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CURVE

5 letters, 10 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What CURVE Means

  1. noun: the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
  2. noun: a line on a graph representing data
  3. verb: turn sharply; change direction abruptly“The car cut to the left at the intersection”
  4. verb: extend in curves and turns“The road winds around the lake”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CURVE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 U1 R1 V4 E1.

Anagrams of CURVE (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In CURVE

16 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 (4)

3 letter words (9)

2 letter words (3)

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