CURLEW is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. CURLEW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CURLEW?
| 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 CURLEW is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CURLEW
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
curlewsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CURLEW scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CURLEW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 258,692.
What does CURLEW mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A large wading bird with long legs, mottled brown plumage and a long, downward-curved bill.
The curlew is a shorebird of marshes, moors and estuaries, and its bubbling, rising call is one of the best-loved sounds of wild country. It uses its curved bill to probe mud and soft ground for worms and small shellfish. The name is thought to echo the bird's cry, and the curlew has appeared in songs and poems for centuries.
How CURLEW is used
Used in birdwatching and nature writing; the word often carries a note of loneliness in poetry.
- A curlew called over the moor as the mist came down.
- We watched a curlew probe the mud with its long curved bill.
- The poem ends with the cry of a curlew fading over the estuary.
- Numbers of the curlew have fallen in many parts of Europe.
- The walkers stopped to listen to a curlew rising from the reeds.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CURLEW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CURLEW
1 longer words begin with CURLEW.
Shorter words from the letters in CURLEW
Common questions about CURLEW
- Is CURLEW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CURLEW, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CURLEW worth?
- CURLEW is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CURLEW mean?
- A large wading bird with long legs, mottled brown plumage and a long, downward-curved bill.
- What letters can be added to CURLEW?
- CURLEW takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CURLEW:
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