CURIAL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. CURIAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CURIAL?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CURIAL is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CURIAL
No single letter turns CURIAL into another word.
How CURIAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CURIAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What stands out about CURIAL
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 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 CURIAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
historical
Relating to a curia, especially the papal court and administrative offices at the Vatican.
Writers use curial to describe officials, procedures, and disputes connected with the Roman Curia, the network of departments through which the Pope governs the Catholic Church. The same root, Latin curia, once named the assembly halls of ancient Rome, so historians also use curial loosely for anything belonging to such a governing council. In everyday church reporting the word usually narrows to Vatican administration rather than the older Roman sense.
How CURIAL is used
Found mainly in writing about the Vatican, church governance, and the history of Roman institutions.
- The cardinal was known for his curial experience in Rome.
- Curial reforms reorganized several Vatican departments that year.
- Historians studied the curial structure of the ancient Roman senate.
- A curial appointment often meant years of work inside Vatican offices.
- The book traces curial politics across three papacies.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CURIAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CURIAL
The 6 tiles of CURIAL in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with CURIAL
5 longer words begin with CURIAL.
Shorter words from the letters in CURIAL
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Common questions about CURIAL
- Is CURIAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CURIAL, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CURIAL worth?
- CURIAL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CURIAL mean?
- Relating to a curia, especially the papal court and administrative offices at the Vatican.
- What letters can be added to CURIAL?
- No single letter can be added to CURIAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CURIAL:
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