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Is curtsey a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word curtsey is a Scrabble US word. The word curtsey is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is curtsey a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word curtsey is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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Is curtsey a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word curtsey is a Words With Friends word. The word curtsey is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (2 found)

CURTESY,CURTSEY,

6-letter words (13 found)

CRUETS,CRUSET,CRUSTY,CURETS,CURTSY,CUTESY,CUTEYS,ERUCTS,RECTUS,RECUTS,SURETY,TRUCES,TUYERS,

5-letter words (33 found)

CERTS,CERTY,CREST,CRUES,CRUET,CRUSE,CRUST,CRUSY,CURES,CURET,CURSE,CURST,CUTER,CUTES,CUTEY,CYTES,ECRUS,ERUCT,RECUT,RESTY,RUSTY,SCUTE,STURE,STYRE,SUCRE,SUETY,TREYS,TRUCE,TRUES,TUYER,TYERS,TYRES,YURTS,

4-letter words (49 found)

CERT,CRUE,CRUS,CUES,CURE,CURS,CURT,CUTE,CUTS,CYST,CYTE,ECRU,ECUS,ERST,RECS,REST,RETS,RUCS,RUES,RUSE,RUST,RUTS,RYES,RYUS,SCRY,SCUR,SCUT,SCYE,SECT,STEY,STYE,SUER,SUET,SURE,SYCE,TECS,TRES,TREY,TRUE,TRYE,TYER,TYES,TYRE,UEYS,URES,USER,UTES,YEST,YURT,

3-letter words (37 found)

CRU,CRY,CUE,CUR,CUT,ECU,ERS,EST,REC,RES,RET,RUC,RUE,RUT,RYE,RYU,SEC,SER,SET,SEY,STY,SUE,SUR,SYE,TEC,TES,TRY,TYE,UEY,URE,USE,UTE,UTS,YER,YES,YET,YUS,

2-letter words (11 found)

ER,ES,ET,RE,ST,TE,UR,US,UT,YE,YU,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 146 words from curtsey according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of curtsey

curtsey

Alternative forms

  • courtesy
  • curtsy

Etymology

Shortened from courtesy, 16th c. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. needs reference, expansion

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɝtsɪ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɜːtsɪ/
  • Hyphenation: curt‧sey

Noun

curtsey (plural curtsies or curtseys)

  1. A small bow, generally performed by a woman or a girl, where she crosses the shin of one leg behind the calf of her other leg and briefly bends her knees and lowers her body in deference.

Hypernyms

  • (gesture): congee, congé, conge

Translations

Verb

curtsey (third-person singular simple present curtseys or curtsies, present participle curtseying, simple past and past participle curtseyed)

  1. To make a curtsey.
    • 1890, James Russell Lowell, Address in Publications of the Modern Language Association of America
      But DANTE was a great genius, and language curtseys to its natural Kings.
    • 1903, W.E.B. DuBois, The Souls of Black Folk
      He curtsied low, and then bowed almost to the ground, with an imperturbable gravity that seemed almost suspicious.
    • 1908, Caroline Crawford, Folk Dances and Games
      The gentleman bows and the lady curtesys (measure eight).

Hypernyms

  • congee, congé, conge

Translations

See also

  • Not to be confused with courtsey.

Further reading

  • curtsey on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • curtesy

Source: wiktionary.org