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Is curtain a Scrabble word?

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

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Is curtain a Scrabble UK word?

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

C3U1R1T1A1I1N1

Is curtain a Words With Friends word?

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

C4U2R1T1A1I1N2

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7-letter words (2 found)

CURTAIN,TURACIN,

6-letter words (11 found)

ANICUT,ANURIC,CRIANT,NAUTIC,NUTRIA,TAURIC,TUNICA,UNCART,URANIC,URATIC,URTICA,

5-letter words (25 found)

ACTIN,ANTIC,ARNUT,ARTIC,AURIC,CAIRN,CAURI,CUNIT,CURAT,CURIA,CUTIN,INCUR,INCUT,INTRA,NAIRU,NARIC,RIANT,RUNIC,RUTIN,TRAIN,TRIAC,TUINA,TUNIC,UNCIA,UNICA,

4-letter words (39 found)

AIRN,AIRT,AITU,ANTI,ARTI,AUNT,CAIN,CANT,CARN,CART,CRAN,CRIA,CRIT,CUIT,CUNT,CURN,CURT,NARC,RAIN,RAIT,RANI,RANT,RATU,RAUN,RUIN,RUNT,TAIN,TARN,TIAN,TIAR,TINA,TRIN,TUAN,TUNA,TURN,UNAI,UNCI,UNIT,URIC,

3-letter words (40 found)

ACT,AIN,AIR,AIT,ANI,ANT,ARC,ART,CAN,CAR,CAT,CIT,CRU,CUR,CUT,ITA,NAT,NIT,NUR,NUT,RAI,RAN,RAT,RIA,RIN,RIT,RUC,RUN,RUT,TAI,TAN,TAR,TAU,TIC,TIN,TUI,TUN,UNI,URN,UTA,

2-letter words (13 found)

AI,AN,AR,AT,IN,IT,NA,NU,TA,TI,UN,UR,UT,

You can make 130 words from curtain according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of curtain

curtain

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English curtine, from Old French cortine, from Late Latin cōrtīna (“curtain”), a calque from Ancient Greek.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɜː.tən/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɝ.tən/, [ˈkʰɝʔn̩]
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)tən
  • Homophone: Kirton

Noun

curtain (plural curtains)

  1. A piece of cloth covering a window, bed, etc. to offer privacy and keep out light.
  2. A similar piece of cloth that separates the audience and the stage in a theater.
  3. (theater, by extension) The beginning of a show; the moment the curtain rises.
    He took so long to shave his head that we arrived 45 minutes after curtain and were denied late entry.
  4. (fortifications) The flat area of wall which connects two bastions or towers; the main area of a fortified wall.
    • , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.220:
      Captain Rense, beleagring the Citie of Errona for us, […] caused a forcible mine to be wrought under a great curtine of the walles […].
  5. (euphemistic, also "final curtain", sometimes in the plural) Death.
  6. (architecture) That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc.
  7. (obsolete, derogatory) A flag; an ensign.
  8. The uninterrupted stream of fluid that falls onto a moving substrate in the process of curtain coating.

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Verb

curtain (third-person singular simple present curtains, present participle curtaining, simple past and past participle curtained)

  1. (transitive) To cover (a window) with a curtain; to hang curtains.
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To hide, cover or separate as if by a curtain.

Synonyms

  • becurtain

Translations

See also

  • blind
  • drape
  • curtain on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • turacin

Source: wiktionary.org