Definition of curtailing

"curtailing" in the verb sense

1. restrict, curtail, curb, cut back

place restrictions on

"curtail drinking in school"

2. clip, curtail, cut short

terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent

"My speech was cut short"

"Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"

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curtailing in Scrabble®

The word curtailing is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters curtailing:

CURTAILING
(126)
CURTAILING
(126)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (15 words)

alginic, carting, cingula, crating, curling, curtail, curtain, intagli, lairing, lunatic, railing, tailgun, tailing, tracing, truncal

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word curtailing

CURTAILING
(126)
CURTAILING
(126)
CURTAILING
(84)
CURTAILING
(84)
CURTAILING
(56)
CURTAILING
(56)
CURTAILING
(52)
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(52)
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(52)
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(52)
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(51)
CURTAILING
(48)
CURTAILING
(42)
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(42)
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(42)
CURTAILING
(38)
CURTAILING
(34)
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(34)
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(34)
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(34)
CURTAILING
(32)
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(32)
CURTAILING
(30)
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(30)
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(30)
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(30)
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(30)
CURTAILING
(30)
CURTAILING
(28)
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(28)
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(28)
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(28)
CURTAILING
(26)
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(26)
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(23)
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(21)
CURTAILING
(18)
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(17)
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(17)
CURTAILING
(16)
CURTAILING
(16)
CURTAILING
(16)
CURTAILING
(16)

The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In curtailing

CURTAILING
(126)
CURTAILING
(126)
ALGINIC
(90 = 40 + 50)
CURLING
(90 = 40 + 50)
CRATING
(90 = 40 + 50)
CARTING
(90 = 40 + 50)
TRACING
(90 = 40 + 50)
CINGULA
(90 = 40 + 50)
CINGULA
(89 = 39 + 50)
CRATING
(89 = 39 + 50)
ALGINIC
(89 = 39 + 50)
CURLING
(89 = 39 + 50)
CARTING
(89 = 39 + 50)
TRACING
(89 = 39 + 50)
TRACING
(89 = 39 + 50)
LUNATIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
LUNATIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
CURLING
(86 = 36 + 50)
TRACING
(86 = 36 + 50)
CURTAIN
(86 = 36 + 50)
CURTAIN
(86 = 36 + 50)
CURTAIL
(86 = 36 + 50)
CRATING
(86 = 36 + 50)
TRUNCAL
(86 = 36 + 50)
CURTAIL
(86 = 36 + 50)
CINGULA
(86 = 36 + 50)
CINGULA
(86 = 36 + 50)
ALGINIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
TRUNCAL
(86 = 36 + 50)
CARTING
(86 = 36 + 50)
CURTAILING
(84)
CURTAILING
(84)
ALGINIC
(83 = 33 + 50)
ALGINIC
(83 = 33 + 50)
ALGINIC
(83 = 33 + 50)
TRACING
(83 = 33 + 50)
ALGINIC
(83 = 33 + 50)
ALGINIC
(83 = 33 + 50)
TRACING
(83 = 33 + 50)
TRACING
(83 = 33 + 50)
TRACING
(83 = 33 + 50)
ALGINIC
(83 = 33 + 50)
CARTING
(83 = 33 + 50)
CURLING
(83 = 33 + 50)
CARTING
(83 = 33 + 50)
CINGULA
(83 = 33 + 50)
CINGULA
(83 = 33 + 50)
CINGULA
(83 = 33 + 50)
CINGULA
(83 = 33 + 50)
CARTING
(83 = 33 + 50)
CARTING
(83 = 33 + 50)
CARTING
(83 = 33 + 50)
CARTING
(83 = 33 + 50)
CINGULA
(83 = 33 + 50)
CURLING
(83 = 33 + 50)
CRATING
(83 = 33 + 50)
CRATING
(83 = 33 + 50)
CRATING
(83 = 33 + 50)
CRATING
(83 = 33 + 50)
CRATING
(83 = 33 + 50)
CRATING
(83 = 33 + 50)
CURLING
(83 = 33 + 50)
CURLING
(83 = 33 + 50)
CURLING
(83 = 33 + 50)
CURLING
(83 = 33 + 50)
TRACING
(83 = 33 + 50)
INTAGLI
(82 = 32 + 50)
TAILGUN
(82 = 32 + 50)
RAILING
(82 = 32 + 50)
LAIRING
(82 = 32 + 50)
TAILING
(82 = 32 + 50)
LUNATIC
(80 = 30 + 50)
TRUNCAL
(80 = 30 + 50)
RAILING
(80 = 30 + 50)
TRUNCAL
(80 = 30 + 50)
LUNATIC
(80 = 30 + 50)
CURTAIN
(80 = 30 + 50)
LUNATIC
(80 = 30 + 50)
TAILGUN
(80 = 30 + 50)
TRUNCAL
(80 = 30 + 50)
LUNATIC
(80 = 30 + 50)
INTAGLI
(80 = 30 + 50)
LUNATIC
(80 = 30 + 50)
CURTAIN
(80 = 30 + 50)
CURTAIL
(80 = 30 + 50)
LUNATIC
(80 = 30 + 50)
CURTAIL
(80 = 30 + 50)
TRUNCAL
(80 = 30 + 50)
CURTAIL
(80 = 30 + 50)
CURTAIL
(80 = 30 + 50)
LUNATIC
(80 = 30 + 50)
LAIRING
(80 = 30 + 50)
CURTAIL
(80 = 30 + 50)
CINGULA
(80 = 30 + 50)
CURTAIN
(80 = 30 + 50)
TRUNCAL
(80 = 30 + 50)
CURTAIN
(80 = 30 + 50)
ALGINIC
(80 = 30 + 50)
TRUNCAL
(80 = 30 + 50)
CARTING
(80 = 30 + 50)
TAILING
(80 = 30 + 50)
CRATING
(80 = 30 + 50)
TRACING
(80 = 30 + 50)
CURTAIL
(80 = 30 + 50)
TRUNCAL
(80 = 30 + 50)
CURTAIL
(80 = 30 + 50)
CURTAIN
(80 = 30 + 50)
CURTAIN
(80 = 30 + 50)
TRUNCAL
(80 = 30 + 50)
CURTAIN
(80 = 30 + 50)
CURLING
(80 = 30 + 50)
CRATING
(78 = 28 + 50)
CINGULA
(78 = 28 + 50)
ALGINIC
(78 = 28 + 50)
ALGINIC
(78 = 28 + 50)
CARTING
(78 = 28 + 50)
CURLING
(78 = 28 + 50)
LAIRING
(77 = 27 + 50)
LAIRING
(77 = 27 + 50)
TAILING
(77 = 27 + 50)
LAIRING
(77 = 27 + 50)
TAILGUN
(77 = 27 + 50)
LAIRING
(77 = 27 + 50)
TAILING
(77 = 27 + 50)
TAILING
(77 = 27 + 50)
LAIRING
(77 = 27 + 50)
INTAGLI
(77 = 27 + 50)
TAILGUN
(77 = 27 + 50)
TAILING
(77 = 27 + 50)
TAILGUN
(77 = 27 + 50)
TAILGUN
(77 = 27 + 50)
TAILGUN
(77 = 27 + 50)
TAILGUN
(77 = 27 + 50)
INTAGLI
(77 = 27 + 50)
INTAGLI
(77 = 27 + 50)
LAIRING
(77 = 27 + 50)
INTAGLI
(77 = 27 + 50)
RAILING
(77 = 27 + 50)
INTAGLI
(77 = 27 + 50)
INTAGLI
(77 = 27 + 50)
INTAGLI
(77 = 27 + 50)
TRUNCAL
(77 = 27 + 50)
RAILING
(77 = 27 + 50)
TAILING
(77 = 27 + 50)
TAILGUN
(77 = 27 + 50)
LAIRING
(77 = 27 + 50)
CURTAIN
(77 = 27 + 50)
RAILING
(77 = 27 + 50)
RAILING
(77 = 27 + 50)
TAILING
(77 = 27 + 50)
RAILING
(77 = 27 + 50)
LUNATIC
(77 = 27 + 50)
TAILING
(77 = 27 + 50)
RAILING
(77 = 27 + 50)
RAILING
(77 = 27 + 50)
CURTAIL
(77 = 27 + 50)
ALGINIC
(76 = 26 + 50)
CURLING
(76 = 26 + 50)
LUNATIC
(76 = 26 + 50)
CRATING
(76 = 26 + 50)
TRACING
(76 = 26 + 50)
CURLING
(76 = 26 + 50)
CURLING
(76 = 26 + 50)
CURTAIL
(76 = 26 + 50)
CRATING
(76 = 26 + 50)
CRATING
(76 = 26 + 50)
CINGULA
(76 = 26 + 50)
CARTING
(76 = 26 + 50)
CINGULA
(76 = 26 + 50)
CURTAIN
(76 = 26 + 50)
CARTING
(76 = 26 + 50)
ALGINIC
(76 = 26 + 50)
CARTING
(76 = 26 + 50)
ALGINIC
(76 = 26 + 50)
TRUNCAL
(76 = 26 + 50)
CURLING
(74 = 24 + 50)
CURLING
(74 = 24 + 50)
TRACING
(74 = 24 + 50)
TAILGUN
(74 = 24 + 50)
CINGULA
(74 = 24 + 50)
CARTING
(74 = 24 + 50)
CURLING
(74 = 24 + 50)
CARTING
(74 = 24 + 50)
CARTING
(74 = 24 + 50)
CINGULA
(74 = 24 + 50)
CURLING
(74 = 24 + 50)
CRATING
(74 = 24 + 50)
TRACING
(74 = 24 + 50)
INTAGLI
(74 = 24 + 50)
CURLING
(74 = 24 + 50)
INTAGLI
(74 = 24 + 50)
TRUNCAL
(74 = 24 + 50)
CURLING
(74 = 24 + 50)
TRACING
(74 = 24 + 50)
CARTING
(74 = 24 + 50)
TRACING
(74 = 24 + 50)
CARTING
(74 = 24 + 50)
CINGULA
(74 = 24 + 50)
TAILGUN
(74 = 24 + 50)
TRACING
(74 = 24 + 50)

curtailing in Words With Friends™

The word curtailing is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 18

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters curtailing:

CURTAILING
(216)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (15 words)

alginic, carting, cingula, crating, curling, curtail, curtain, intagli, lairing, lunatic, railing, tailgun, tailing, tracing, truncal

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word curtailing

CURTAILING
(216)
CURTAILING
(198)
CURTAILING
(132)
CURTAILING
(120)
CURTAILING
(88)
CURTAILING
(84)
CURTAILING
(80)
CURTAILING
(80)
CURTAILING
(78)
CURTAILING
(76)
CURTAILING
(76)
CURTAILING
(72)
CURTAILING
(72)
CURTAILING
(72)
CURTAILING
(66)
CURTAILING
(66)
CURTAILING
(60)
CURTAILING
(56)
CURTAILING
(56)
CURTAILING
(52)
CURTAILING
(48)
CURTAILING
(48)
CURTAILING
(40)
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(40)
CURTAILING
(36)
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(36)
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(36)
CURTAILING
(36)
CURTAILING
(27)
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(27)
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(26)
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(25)
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(25)
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(24)
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(24)
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(23)
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(23)
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(22)
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(22)
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(22)
CURTAILING
(22)
CURTAILING
(22)
CURTAILING
(21)
CURTAILING
(21)
CURTAILING
(21)
CURTAILING
(21)

The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In curtailing

CURTAILING
(216)
CURTAILING
(198)
CURTAILING
(132)
CURTAILING
(120)
CINGULA
(116 = 81 + 35)
ALGINIC
(113 = 78 + 35)
CURLING
(110 = 75 + 35)
TRACING
(110 = 75 + 35)
TRUNCAL
(110 = 75 + 35)
CINGULA
(110 = 75 + 35)
LUNATIC
(104 = 69 + 35)
CURLING
(104 = 69 + 35)
CINGULA
(104 = 69 + 35)
CURLING
(104 = 69 + 35)
CRATING
(104 = 69 + 35)
CURLING
(104 = 69 + 35)
CINGULA
(104 = 69 + 35)
TRACING
(104 = 69 + 35)
CARTING
(104 = 69 + 35)
CURLING
(104 = 69 + 35)
ALGINIC
(101 = 66 + 35)
TAILGUN
(101 = 66 + 35)
CURTAIL
(101 = 66 + 35)
CURTAIN
(101 = 66 + 35)
ALGINIC
(101 = 66 + 35)
CRATING
(98 = 63 + 35)
LUNATIC
(98 = 63 + 35)
CARTING
(98 = 63 + 35)
CARTING
(98 = 63 + 35)
CINGULA
(98 = 63 + 35)
TRACING
(98 = 63 + 35)
TRACING
(98 = 63 + 35)
CINGULA
(98 = 63 + 35)
CURLING
(98 = 63 + 35)
CRATING
(98 = 63 + 35)
TRACING
(98 = 63 + 35)
CINGULA
(98 = 63 + 35)
LUNATIC
(98 = 63 + 35)
CINGULA
(95 = 60 + 35)
CINGULA
(95 = 60 + 35)
CURTAIL
(95 = 60 + 35)
CURTAIN
(95 = 60 + 35)
CURLING
(95 = 60 + 35)
CINGULA
(95 = 60 + 35)
TAILGUN
(95 = 60 + 35)
ALGINIC
(95 = 60 + 35)
CURLING
(95 = 60 + 35)
CURLING
(95 = 60 + 35)
CURLING
(92 = 57 + 35)
LAIRING
(92 = 57 + 35)
TRUNCAL
(92 = 57 + 35)
CRATING
(92 = 57 + 35)
CARTING
(92 = 57 + 35)
CURLING
(92 = 57 + 35)
CARTING
(92 = 57 + 35)
LUNATIC
(92 = 57 + 35)
INTAGLI
(92 = 57 + 35)
TAILING
(92 = 57 + 35)
RAILING
(92 = 57 + 35)
CURLING
(92 = 57 + 35)
TRACING
(92 = 57 + 35)
CRATING
(92 = 57 + 35)
TRUNCAL
(92 = 57 + 35)
TRUNCAL
(92 = 57 + 35)
TAILING
(92 = 57 + 35)
RAILING
(92 = 57 + 35)
CURLING
(92 = 57 + 35)
CINGULA
(92 = 57 + 35)
ALGINIC
(91 = 56 + 35)
ALGINIC
(91 = 56 + 35)
ALGINIC
(91 = 56 + 35)
CURTAIN
(89 = 54 + 35)
ALGINIC
(89 = 54 + 35)
CURTAIL
(89 = 54 + 35)
TAILGUN
(89 = 54 + 35)
ALGINIC
(89 = 54 + 35)
CURTAIN
(89 = 54 + 35)
CURTAIL
(89 = 54 + 35)
CURTAILING
(88)
CRATING
(87 = 52 + 35)
LUNATIC
(87 = 52 + 35)
CARTING
(87 = 52 + 35)
LUNATIC
(87 = 52 + 35)
TRACING
(87 = 52 + 35)
CARTING
(87 = 52 + 35)
CARTING
(87 = 52 + 35)
CRATING
(87 = 52 + 35)
TRUNCAL
(87 = 52 + 35)
TRACING
(87 = 52 + 35)
TRUNCAL
(87 = 52 + 35)
CRATING
(87 = 52 + 35)
LUNATIC
(87 = 52 + 35)
TRACING
(87 = 52 + 35)
TRUNCAL
(87 = 52 + 35)
CINGULA
(86 = 51 + 35)
CRATING
(86 = 51 + 35)
LAIRING
(86 = 51 + 35)
TRUNCAL
(86 = 51 + 35)
LAIRING
(86 = 51 + 35)
CRATING
(86 = 51 + 35)
CARTING
(86 = 51 + 35)
LUNATIC
(86 = 51 + 35)
INTAGLI
(86 = 51 + 35)
TRACING
(86 = 51 + 35)
TRUNCAL
(86 = 51 + 35)
TAILING
(86 = 51 + 35)
CARTING
(86 = 51 + 35)
RAILING
(86 = 51 + 35)
INTAGLI
(86 = 51 + 35)
LAIRING
(86 = 51 + 35)
LUNATIC
(86 = 51 + 35)
LUNATIC
(86 = 51 + 35)
TRUNCAL
(86 = 51 + 35)
CINGULA
(86 = 51 + 35)
RAILING
(86 = 51 + 35)
TAILING
(86 = 51 + 35)
TRACING
(86 = 51 + 35)
CURTAILING
(84)
TAILGUN
(83 = 48 + 35)
CURTAIN
(83 = 48 + 35)
CURTAIN
(83 = 48 + 35)
TAILGUN
(83 = 48 + 35)
TAILGUN
(83 = 48 + 35)
CURTAIN
(83 = 48 + 35)
ALGINIC
(83 = 48 + 35)
TAILGUN
(83 = 48 + 35)
ALGINIC
(83 = 48 + 35)
TAILGUN
(83 = 48 + 35)
CURTAIL
(83 = 48 + 35)
CURTAIL
(83 = 48 + 35)
CURTAIN
(83 = 48 + 35)
CURTAIL
(83 = 48 + 35)
CURTAIL
(83 = 48 + 35)
CURTAIN
(83 = 48 + 35)
CURTAIL
(83 = 48 + 35)
TAILGUN
(83 = 48 + 35)
TAILGUN
(83 = 48 + 35)
CURTAIN
(83 = 48 + 35)
CURTAIL
(83 = 48 + 35)
TAILGUN
(83 = 48 + 35)
ALGINIC
(83 = 48 + 35)
ALGINIC
(83 = 48 + 35)
CINGULA
(81 = 46 + 35)
CURLING
(81 = 46 + 35)
CRATING
(80 = 45 + 35)
TRUNCAL
(80 = 45 + 35)
LAIRING
(80 = 45 + 35)
CARTING
(80 = 45 + 35)
CRATING
(80 = 45 + 35)
TRUNCAL
(80 = 45 + 35)
LUNATIC
(80 = 45 + 35)
CRATING
(80 = 45 + 35)
LAIRING
(80 = 45 + 35)
TRUNCAL
(80 = 45 + 35)
CARTING
(80 = 45 + 35)
LUNATIC
(80 = 45 + 35)
CARTING
(80 = 45 + 35)
RAILING
(80 = 45 + 35)
LAIRING
(80 = 45 + 35)
RAILING
(80 = 45 + 35)
CURTAILING
(80)
RAILING
(80 = 45 + 35)
INTAGLI
(80 = 45 + 35)
INTAGLI
(80 = 45 + 35)
TAILING
(80 = 45 + 35)
CURTAILING
(80)
TAILING
(80 = 45 + 35)
TAILING
(80 = 45 + 35)
INTAGLI
(80 = 45 + 35)
RAILING
(80 = 45 + 35)
TAILING
(80 = 45 + 35)
TRACING
(80 = 45 + 35)
TRACING
(80 = 45 + 35)
LUNATIC
(80 = 45 + 35)
TAILING
(79 = 44 + 35)
TAILING
(79 = 44 + 35)
INTAGLI
(79 = 44 + 35)
RAILING
(79 = 44 + 35)
TAILING
(79 = 44 + 35)
LAIRING
(79 = 44 + 35)
RAILING
(79 = 44 + 35)
LAIRING
(79 = 44 + 35)
RAILING
(79 = 44 + 35)
LAIRING
(79 = 44 + 35)
INTAGLI
(79 = 44 + 35)
ALGINIC
(79 = 44 + 35)
INTAGLI
(79 = 44 + 35)
CURTAILING
(78)
CURTAIL
(77 = 42 + 35)
CURTAIL
(77 = 42 + 35)
CARTING
(77 = 42 + 35)
CRATING
(77 = 42 + 35)
CURTAIN
(77 = 42 + 35)
CURLING
(77 = 42 + 35)
LUNATIC
(77 = 42 + 35)
CURTAIN
(77 = 42 + 35)
TRUNCAL
(77 = 42 + 35)
TAILGUN
(77 = 42 + 35)
TAILGUN
(77 = 42 + 35)
CURTAIN
(77 = 42 + 35)

Words containing the sequence curtailing

Words that start with curtailing (1 word)

Words with curtailing in them (1 word)

Words that end with curtailing (1 word)

Word Growth involving curtailing

Shorter words in curtailing

cur curt curtail

ai ail tail curtail

ta tail curtail

ai ail ailing tailing

in ailing tailing

ai ail tail tailing

ta tail tailing

Longer words containing curtailing

(No longer words found)