diff --git a/extensions/css/client/src/cssMain.ts b/extensions/css/client/src/cssMain.ts
index a1949ae90ca..4eed918351f 100644
--- a/extensions/css/client/src/cssMain.ts
+++ b/extensions/css/client/src/cssMain.ts
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export function activate(context: ExtensionContext) {
 	});
 
 	languages.setLanguageConfiguration('scss', {
-		wordPattern: /(#?-?\d*\.\d\w*%?)|([@#!.:]?[\w-?]+%?)|[@#!.]/g,
+		wordPattern: /(#?-?\d*\.\d\w*%?)|([@#$!.:]?[\w-?]+%?)|[@#!.]/g,
 		comments: {
 			blockComment: ['/*', '*/'],
 			lineComment: '//'