CURRIERY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CURRIERY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CURRIERY?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CURRIERY is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CURRIERY
No single letter turns CURRIERY into another word.
How CURRIERY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CURRIERY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 3 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CURRIERY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CURRIERY mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
The trade of a currier, or the workshop where leather is dressed after tanning.
In a curriery workers softened and finished hides so they could be made into goods. The word survives mainly in books on old crafts.
How CURRIERY is used
A rare craft term found in historical writing about leather work.
- His father ran a curriery on the edge of town.
- The smell of oil hung over the curriery.
- She learned the curriery trade as a young apprentice.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CURRIERY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CURRIERY
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Common questions about CURRIERY
- Is CURRIERY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CURRIERY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CURRIERY worth?
- CURRIERY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CURRIERY mean?
- The trade of a currier, or the workshop where leather is dressed after tanning.
- What letters can be added to CURRIERY?
- No single letter can be added to CURRIERY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CURRIERY:
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