- biparous12
- biramous12
- blousier10
- blousily13
- blousing11
- blousons10
- blushers13
- blushful16
- blushing14
- blusters10
- blustery13
- bousouki14
- bronchus15
- brushers13
- brushier13
- brushing14
- brushoff19
- brushups15
- bruskest14
- brusquer19
- bughouse14
- bullrush13
- bunrakus14
- bushbuck21
- busheled14
- busheler13
- bushfire16
- bushgoat14
- bushidos14
- bushiest13
- bushings14
- bushland14
- bushless13
- bushlike17
- bushpigs16
- bushtits13
- bushwahs19
- business10
- buskined15
- busloads11
- bussings11
- bustards11
- bustiers10
- bustiest10
- bustline10
- bustling11
- busulfan13
- busybody19
- busyness13
- busywork20
- butyrous13
- byssuses13
C
- cactuses12
- caduceus13
- caducous13
- calathus13
- calculus12
- callused11
- calluses10
- campused15
- campuses14
- canorous10
- captious12
- caribous12
- carousal10
- caroused11
- carousel10
- carouser10
- carouses10
- catechus15
- cathouse13
- caucused13
- caucuses12
- causable12
- causally13
- causerie10
- causeway16
- caustics12
- cautious10
- censused11
- censuses10
- cereuses10
- cernuous10
- cerusite10
- cestuses10
- chapeaus15
- chateaus13
- chausses13
- chiasmus15
- chiauses13
- chlorous13
- choragus14
- choregus14
- chorused14
- choruses13
- chousers13
- choushes16
- chousing14
- chromous15
- circuses12
- cistuses10
- citreous10
- citruses10
- claustra10
- clonuses10
- clusters10
- clustery13
- coenurus10
- coituses10
- coleuses10
- colossus10
- combusts14
- confused14
- confuses13
- contused11
- contuses10
- corneous10
- cornhusk17
- cornuses10
- couscous12
- cousinly13
- cousinry13
- covetous13
- crankous14
- cribrous12
- crocuses12
- croupous12
- crousely13
- crusaded12
- crusader11
- crusades11
- crusados11
- crushers13
- crushing14
- crustier10
- crustily13
- crusting11
- crustose10
- cultuses10
- cumbrous14
- cumulous12
- cupreous12
- cuscuses12
- cushiest13
- cushions13
- cushiony16
- cuspated13
- cuspidal13
- cuspides13
- cuspidor13
- cussedly14
- cussword14
- custards11
- custardy14
- custodes11
- customer12
- custumal12
- cypruses15
D
- dactylus14
- danseuse9
- decorous11
- defusing13
- degusted11
- deloused10
- delouser9
- delouses9
- delusion9
- delusive12
- delusory12
- deluster9
- denarius9
- desirous9
- detritus9
- dextrous16
- dianthus12
- diapause11
- didymous15
- diecious11
- diestrus9
- diffused16
- diffuser15
- diffuses15
- diffusor15
- digamous12
- dimerous11
- dinguses10
- dioicous11
- disabuse11
- discuses11
- diseuses9
- disgusts10
- distrust9
- disusing10
- dizygous22
- doghouse13
- dolorous9
- doofuses12
- dormouse11
- duskiest13
- dustbins11
- dustheap14
- dustiest9
- dustless9
- dustlike13
- dustoffs15
- dustpans11
- dustrags10
E
- edacious11
- effusing15
- effusion14
- effusive17
- elenchus13
- elusions8
- elytrous11
- emeritus10
- encrusts10
- enginous9
- enormous10
- entellus8
- enthused12
- enthuses11
- entrusts8
- eohippus15
- epigeous11
- epigonus11
- eremurus10
- espousal10
- espoused11
- espouser10
- espouses10
- estruses8
- euonymus13
- eurokous12
- eustatic10
- eusteles8
- evonymus16
- excursus17
- excusers17
- excusing18
- exhausts18
- exiguous16
- eximious17
- exoduses16
F
- fabulous13
- factious13
- famously16
- fashious14
- fastuous11
- ferreous11
- feverous14
- flatuses11
- flexuous18
- flushers14
- flushest14
- flushing15
- flusters11
- focusers13
- focusing14
- focussed14
- focusses13
- foetuses11
- frabjous20
- fremitus13
- frustule11
- frustums13
- funguses12
- fuselage12
- fuseless11
- fusiform16
- fusileer11
- fusilier11
- fusillis11
- fussiest11
- fusspots13
- fustians11
- fustiest11
G
H
- hamulous13
- haruspex20
- hausfrau14
- henhouse14
- hiatuses11
- hibiscus15
- highbush20
- hocusing14
- hocussed14
- hocusses13
- hothouse14
- houseboy16
- housefly17
- houseful14
- houseled12
- houseman13
- housemen13
- housesat11
- housesit11
- housetop13
- housings12
- hummuses15
- humorous13
- husbands14
- hushedly18
- huskiest15
- huskings16
- husklike19
- hustings12
- hustlers11
- hustling12
- huswifes17
- huswives17
I
J
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M
- madhouse14
- mammatus14
- mandamus13
- manitous10
- manteaus10
- marabous12
- marasmus12
- masseuse10
- mausolea10
- meatuses10
- medusans11
- medusoid12
- melanous10
- meniscus12
- microbus14
- misfocus15
- missuses10
- mistrust10
- misusage11
- misusers10
- misusing11
- mittimus12
- modiolus11
- molluscs12
- mollusks14
- moondust11
- motorbus12
- mousiest10
- mousings11
- moussaka14
- moussing11
- mucinous12
- multiuse10
- muscadel13
- muscadet13
- muscatel12
- muscling13
- muscular12
- musettes10
- mushiest13
- mushroom15
- musicale12
- musicals12
- musician12
- musingly14
- musketry17
- muskiest14
- muskrats14
- muspikes16
- musquash22
- mussiest10
- mustache15
- mustangs11
- mustards11
- mustardy14
- mustered11
- mustiest10
- muticous12
- mutinous10
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Highest-scoring word in this list
The single highest-scoring word here in Scrabble® is bejeezus at 26 points (letters only, before board bonuses).
FAQs
How many 8-letter words contain US?
867 valid 8-letter English words contain the letters US.
Are these valid in Wordle and Scrabble?
Every word here comes from a standard English dictionary. UK Scrabble (Collins/SOWPODS) accepts all of them; a handful may not be legal in the North American TWL word list.