Curies
6 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
Plural of curie: units used to measure radioactivity, each equal to 37 billion nuclear disintegrations per second.
“The laboratory measured the radioactive material in curies to assess safe handling requirements.”
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CURIES has no repeated letters, C, U, R, I, E, S, and covers four common letters in one guess, useful early in Wordle
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CURIES scores 8 points, low tile value but valid and unusual, the IE ending may create useful hooks on the board
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