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What does curveball mean? Is curveball a Scrabble word?

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Is curveball a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word curveball is a Scrabble US word. The word curveball is worth 16 points in Scrabble:

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Is curveball a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word curveball is a Scrabble UK word and has 16 points:

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Is curveball a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word curveball is a Words With Friends word. The word curveball is worth 22 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

CURVEBALL,

8-letter words (1 found)

BRUCELLA,

7-letter words (4 found)

BULLACE,CURABLE,RUBELLA,RULABLE,

6-letter words (20 found)

ALLURE,BALLER,BECALL,BECURL,BULLAE,BULLER,CABLER,CALLER,CALVER,CARVEL,CELLAR,CLAVER,CULLER,CULVER,LAUREL,RAUCLE,RECALL,RUBACE,VALUER,VERBAL,

5-letter words (45 found)

ABLER,ACERB,ALURE,BALER,BELAR,BLAER,BLARE,BLEAR,BLUER,BRACE,BRAVE,BRULE,BULLA,CABER,CABLE,CABRE,CALVE,CARLE,CARVE,CAVEL,CAVER,CELLA,CLAVE,CLEAR,CRAVE,CRUEL,CRUVE,CUBER,CURVE,LABEL,LACER,LAVER,LUBRA,LUCRE,LURVE,RAVEL,RECAL,RUBEL,RUBLE,ULCER,UREAL,UVEAL,VALUE,VAREC,VELAR,

4-letter words (73 found)

ABER,ABLE,ACER,ACRE,ALBE,ALEC,ARLE,AVEL,AVER,BAEL,BALE,BALL,BALU,BARE,BAUR,BEAL,BEAR,BEAU,BELL,BLAE,BLUE,BLUR,BRAE,BULL,BURA,BURL,CALL,CARB,CARE,CARL,CAUL,CAVE,CELL,CLUB,CLUE,CRAB,CRUE,CUBE,CULL,CURB,CURE,CURL,EARL,ECRU,ERUV,LACE,LAER,LARE,LAVE,LEAL,LEAR,LEVA,LUBE,LUCE,LURE,RACE,RALE,RAVE,REAL,RUBE,RULE,ULVA,UREA,URVA,UVAE,UVEA,VALE,VARE,VEAL,VELA,VELL,VERA,VERB,

3-letter words (55 found)

ACE,ALB,ALE,ALL,ALU,ARB,ARC,ARE,AUE,AVE,BAC,BAE,BAL,BAR,BEL,BRA,BRU,BUR,CAB,CAL,CAR,CEL,CRU,CUB,CUE,CUR,EAR,EAU,ECU,ELL,ERA,LAB,LAC,LAR,LAV,LEA,LEU,LEV,LUR,LUV,RAV,REB,REC,REV,RUB,RUC,RUE,ULE,URB,URE,UVA,VAC,VAE,VAR,VAU,

2-letter words (12 found)

AB,AE,AL,AR,BA,BE,EA,EL,ER,LA,RE,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 212 words from curveball according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of curveball

curveball

Etymology

curve +‎ ball

Noun

curveball (plural curveballs)

  1. (baseball) A forespin pitch thrown by rotating the index and middle fingers down and resulting in motion down "curve"
    Synonyms: (slang) curve, (slang) deuce, (slang) yakker
  2. (by extension, chiefly US) An unexpected turn of events initiated by an opponent or chance; an exception or outlier.
    Synonym: twist

Coordinate terms

  • (baseball): fastball, hardball, slider, cut fastball, two-seam fastball, split-finger fastball, sinker, screwball, softball, knuckleball

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • throw someone a curve

Verb

curveball (third-person singular simple present curveballs, present participle curveballing, simple past and past participle curveballed)

  1. (baseball) To throw a curveball.

See also

  • knee-buckler
  • bender
  • breaking pitch
  • yakker

Further reading

  • curveball on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Jonathon Green (2024) “curveball n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Source: wiktionary.org