Yes, KURUS is a Scrabble word!

Letter values in Scrabble US: K 5, U 1, R 1, U 1, S 1.

Is it a valid word?

KURUS is a valid word in the official Scrabble dictionary (US), the UK Scrabble Dictionary and Words with Friends (ENABLE).

100 kurus equal 1 lira in Turkey
a progressive disease of the central nervous system marked by increasing lack of coordination and advancing to paralysis and death within a year of the appearance of symptoms; thought to have been transmitted by cannibalistic consumption of diseased brain tissue since the disease virtually disappeared when cannibalism was abandoned