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Yes. The word curare is a Scrabble US word. The word curare is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is curare a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word curare is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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6-letter words (1 found)

CURARE,

5-letter words (7 found)

CARER,CRARE,CRURA,CURER,RACER,RECUR,URARE,

4-letter words (13 found)

ACER,ACRE,CARE,CARR,CRUE,CURE,CURR,ECRU,RACE,RARE,REAR,RUER,UREA,

3-letter words (17 found)

ACE,ARC,ARE,AUE,CAR,CRU,CUE,CUR,EAR,EAU,ECU,ERA,ERR,REC,RUC,RUE,URE,

2-letter words (6 found)

AE,AR,EA,ER,RE,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 45 words from curare according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of curare

curare

Alternative forms

  • curari, urare, urari, woorari, wurali

Etymology

From a Cariban language; compare Kari'na urari, Trió urari, wïrari, Akawaio urari, Pemon urari, Macushi urari, referring to various vines of genus Strychnos.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kjʊˈɹɑː.ɹi/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /kjʊˈɹɑ.ɹi/

Noun

curare (usually uncountable, plural curares)

  1. A plant, Strychnos toxifera, formerly used in arrow poisons in South America due to its D-tubocurarine content.
  2. Other South American plants with similar toxins that were also used in arrow poisons, mostly in the family Menispermaceae.
  3. A substance containing the alkaloid D-tubocurarine, used historically as a muscle relaxant during surgery.

Related terms

Translations

References

  • “curare”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “curare”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

  • Carreu, Ur-race, ur-race

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish curare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kyˈraː.rə/, /kuˈraː.rə/
  • Hyphenation: cu‧ra‧re

Noun

curare n (uncountable)

  1. curare

Italian

Etymology

From Latin cūrāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuˈra.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: cu‧rà‧re

Verb

curàre (first-person singular present cùro, first-person singular past historic curài, past participle curàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, medicine) to treat, cure (a patient, disease, etc.)
    Synonyms: medicare, fasciare, sanare, guarire
  2. (transitive) to look after
    Synonyms: badare, guardare, provvedere a, governare, seguire
  3. (transitive) to value; to take care of
    curare le amicizie ― to value friendships
  4. (transitive) (with [che + subj.] or [di + inf.]) to do in such a way (that); to make it so (that)
    Synonym: adoperarsi

Conjugation

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Anagrams

  • curerà

Latin

Verb

cūrāre

  1. inflection of cūrō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: cu‧ra‧re

Noun

curare m (uncountable)

  1. curare (a substance containing the alkaloid D-tubocurarine)

Romanian

Etymology

From cura +‎ -re.

Noun

curare f (plural curări)

  1. cleaning, purification

Declension

References

  • curare in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuˈɾaɾe/ [kuˈɾa.ɾe]
  • Rhymes: -aɾe
  • Syllabification: cu‧ra‧re

Etymology 1

Noun

curare m (plural curares)

  1. curare

Etymology 2

Verb

curare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of curar

Further reading

  • “curare”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Noun

curare n

  1. curare

Declension


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