6-letter words starting with CU
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter CU. This section showcases how CU at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with CU, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| cursed | 9 | deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier | villagers shun the area believing it to be cursed |
| custom | 10 | a specific practice of long standing | - |
| cutter | 8 | a boat for communication between ship and shore | - |
| curfew | 14 | an order that after a specific time certain activities (as being outside on the streets) are prohibited | - |
| cuckoo | 14 | a man who is a stupid incompetent fool | - |
| cuddle | 10 | move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position | We cuddled against each other to keep warm |
| curses | 8 | - | - |
| cutest | 8 | - | - |
| cuddly | 13 | inviting cuddling or hugging | a cuddly teddybear |
| curved | 12 | having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend | the curved tusks of a walrus |
| curing | 9 | the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization | - |
| curled | 9 | (of hair) making curls or having been made to curl | - |
| cutler | 8 | a dealer in cutlery | - |
| cutlet | 8 | thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled | - |
| culver | 11 | - | - |
| curtsy | 11 | bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting | - |
| cutoff | 14 | a route shorter than the usual one | - |
| curate | 8 | a person authorized to conduct religious worship | - |
| currie | 8 | - | - |
| cubism | 12 | an artistic movement in France beginning in 1907 that featured surfaces of geometrical planes | - |
| cussed | 9 | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing | - |
| cupped | 13 | - | - |
| cutout | 8 | a part that is cut out or is intended to be cut out | - |
| cuesta | 8 | - | - |
| cursor | 8 | (computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions | - |
| cutesy | 11 | - | - |
| cubist | 10 | relating to or characteristic of cubism | cubist art |
| curdle | 9 | turn into curds | curdled milk |
| curler | 8 | a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it | a woman with her head full of curlers is not a pretty sight |
| curare | 8 | a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles | curare acts by blocking cholinergic transmission at the myoneural junction |
| cutely | 11 | in an attractive manner | - |
| cudgel | 10 | strike with a cudgel | - |
| cummin | 12 | - | - |
| cupola | 10 | a roof in the form of a dome | - |
| curios | 8 | - | - |
| curtly | 11 | in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner | he told me curtly to get on with it |
| cullet | 8 | - | - |
| cupful | 13 | the quantity a cup will hold | - |
| cuttle | 8 | ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell | - |
| cumber | 12 | restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult | - |
| curlew | 11 | large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill | - |
| cuspid | 11 | one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars | - |
| cuatro | 8 | - | - |
| cubage | 11 | - | - |
| cubane | 10 | - | - |
| cubbed | 13 | - | - |
| cubebs | 12 | - | - |
| cubers | 10 | - | - |
| cubica | 12 | - | - |
| cubics | 12 | - | - |
| cubing | 11 | - | - |
| cubiti | 10 | - | - |
| cubits | 10 | - | - |
| cuboid | 11 | shaped like a cube | - |
| cudden | 10 | - | - |
| cuddie | 10 | - | - |
| cuddin | 10 | - | - |
| cueing | 9 | - | - |
| cueist | 8 | - | - |
| cuffed | 15 | - | - |
| cuffin | 14 | - | - |
| cuffle | 14 | - | - |
| cuisse | 8 | armor plate that protects the thigh | - |
| cuiter | 8 | - | - |
| culets | 8 | - | - |
| cullay | 11 | - | - |
| culled | 9 | - | - |
| culler | 8 | - | - |
| cullis | 8 | a gutter in a roof | - |
| culmed | 11 | - | - |
| culmen | 10 | - | - |
| culpae | 10 | - | - |
| cultch | 13 | - | - |
| culter | 8 | - | - |
| cultic | 10 | - | - |
| cultus | 8 | a system of religious beliefs and rituals | devoted to the cultus of the Blessed Virgin |
| cumbia | 12 | - | - |
| cumecs | 12 | - | - |
| cumins | 10 | - | - |
| cummed | 13 | - | - |
| cummer | 12 | - | - |
| cumuli | 10 | - | - |
| cundum | 11 | - | - |
| cuneal | 8 | shaped like a wedge | - |
| cuneus | 8 | any shape that is triangular in cross section | - |
| cunits | 8 | - | - |
| cunner | 8 | common in north Atlantic coastal waters of the United States | - |
| cupels | 10 | - | - |
| cupids | 11 | - | - |
| cupman | 12 | - | - |
| cupmen | 12 | - | - |
| cuppas | 12 | - | - |
| cupper | 12 | a cup of tea | - |
| cupric | 12 | of or containing divalent copper | - |
| cuprum | 12 | - | - |
| cupula | 10 | - | - |
| cupule | 10 | cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn | - |
| curacy | 13 | the position of a curate | - |
| curagh | 12 | - | - |
| curara | 8 | - | - |
| curari | 8 | - | - |
| curats | 8 | - | - |
| curbed | 11 | - | - |
| curber | 10 | - | - |
| curded | 10 | - | - |
| curers | 8 | - | - |
| curets | 8 | - | - |
| curiae | 8 | - | - |
| curial | 8 | - | - |
| curias | 8 | - | - |
| curies | 8 | - | - |
| curiet | 8 | - | - |
| curite | 8 | - | - |
| curium | 10 | a radioactive transuranic metallic element; produced by bombarding plutonium with helium nuclei | - |
| curney | 11 | - | - |
| curpel | 10 | - | - |
| curran | 8 | - | - |
| curred | 9 | - | - |
| cursal | 8 | - | - |
| curser | 8 | - | - |
| cursus | 8 | - | - |
| curtal | 8 | (archaic) cut short | a dog with a curtal tail |
| curter | 8 | - | - |
| curule | 8 | - | - |
| curves | 11 | - | - |
| curvet | 11 | a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down | - |
| curvey | 14 | having curves | - |
| cuscus | 10 | woolly-haired monkey-like arboreal marsupial of New Guinea and northern Australia | - |
| cusecs | 10 | - | - |
| cushat | 11 | Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck | - |
| cushaw | 14 | plant bearing squash having globose to ovoid fruit with variously striped grey and green and white warty rinds | - |
| cushes | 11 | - | - |
| cushie | 11 | - | - |
| cushty | 14 | - | - |
| cuspal | 10 | - | - |
| cusped | 11 | having cusps or points | - |
| cuspis | 10 | - | - |
| cusser | 8 | - | - |
| cusses | 8 | - | - |
| cussos | 8 | - | - |
| custos | 8 | - | - |
| cusums | 10 | - | - |
| cutcha | 13 | - | - |
| cuteys | 11 | - | - |
| cuties | 8 | - | - |
| cutins | 8 | - | - |
| cutlas | 8 | a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors | - |
| cuttoe | 8 | - | - |
| cutups | 10 | - | - |
| cuvees | 11 | - | - |
| cuzzes | 26 | - | - |
| cuzzie | 26 | - | - |
