CURDLE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. CURDLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CURDLE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CURDLE is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CURDLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CURDLE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CURDLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 129,346.
What does CURDLE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To turn into curds, as milk does when it thickens and separates, or to go sour.
Milk curdles when acid or an enzyme such as rennet makes its proteins clump together, which is how cheese begins. Cooks also say a sauce or custard has curdled when heat splits it into lumps and liquid. In figurative use, blood is said to curdle at something horrifying, as if the fright thickened it. The word is probably linked to curd, whose origin is uncertain.
How CURDLE is used
Common in cooking; the phrase to make the blood curdle is figurative.
- Add the lemon slowly or the cream will curdle.
- The milk began to curdle in the heat of the kitchen.
- A scream made my blood curdle.
- Stirring constantly keeps the custard from starting to curdle.
- Warm weather can curdle the sauce if it stands too long.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CURDLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CURDLE
The 6 tiles of CURDLE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CURDLE
4 longer words begin with CURDLE.
Shorter words from the letters in CURDLE
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Common questions about CURDLE
- Is CURDLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CURDLE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CURDLE worth?
- CURDLE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CURDLE mean?
- To turn into curds, as milk does when it thickens and separates, or to go sour.
- What letters can be added to CURDLE?
- CURDLE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CURDLE:
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