CURRAGH is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CURRAGH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CURRAGH?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CURRAGH is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CURRAGH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
curraghsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CURRAGH scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CURRAGH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,470 thousand.
What does CURRAGH mean in Scrabble?
noun
Irish
A small boat made of wickerwork covered with a watertight skin and moved with a paddle.
The curragh is a traditional Irish craft, light enough to carry by hand. In place names the word can also mean a stretch of marshy ground.
How CURRAGH is used
Curragh is Irish in origin and found in writing about coasts and old boats.
- Fishermen carried the curragh down to the water.
- A curragh rides the waves lightly.
- The racecourse sits on the open plain known as the Curragh.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CURRAGH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CURRAGH
1 longer words begin with CURRAGH.
Shorter words from the letters in CURRAGH
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Common questions about CURRAGH
- Is CURRAGH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CURRAGH, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CURRAGH worth?
- CURRAGH is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CURRAGH mean?
- A small boat made of wickerwork covered with a watertight skin and moved with a paddle.
- What letters can be added to CURRAGH?
- CURRAGH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CURRAGH:
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