CURIE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. CURIE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CURIE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CURIE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CURIE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CURIE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CURIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What does CURIE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A unit of radioactivity equal to thirty-seven billion atomic disintegrations per second.
Scientists once used the curie as the standard way to measure how much radioactive material is present or how fast it is decaying, based on the rate of decay observed in a gram of radium. The modern International System of Units has largely replaced the curie with the becquerel for scientific work, though the older unit still appears in medical dosing, older research papers, and some regulatory documents. The unit is named after the scientists who pioneered early research into radioactivity, though the word itself now functions as an ordinary unit of measurement rather than a name.
How CURIE is used
A technical unit of radioactivity, still found in medical and regulatory contexts even though the becquerel is now the standard scientific unit.
- The sample measured just under one curie of activity.
- Older medical records often list radiation doses in curie rather than becquerel.
- Scientists compared the curie to the newer becquerel scale.
- The source was rated at several curie of radioactivity.
- Regulations from decades ago still refer to limits in curie.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CURIE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CURIE
The 5 tiles of CURIE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CURIE
5 longer words begin with CURIE.
Words ending in CURIE
8 words end in CURIE. Useful as a back hook: play CURIE onto a word already on the board.
Words with CURIE inside
9 words contain CURIE in the middle. Words that start with CURIE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CURIE
Common questions about CURIE
- Is CURIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CURIE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CURIE worth?
- CURIE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CURIE mean?
- A unit of radioactivity equal to thirty-seven billion atomic disintegrations per second.
- What letters can be added to CURIE?
- CURIE takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CURIE:
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