CURVACEOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. CURVACEOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CURVACEOUS?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CURVACEOUS is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CURVACEOUS
No single letter turns CURVACEOUS into another word.
How CURVACEOUS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in CURVACEOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CURVACEOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CURVACEOUS
- CURVACEOUS runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CURVACEOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Having an attractively curved shape, especially of a well-proportioned feminine figure.
Curvaceous is most often applied to a body, but it can also describe anything with smooth, flowing curves, such as a bottle or a road. It is a complimentary, slightly playful word. Some readers find its use for people old-fashioned.
How CURVACEOUS is used
Curvaceous appears in everyday and journalistic writing, mostly for figures and for smoothly shaped objects.
- The actress was known for her curvaceous figure.
- A curvaceous glass bottle stood on the shelf.
- The car has a curvaceous body that stands out from boxy rivals.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CURVACEOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CURVACEOUS
2 longer words begin with CURVACEOUS.
Shorter words from the letters in CURVACEOUS
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Common questions about CURVACEOUS
- Is CURVACEOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CURVACEOUS, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CURVACEOUS worth?
- CURVACEOUS is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CURVACEOUS mean?
- Having an attractively curved shape, especially of a well-proportioned feminine figure.
- What letters can be added to CURVACEOUS?
- No single letter can be added to CURVACEOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of CURVACEOUS:
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