CURARINE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CURARINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CURARINE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CURARINE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CURARINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
curarinesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CURARINE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CURARINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CURARINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CURARINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A poisonous alkaloid obtained from curare, which paralyses muscles.
Curarine belongs to the family of compounds behind arrow poisons made in South America. Its muscle-relaxing action is the reason related substances were later studied for use in surgery.
How CURARINE is used
Appears in chemistry and pharmacology texts, rarely in everyday speech.
- The chemist isolated curarine from the dark resin.
- Curarine acts by blocking signals between nerves and muscles.
- An old textbook lists curarine among the plant alkaloids.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CURARINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CURARINE
1 longer words begin with CURARINE.
Shorter words from the letters in CURARINE
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Common questions about CURARINE
- Is CURARINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CURARINE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CURARINE worth?
- CURARINE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CURARINE mean?
- A poisonous alkaloid obtained from curare, which paralyses muscles.
- What letters can be added to CURARINE?
- CURARINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CURARINE:
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