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Is curite a Scrabble word?

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

C3U1R1I1T1E1

Is curite a Scrabble UK word?

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

C3U1R1I1T1E1

Is curite a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word curite is a Words With Friends word. The word curite is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (4 found)

CUITER,CURIET,CURITE,URETIC,

5-letter words (15 found)

CITER,CRUET,CURET,CURIE,CUTER,CUTIE,ERUCT,RECIT,RECTI,RECUT,TRICE,TRUCE,UREIC,URITE,UTERI,

4-letter words (23 found)

CERT,CIRE,CITE,CRIT,CRUE,CUIT,CURE,CURT,CUTE,ECRU,ERIC,ETIC,ETUI,ICER,IURE,RICE,RITE,TICE,TIER,TIRE,TRIE,TRUE,URIC,

3-letter words (21 found)

CIT,CRU,CUE,CUR,CUT,ECU,ICE,IRE,REC,REI,RET,RIT,RUC,RUE,RUT,TEC,TIC,TIE,TUI,URE,UTE,

2-letter words (8 found)

ER,ET,IT,RE,TE,TI,UR,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 72 words from curite according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of curite

curite

Etymology

From Curie (“a surname”) +‎ -ite, after Pierre Curie and/or his wife Marie, early researchers of radioactivity — the ore being radioactive due to its uranium.

Noun

curite (usually uncountable, plural curites)

  1. (mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and uranium.
    • 1982, R. W. Boyle, Geochemical Prospecting for Thorium and Uranium Deposits, Elsevier, Developments in Economic Geology: 16, page 68,
      Yellow, orange, greenish, and bluish oxidation products of uranium and copper comprising gummite and containing minerals such as curite, liebigite, malachite and azurite may be developed locally in the oxidized rubble and gossans.

References

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Curite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.

Anagrams

  • -uretic, Ceruti, curiet, eutric, uretic

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