CURETTE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. CURETTE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CURETTE?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CURETTE is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CURETTE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CURETTE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CURETTE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 336,859.
What does CURETTE mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A small spoon-shaped or looped surgical instrument used to scrape tissue from a body cavity.
Doctors reach for a curette when tissue must be removed gently from a surface inside the body, such as the womb, ear or eye. The word is also used as a verb for the scraping itself. Its sharp or blunt rim is what separates it from a plain probe.
How CURETTE is used
Used in surgical and dental writing, both for the tool and for the act of scraping with it.
- The surgeon passed a sterile curette across the wall of the cavity.
- A dentist may use a curette to clear deposits from below the gumline.
- The nurse laid a curette beside the other instruments on the tray.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CURETTE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CURETTE
4 longer words begin with CURETTE.
Shorter words from the letters in CURETTE
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Common questions about CURETTE
- Is CURETTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CURETTE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CURETTE worth?
- CURETTE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CURETTE mean?
- A small spoon-shaped or looped surgical instrument used to scrape tissue from a body cavity.
- What letters can be added to CURETTE?
- CURETTE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CURETTE:
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