7-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| culture | 9 | a particular society at a particular time and place | - |
| curious | 9 | beyond or deviating from the usual or expected | a curious hybrid accent |
| cutting | 10 | an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine | - |
| current | 9 | a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes) | the raft floated downstream on the current |
| custody | 13 | a state of being confined (usually for a short time) | he is in the custody of police |
| customs | 11 | money collected under a tariff | - |
| curtain | 9 | hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) | - |
| cunning | 10 | shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception | - |
| culprit | 11 | someone who perpetrates wrongdoing | - |
| cursing | 10 | - | - |
| cuisine | 9 | the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared | - |
| cushion | 12 | a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses | - |
| cupcake | 17 | small cake baked in a muffin tin | - |
| curator | 9 | the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library) | - |
| custard | 10 | sweetened mixture of milk and eggs baked or boiled or frozen | - |
| cuckold | 16 | be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage | - |
| cutlery | 12 | tableware implements for cutting and eating food | - |
| curling | 10 | (of hair) making curls or having been made to curl | - |
| cubicle | 13 | small individual study area in a library | - |
| curable | 11 | capable of being hardened by some additive or other agent | - |
| cutlass | 9 | a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors | - |
| curtsey | 12 | bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting | - |
| cutback | 17 | a reduction in quantity or rate | - |
| culvert | 12 | a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway | - |
| cupping | 14 | a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface | - |
| curdled | 11 | transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass | curdled milk |
| cuticle | 11 | hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles | - |
| currant | 9 | any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants | - |
| cursory | 12 | hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough | a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws |
| curtail | 9 | terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent | Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries |
| curving | 13 | having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend | - |
| curacao | 11 | flavored with sour orange peel | - |
| cumulus | 11 | a globular cloud | - |
| curbing | 12 | an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter) | - |
| curried | 10 | - | - |
| cursive | 12 | rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper | - |
| cubical | 13 | shaped like a cube | - |
| cuirass | 9 | medieval body armor that covers the chest and back | - |
| cultist | 9 | a member of an unorthodox cult who generally lives outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader | - |
| cultish | 12 | - | - |
| curlier | 9 | - | - |
| cutaway | 15 | a representation (drawing or model) of something in which the outside is omitted to reveal the inner parts | - |
| cuatros | 9 | - | - |
| cubages | 12 | - | - |
| cubanes | 11 | - | - |
| cubbier | 13 | - | - |
| cubbies | 13 | - | - |
| cubbing | 14 | - | - |
| cubbish | 16 | - | - |
| cubhood | 15 | - | - |
| cubicas | 13 | - | - |
| cubicly | 16 | - | - |
| cubisms | 13 | - | - |
| cubists | 11 | - | - |
| cubital | 11 | of or relating to the elbow | - |
| cubitus | 11 | hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped | - |
| cubless | 11 | - | - |
| cuboids | 12 | - | - |
| cucking | 16 | - | - |
| cuckoos | 15 | - | - |
| cudbear | 12 | a purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens | - |
| cuddens | 11 | - | - |
| cuddies | 11 | - | - |
| cuddins | 11 | - | - |
| cuddled | 12 | - | - |
| cuddler | 11 | - | - |
| cuddles | 11 | - | - |
| cudgels | 11 | - | - |
| cudweed | 14 | any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads | - |
| cueings | 10 | - | - |
| cueists | 9 | - | - |
| cuestas | 9 | - | - |
| cuffing | 16 | - | - |
| cuffins | 15 | - | - |
| cuffled | 16 | - | - |
| cuffles | 15 | - | - |
| cuishes | 12 | - | - |
| cuisser | 9 | - | - |
| cuisses | 9 | - | - |
| cuiters | 9 | - | - |
| cuittle | 9 | - | - |
| culches | 14 | - | - |
| culchie | 14 | - | - |
| culexes | 16 | - | - |
| culices | 11 | - | - |
| culicid | 12 | - | - |
| cullays | 12 | - | - |
| cullers | 9 | - | - |
| cullets | 9 | - | - |
| cullied | 10 | - | - |
| cullies | 9 | - | - |
| culling | 10 | - | - |
| cullion | 9 | - | - |
| culmens | 11 | - | - |
| culmina | 11 | - | - |
| culming | 12 | - | - |
| culotte | 9 | a divided skirt | - |
| culshie | 12 | - | - |
| culters | 9 | - | - |
| cultier | 9 | - | - |
| cultism | 11 | religious zeal; the willingness to serve God | - |
| culvers | 12 | - | - |
| cumaric | 13 | - | - |
| cumarin | 11 | - | - |
| cumbent | 13 | - | - |
| cumbers | 13 | - | - |
| cumbias | 13 | - | - |
| cummers | 13 | - | - |
| cumming | 14 | - | - |
| cummins | 13 | - | - |
| cumquat | 20 | any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp | - |
| cumshaw | 17 | - | - |
| cumulet | 11 | - | - |
| cundies | 10 | - | - |
| cundums | 12 | - | - |
| cuneate | 9 | (of a leaf shape) narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and tapering toward the base | - |
| cunette | 9 | - | - |
| cunners | 9 | - | - |
| cupeled | 12 | - | - |
| cupeler | 11 | - | - |
| cupfuls | 14 | - | - |
| cupgall | 12 | - | - |
| cuphead | 15 | - | - |
| cuplike | 15 | resembling the shape of a cup | - |
| cupolar | 11 | - | - |
| cupolas | 11 | - | - |
| cuppers | 13 | - | - |
| cuppier | 13 | - | - |
| cuprite | 11 | a mineral consisting of cuprous oxide that is a source of copper | - |
| cuprous | 11 | of or containing divalent copper | - |
| cuprums | 13 | - | - |
| cupsful | 14 | - | - |
| cupulae | 11 | - | - |
| cupular | 11 | shaped like (or supporting) a cupule | - |
| cupules | 11 | - | - |
| curably | 14 | - | - |
| curacoa | 11 | flavored with sour orange peel | - |
| curaghs | 13 | - | - |
| curaras | 9 | - | - |
| curares | 9 | - | - |
| curaris | 9 | - | - |
| curated | 10 | - | - |
| curates | 9 | - | - |
| curbers | 11 | - | - |
| curchef | 17 | - | - |
| curches | 14 | - | - |
| curcuma | 13 | tropical Asiatic perennial herbs | - |
| curdier | 10 | - | - |
| curding | 11 | - | - |
| curdler | 10 | - | - |
| curdles | 10 | - | - |
| curette | 9 | a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity | - |
| curfews | 15 | - | - |
| curiets | 9 | - | - |
| curings | 10 | - | - |
| curiosa | 9 | books on strange or unusual subjects (especially erotica) | - |
| curites | 9 | - | - |
| curiums | 11 | - | - |
| curlers | 9 | - | - |
| curlews | 12 | - | - |
| curlies | 9 | - | - |
| curlily | 12 | - | - |
| curnier | 9 | - | - |
| curpels | 11 | - | - |
| currach | 14 | - | - |
| curragh | 13 | - | - |
| currans | 9 | - | - |
| currier | 9 | United States lithographer who (with his partner James Ives) produced thousands of prints signed `Currier & Ives' (1813-1888) | - |
| curries | 9 | - | - |
| curring | 10 | - | - |
| currish | 12 | base and cowardly | - |
| cursers | 9 | - | - |
| cursors | 9 | - | - |
| curtals | 9 | - | - |
| curtana | 9 | - | - |
| curtate | 9 | - | - |
| curtaxe | 16 | - | - |
| curtest | 9 | - | - |
| curtesy | 12 | - | - |
| curvate | 12 | - | - |
| curvets | 12 | - | - |
| curvier | 12 | - | - |
| curvity | 15 | - | - |
| cushats | 12 | - | - |
| cushaws | 15 | - | - |
| cushier | 12 | - | - |
| cushies | 12 | - | - |
| cushily | 15 | - | - |
| cuspate | 11 | having cusps or points | - |
| cuspids | 12 | - | - |
| cuspier | 11 | - | - |
| cussers | 9 | - | - |
| cussing | 10 | - | - |
| custock | 15 | - | - |
| custode | 10 | - | - |
| custrel | 9 | - | - |
| cutbank | 15 | - | - |
| cutches | 14 | - | - |
| cutdown | 13 | - | - |
| cutesie | 9 | - | - |
| cutikin | 13 | - | - |
| cutises | 9 | - | - |
| cutlers | 9 | - | - |
| cutlets | 9 | - | - |
| cutline | 9 | - | - |
| cutoffs | 15 | - | - |
| cutouts | 9 | - | - |
| cutover | 12 | - | - |
| cuttage | 10 | - | - |
| cutters | 9 | - | - |
| cuttier | 9 | - | - |
| cutties | 9 | - | - |
| cuttled | 10 | - | - |
| cuttles | 9 | - | - |
| cuttoes | 9 | - | - |
| cutwork | 16 | embroidery in which the design is outlined in a buttonhole stitch and the intervening material is cut away | - |
| cutworm | 14 | North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground | - |
| cuvette | 12 | - | - |
| cuzzies | 27 | - | - |
