curtate
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 7
Definition of curtate
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
- Shortened, having been shortened.
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adj
- Shortened, having been shortened.
- Describing any distance measured in the ecliptic plane between the Sun (or Earth) and the orthogonal projection of an astronomical object (particularly another planet) onto said plane.
- Rounded down.
- Describing a trochoid as traced from a point within a circle.
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Etymology
First attested in 1676; borrowed from Latin curtātus, perfect passive participle of curtō (“to shorten”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Words you can make from curtate
91 playable · top: ACUTER (8 pts)
Best play acuter 8 points6-letter words
3 words5-letter words
22 words4-letter words
22 words3-letter words
34 words- ACE 5 pts
- ACT 5 pts
- ARC 5 pts
- CAR 5 pts
- CAT 5 pts
- CRU 5 pts
- CUE 5 pts
- CUR 5 pts
- CUT 5 pts
- ECU 5 pts
- REC 5 pts
- TEC 5 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- ART 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- ATT 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- EAU 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- RAT 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- RUE 3 pts
- RUT 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAR 3 pts
- TAT 3 pts
- TAU 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TET 3 pts
- TUT 3 pts
- UTA 3 pts
- UTE 3 pts
2-letter words
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