CURETTEMENT is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. CURETTEMENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CURETTEMENT?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CURETTEMENT is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CURETTEMENT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
curettementsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CURETTEMENT scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in CURETTEMENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| t | 3 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CURETTEMENT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CURETTEMENT mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
The scraping of tissue from a body cavity with a spoon-shaped surgical tool.
Surgeons perform curettement to remove growths or lining from places such as the uterus. The tool is a curette, and the more common name for the procedure is curettage. This variant appears in some medical texts.
How CURETTEMENT is used
Curettement is a medical term, less usual than curettage.
- The patient underwent curettement under light anaesthesia.
- Curettement removed the abnormal tissue.
- The surgeon described the curettement in her notes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CURETTEMENT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CURETTEMENT
1 longer words begin with CURETTEMENT.
Shorter words from the letters in CURETTEMENT
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Common questions about CURETTEMENT
- Is CURETTEMENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CURETTEMENT, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CURETTEMENT worth?
- CURETTEMENT is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CURETTEMENT mean?
- The scraping of tissue from a body cavity with a spoon-shaped surgical tool.
- What letters can be added to CURETTEMENT?
- CURETTEMENT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of CURETTEMENT:
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