Definition of curl

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• curl is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 6
• curl is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 6
• curl is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 9

Definition of curl

• wind around something in coils or loops (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. coil
  2. loop
• form a curl, curve, or kink (verb)

  Examples

  1. the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling

  Synonyms

  1. curve
  2. kink
• a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. coil
  2. curlicue
  3. gyre
  4. ringlet
  5. roll
  6. scroll
  7. whorl
• American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933) (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. robert curl
  2. robert f. curl
  3. robert floyd curl jr.
• twist or roll into coils or ringlets (verb)

  Examples

  1. curl my hair, please

  Synonyms

  1. wave
• a strand or cluster of hair (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. lock
  2. ringlet
  3. whorl
• shape one's body into a curl (verb)

  Examples

  1. She curled farther down under the covers

  Synonyms

  1. curl up
  2. draw in
• play the Scottish game of curling (verb)

See definition of curl in Merriam Webster