6 Letter Words Starting With US
There are 28 valid 6 letter words that start with US, drawn from NWL2023, CSW24, and Words With Friends. Sorted below by score, with the single highest scorer called out.
Highest Scoring 6-Letter Words
US Scrabble (NWL)
usques - 15 points
UK Scrabble (CSW)
usques - 15 points
Words With Friends
usques - 17 points
6 Letter Words (28)
View all words starting with USTop 20 Highest-Scoring 6 Letter Words Starting With us
Point values shown for US Scrabble, UK Scrabble, and Words With Friends. The average across this full 28 word list is 27.1 combined points.
| Rank | Word | US Scrabble | UK Scrabble | WWF Points | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | usable | 8 | 8 | 11 | 27 |
| #2 | usably | 11 | 11 | 13 | 35 |
| #3 | usager | 7 | 7 | 9 | 23 |
| #4 | usages | 7 | 7 | 9 | 23 |
| #5 | usance | 8 | 8 | 11 | 27 |
| #6 | usaron | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 |
| #7 | usedly | 10 | 10 | 11 | 31 |
| #8 | usednt | 7 | 7 | 9 | 23 |
| #9 | useful | 9 | 9 | 12 | 30 |
| #10 | usenet | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 |
| #11 | usheen | 9 | 9 | 10 | 28 |
| #12 | ushers | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| #13 | usings | 7 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
| #14 | uskara | 10 | 10 | 11 | 31 |
| #15 | usneae | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 |
| #16 | usneas | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 |
| #17 | uspoke | 12 | 12 | 14 | 38 |
| 🏆 #18 | usques | 15 | 15 | 17 | 47 |
| #19 | usself | 9 | 9 | 11 | 29 |
| #20 | ussels | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 |
Where 6 Letter Words Fit on the Board
At 6 letters, a word almost always uses your entire rack plus tiles already on the board these are realistically bingo-adjacent plays rather than everyday moves, which is why the list leans heavily on compound and suffixed forms (-nesses, -ation, -izing). If you're looking for words you can play more often, shorter lengths starting with US will give you far more flexible options try 6 letter words starting with US for a more practical middle ground.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the highest-scoring 6 letter word starting with us?
usques — worth 47 combined points (US Scrabble: 15, UK Scrabble: 15, Words With Friends: 17).
How many 6 letter words start with us?
28 valid words, combining entries from NWL2023, CSW24, and the Words With Friends dictionary.
Are 6 letter words realistic to actually play?
Only occasionally — you'd need most of your rack plus letters already on the board to reach 6 tiles. They're worth knowing for the rare bingo-extension play, but for regular turns, shorter us words will come up far more often.