curl

Meanings

• a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
• American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)
• a strand or cluster of hair
• form a curl, curve, or kink;
• "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"
• shape one's body into a curl;
• "She curled farther down under the covers"
• wind around something in coils or loops
• twist or roll into coils or ringlets;
• "curl my hair, please"
• play the Scottish game of curling
• CURL v -ED, -ING, -S to form into ringlets

Synonyms

• coil
• whorl
• roll
• curlicue
• ringlet
• gyre
• scroll
• Curl
• Robert Curl
• Robert F. Curl
• Robert Floyd Curl Jr.
• lock
• curve
• kink
• curl up
• draw in
• loop
• wave

Scrabble Score: 6

curl is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

curl is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

curl is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

curl is a valid Words With Friends word

Angrams of curl