curious: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 9 letter points · starts with C · ends with S
Meaning of curious
adj
Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying.
Example: Young children are naturally curious about the world and everything in it.
Caused by curiosity.
Leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual.
Example: The platypus is a curious creature, with fur like a mammal and a beak like a bird.
- in-compounds
Interested in entering a romantic or sexual relationship with a specified group.
Listed forms: curiouser, curiousest.
Source: Wiktionary — curious.
adj
- not-comparable, rare
Containing or pertaining to trivalent curium.
Source: Wiktionary — curious.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for curious.
adjective
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is curious in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
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Letter-value score of curious
C(3) + U(1) + R(1) + I(1) + O(1) + U(1) + S(1) = 9 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of curious
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from curious
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