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Is curtail a Scrabble word?

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

C3U1R1T1A1I1L1

Is curtail a Scrabble UK word?

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

C3U1R1T1A1I1L1

Is curtail a Words With Friends word?

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

C4U2R1T1A1I1L2

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7-letter words (2 found)

CURTAIL,TRUCIAL,

6-letter words (10 found)

CITRAL,CURIAL,CURTAL,LAURIC,RICTAL,RITUAL,TAURIC,URACIL,URATIC,URTICA,

5-letter words (20 found)

ARTIC,AULIC,AURIC,CAURI,CITAL,CLART,CLAUT,CULTI,CURAT,CURIA,CURLI,ICTAL,LIART,TICAL,TRAIL,TRIAC,TRIAL,ULTRA,URALI,URIAL,

4-letter words (36 found)

AIRT,AITU,ALIT,ARIL,ARTI,CARL,CART,CAUL,CIRL,CLAT,CLIT,CRIA,CRIT,CUIT,CULT,CURL,CURT,LAIC,LAIR,LARI,LATI,LATU,LIAR,LIRA,LITU,LUIT,RAIL,RAIT,RATU,RIAL,TAIL,TALC,TALI,TIAR,TIRL,URIC,

3-letter words (34 found)

ACT,AIL,AIR,AIT,ALT,ALU,ARC,ART,CAL,CAR,CAT,CIT,CRU,CUR,CUT,ITA,LAC,LAR,LAT,LIT,LUR,RAI,RAT,RIA,RIT,RUC,RUT,TAI,TAR,TAU,TIC,TIL,TUI,UTA,

2-letter words (11 found)

AI,AL,AR,AT,IT,LA,LI,TA,TI,UR,UT,

You can make 113 words from curtail according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of curtail

curtail

Etymology

Alteration of curtal, from Old French courtault (“which has been shortened”), itself from court (“short”) (from Latin curtus) + -ault

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɜːˈteɪl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /kɚˈteɪl/
  • Rhymes: -eɪl

Verb

curtail (third-person singular simple present curtails, present participle curtailing, simple past and past participle curtailed)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To cut short the tail of an animal
    Curtailing horses procured long horse-hair.
  2. (transitive) To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate.
    When the audience grew restless, the speaker curtailed her speech.
  3. (transitive, figuratively) To limit or restrict, keep in check.

Synonyms

  • (animal's tail): crop, dock
  • (shorten): abbreviate, shorten; See also Thesaurus:shorten
  • (limit): behedge, control, limit, restrain; See also Thesaurus:curb

Derived terms

  • curtail dog
  • curtailer
  • curtailment

Related terms

  • curt
  • curtal

Translations

Noun

curtail (plural curtails)

  1. (architecture) A scroll termination, as of a step, etc.

Anagrams

  • trucial, urtical

Source: wiktionary.org