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Is curate a Scrabble word?

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

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Is curate a Scrabble UK word?

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

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6-letter words (4 found)

ACTURE,ACUTER,CAUTER,CURATE,

5-letter words (16 found)

ACUTE,CARET,CARTE,CATER,CRATE,CRUET,CURAT,CURET,CUTER,ERUCT,REACT,RECTA,RECUT,TRACE,TRUCE,URATE,

4-letter words (20 found)

ACER,ACRE,ARET,CARE,CART,CATE,CERT,CRUE,CURE,CURT,CUTE,ECRU,RACE,RATE,RATU,TACE,TARE,TEAR,TRUE,UREA,

3-letter words (33 found)

ACE,ACT,ARC,ARE,ART,ATE,AUE,CAR,CAT,CRU,CUE,CUR,CUT,EAR,EAT,EAU,ECU,ERA,ETA,RAT,REC,RET,RUC,RUE,RUT,TAE,TAR,TAU,TEA,TEC,URE,UTA,UTE,

2-letter words (11 found)

AE,AR,AT,EA,ER,ET,RE,TA,TE,UR,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 85 words from curate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of curate

curate

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Medieval Latin cūrātus, from Latin cūrō. Doublet of curato and curé.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkjʊəɹət/, /-ɹɪt/
  • (General American) enPR: kjo͝oʹrĭt, IPA(key): /ˈkjʊɹɪt/
  • Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ʊəɹət

Noun

curate (plural curates)

  1. An assistant rector or vicar.
    Hypernym: cleric
  2. A parish priest.
    Hypernym: cleric
  3. (Ireland) An assistant barman.
Derived terms
  • curacy
  • curate's egg
  • perpetual curate
Descendants
  • → Welsh: curad
Translations

Etymology 2

Back-formation from curator.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kjʊəˈɹeɪt/
  • (General American) enPR: kjo͝o-rātʹ, kjo͝oʹrāt, IPA(key): /kjʊˈɹeɪt/, /ˈkjʊɹeɪt/
  • Rhymes: -eɪt

Verb

curate (third-person singular simple present curates, present participle curating, simple past and past participle curated)

  1. (transitive) To act as a curator for.
  2. (by extension, transitive) To apply selectivity and taste to, as a collection of fashion items or web pages.
  3. (intransitive) To work or act as a curator.
Derived terms
  • curated
Translations

Etymology 3

cur(ium) +‎ -ate

Noun

curate (plural curates)

  1. (inorganic chemistry) An oxyanion of curium; any salt containing such an anion.

Further reading

  • curate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • acture, acuter, cauter

Italian

Verb

curate

  1. inflection of curare:
    1. second-person plural present
    2. second-person plural imperative

Anagrams

  • teucra

Latin

Verb

cūrāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of cūrō

References

  • “curate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • curate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Verb

curate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of curar combined with te

Source: wiktionary.org