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Is curious a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word curious is a Scrabble US word. The word curious is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is curious a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word curious is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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Is curious a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word curious is a Words With Friends word. The word curious is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

CURIOUS,

6-letter words (1 found)

CURIOS,

5-letter words (7 found)

COIRS,COURS,CRIOS,CURIO,CURSI,SCOUR,SIROC,

4-letter words (15 found)

COIR,CORS,COUR,CRIS,CRUS,CURS,ORCS,OURS,ROCS,RUCS,SCUR,SORI,SOUR,URIC,URUS,

3-letter words (21 found)

CIS,COR,COS,CRU,CUR,IOS,ISO,OIS,ORC,ORS,OUR,OUS,ROC,RUC,SIC,SIR,SOC,SOU,SRI,SUI,SUR,

2-letter words (10 found)

IO,IS,OI,OR,OS,OU,SI,SO,UR,US,

You can make 55 words from curious according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of curious

curious

Etymology 1

From Middle English curious, from Old French curius, from Latin cūriōsus. The English word is cognate with Italian curioso, Occitan curios, Portuguese curioso, and Spanish curioso.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkjʊə.ɹi.əs/, /ˈkjɔː-/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkjʊ.ɹi.əs/, /ˈkjɚ.i.əs/, /-i.ɪs/, /-i.jɪs/
  • (dialectal) IPA(key): /ˈkjʊ.ɹəs/
  • Rhymes: -ʊəɹiəs
  • Hyphenation: cu‧ri‧ous

Adjective

curious (comparative more curious or curiouser, superlative most curious or curiousest)

  1. Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying.
    Synonyms: enquiring, inquiring; (obsolete) exquisitive; investigative; (rare) peery
    Antonyms: incurious, noncurious, uncurious
  2. Caused by curiosity.
  3. Leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:strange
    Antonym: uncurious
    • 1485 – Thomas Malory. Le Morte Darthur, Book X, Chapter xxxi, leaf 232v
      Thenne at the mete cam in Elyas the harper & by cause he was a curyous harper men herd hym synge the same lay that Dynadan had made
      "Then at the meat came in Eliot the harper, and because he was a curious harper men heard him sing the same lay that Dinadan had made"
  4. (LGBT) Clipping of bi-curious.
  5. (obsolete) Careful, fastidious, particular; (specifically) demanding a high standard of excellence, difficult to satisfy.
  6. (obsolete) Carefully or artfully constructed; made with great elegance or skill.
Usage notes

The comparative and superlative forms curiouser and curiousest are regarded as informal or nonstandard.

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Etymology 2

curi(um) +‎ -ous

Adjective

curious (not comparable)

  1. (inorganic chemistry, rare) Containing or pertaining to trivalent curium.

References

Further reading

  • curiosity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • curious (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Source: wiktionary.org