CURVILINEAR is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. CURVILINEAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CURVILINEAR?
| 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 CURVILINEAR is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CURVILINEAR
No single letter turns CURVILINEAR into another word.
How CURVILINEAR scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in CURVILINEAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CURVILINEAR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CURVILINEAR mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Consisting of or following a curved line or lines.
Where a rectilinear design uses straight edges, a curvilinear one flows in arcs and bends. Architects use the term for building styles, and statisticians for relationships that plot as a curve and not a line.
How CURVILINEAR is used
Curvilinear is common in design, geometry and architecture.
- The curvilinear facade rippled like a wave.
- A curvilinear relationship cannot be summed up by a straight line.
- Art nouveau favoured curvilinear patterns drawn from plants.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CURVILINEAR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CURVILINEAR
3 longer words begin with CURVILINEAR.
Shorter words from the letters in CURVILINEAR
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Common questions about CURVILINEAR
- Is CURVILINEAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CURVILINEAR, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CURVILINEAR worth?
- CURVILINEAR is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CURVILINEAR mean?
- Consisting of or following a curved line or lines.
- What letters can be added to CURVILINEAR?
- No single letter can be added to CURVILINEAR to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of CURVILINEAR:
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