Curves
/kɜːvz/
Scrabble:11 ptsWWF:14 pts6 letters
Definition of Curves
noun
- A gentle bend, such as in a road.
"You should slow down when approaching a curve."
- A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.
"She scribbled a curve on the paper."
- A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject.
"The teacher was nice and graded the test on a curve."
- A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.
- A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.
verb
- To bend; to crook.
"to curve a line"
- To cause to swerve from a straight course.
"to curve a ball in pitching it"
- To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.
"the road curves to the right"
- To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution).
"The teacher will curve the test."
- To reject, to turn down romantic advances.
"I was once curved three times by the same woman."
Anagrams of Curves
Letter Values
c3
u1
r1
v4
e1
s1
Total: 11 Scrabble points
Rhymes With Curves
Word Validity & Sources
SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Curves"
Curves is a 6-letter word that scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words With Friends.
Using "Curves" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "curves" is a medium-scoring word.