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CURLS

5 letters, 7 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What CURLS Means

CURLS is a form of CURL, which means:

  1. verb: form a curl, curve, or kink“the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling”
  2. verb: shape one's body into a curl“She curled farther down under the covers”
  3. noun: a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
  4. noun: lock of hair in the shape of a spiral or curl

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CURLS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 U1 R1 L1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In CURLS

15 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

4 letter words (8)

3 letter words (5)

2 letter words (2)

Longer Words Containing CURLS

CURLS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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