Unscramble CURLICUING and you have 80 words, CURLICUING itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CIRCLING and GLUCINIC lead with 13 points. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CURLICUING split into 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 8, 1 with 7, 9 with 6, 13 with 5, 21 with 4, 25 with 3 and 8 with 2. None has 9 letters.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words made with CURLICUING letters: CURLING, 10 points.
Trade one tile of CURLICUING for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with CU · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
CURLICUING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CURLICUING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CURLICUING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 80) | 63 | 79 | 57 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CURLI, RIGLIN, CIRL, LURGI, GURL, GURN, RUC, GUR, ING, LIG, NIRL, GU and 4 more, 16 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CIG, CRU, NUG, GI, LUN and UNI, 6 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: UGLI.