Is CURARE a word?
CURARE is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words With Friends, has 6 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 37 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, CURARE is a valid word.
What does curare mean?
noun: a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles.
“curare acts by blocking cholinergic transmission at the myoneural junction”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
CURARE: word details
- Pronunciation: kyoo-RA-ray (approx., 3 syllables)
- Length: 6 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 22,342 6-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 8 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 10 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside curare
Words you can make from the letters of curare.
Solve a whole rack, not just CURARE
CURARE is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does CURARE mean?
CURARE is a noun. It means: a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles.
Is CURARE a valid word?
Yes, CURARE is a valid word. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.