Definition of curls

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • curls is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 7
  • curls is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 7
  • curls is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 10

Definition of curls


  • 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 curls in Merriam Webster