CURATE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. CURATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CURATE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CURATE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CURATE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CURATE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CURATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What stands out about CURATE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CURATE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A member of the clergy who assists a vicar or parish priest with pastoral duties, especially as a training role for someone new to ministry.
In the Church of England and similar traditions, a newly ordained priest usually serves several years as a curate under an experienced vicar, learning parish work such as visiting the sick, teaching, and leading services before taking charge of a parish of their own. The same word also works as a verb in a much more recent sense, meaning to select and arrange items for a collection or exhibition, the way a museum curator does, or even to choose content for a website or playlist. That newer verb use has spread quickly in marketing and media language well beyond its original church setting.
How CURATE is used
The noun names a junior clergy role, while the increasingly common verb use means to select and organize content or exhibits.
- The new curate helped the vicar prepare Sunday services.
- She spent three years as a curate before getting her own parish.
- Old novels often show a poor curate struggling on a small stipend.
- The gallery hired someone to curate the exhibition of local artists.
- A curate visited sick parishioners every week as part of the job.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CURATE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CURATE
The 6 tiles of CURATE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with CURATE
4 longer words begin with CURATE.
Shorter words from the letters in CURATE
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Common questions about CURATE
- Is CURATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CURATE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CURATE worth?
- CURATE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CURATE mean?
- A member of the clergy who assists a vicar or parish priest with pastoral duties, especially as a training role for someone new to ministry.
- What letters can be added to CURATE?
- CURATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CURATE:
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