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CURARES

7 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What CURARES Means

CURARES is a form of CURARE, which means:

  1. 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”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CURARES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 U1 R1 A1 R1 E1 S1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 59 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.