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Curies

c 3u 1r 1i 1e 1s 1

About 2 syllables

noun · 6 letters · Less common · plural of curie

  • Scrabble US & Canada : valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : valid
  • Wordle : not valid

What does curies mean?

noun

  1. a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second

    Synonymsci

  2. French physicist; husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906)

    Synonymspierre curie

  3. French chemist (born in Poland) who won two Nobel prizes; one (with her husband and Henri Becquerel) for research on radioactivity and another for her discovery of radium and polonium (1867-1934)

    Synonymsmarie curiemadame curiemarya sklodowska

Definitions shown for curie, the base form of curies.

Is CURIES a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) Yes
Wordle (guess list) No

How many points is CURIES worth?

Scrabble

8 pts
c 3u 1r 1i 1e 1s 1

Words With Friends

10 pts
c 4u 2r 1i 1e 1s 1

Wordfeud

10 pts
c 4u 2r 1i 1e 1s 1

NYT Crossplay

9 pts
c 3u 2r 1i 1e 1s 1

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in CURIES

Anagrams 2

cruisecrusie

Hooks for CURIES

Add one letter to the front or back of CURIES to make another word.

Front hooks

ecuries

Back hooks

None

Words that end like CURIES

Common words that share the ending -URIES, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

buriesfuriesjuriesinjuriescenturiesluxuriesperjuriestreasuries
All words ending in -URIES

Curies: quick answers

Is CURIES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. CURIES is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 8 points before board bonuses.
How many points is CURIES worth?
CURIES scores 8 points in Scrabble, 10 in Words With Friends, 10 in Wordfeud and 9 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does curies mean?
curies is the plural of curie, which means “a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second”. It has 3 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in CURIES?
You can make 78 shorter words from CURIES, such as CIRES, CRIES, CRISE, CRUES. See the full list.
What are the anagrams of CURIES?
CURIES rearranges into CRUISE, CRUSIE.