CURLY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CURLY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CURLY?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CURLY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CURLY
No single letter turns CURLY into another word.
How CURLY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CURLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 196,061.
What does CURLY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Formed into curls or tight waves, as hair or something similar in shape.
Curly is the ordinary, everyday word for anything twisted into a spiral or wave, most often hair but just as well a tail, a leaf or a line of lettering. Where a technical text might say spiral or sinuous, plain speech reaches for curly instead.
How CURLY is used
Common and unrestricted; used before the noun, of hair, plants, tails and shapes generally.
- Her curly hair frizzed in the damp weather.
- The puppy had a short curly tail.
- Curly parsley looks different from the flat kind.
- He ran a comb through his curly fringe.
- The sign was written in curly, old-fashioned lettering.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CURLY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CURLY
2 longer words begin with CURLY.
Shorter words from the letters in CURLY
Common questions about CURLY
- Is CURLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CURLY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CURLY worth?
- CURLY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CURLY mean?
- Formed into curls or tight waves, as hair or something similar in shape.
- What letters can be added to CURLY?
- No single letter can be added to CURLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CURLY:
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