Jumble solved
Unscramble CURSORY — 48 words
The letters CURSORY rearrange into 1 full anagram and 48 words in total.
- Total words
- 48
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 7 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 2 : 5
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 2 vowels (U, O) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 5 remaining consonants (C, R, S, R, Y).
cursory in a sentence
“Events far too important to be treated in a cursory manner.”
— Webster 1913
Anagrams of CURSORY
One word uses all 7 letters:
- cursory
7-letter words
1 word found- cursory62
6-letter words
3 words found- cruors8
- cursor8
- scurry11
5-letter words
7 words found- corys10
- cruor7
- currs7
- curry10
- scour7
- sorry8
- yours8
4-letter words
16 words found- cory9
- cosy9
- coys9
- scry9
- rosy7
- ryus7
- your7
- yous7
- cors6
- crus6
- curr6
- curs6
- orcs6
- rocs6
- ours4
+ 1 more 4-letter word
3-letter words
15 words found- cor5
- cos5
- coy8
- cru5
- cry8
- cur5
- orc5
- ors3
- our3
- roc5
- ryu6
- soc5
- sou3
- soy6
- you6
2-letter words
6 words found- or2
- os2
- oy5
- so2
- us2
- yo5
Words hidden inside CURSORY
Without moving a single letter, reading cursory straight through uncovers 3 shorter words — cursor, curs, cur. The longest unbroken run is cursor.
- cursor8
- curs6
- cur5
Related jumbles to try
Shorter words inside CURSORY — solve each on its own:
Best words for tile games
Playing Scrabble or Words with Friends? These finds carry the highest tile values (before any bonus squares).
- cursory62
- scurry11
- corys10
- curry10
- cory9
- cosy9
- coys9
- scry9
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
7
Distinct
6
Vowels
29%
U, O
Consonants
71%
C, R, S, R, Y
Solving CURSORY: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters cursory?
Rearranging the 7 letters in cursory produces 48 valid words in total. A quick way to crack a scramble is to pull the vowels out first, then test familiar beginnings and endings (such as re-, un-, -ing, -ed and -er) against the consonants that are left. That approach lands the 7-letter answer cursory here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does cursory have any anagrams?
Using all 7 letters, cursory rearranges into exactly one word: cursory.
What is the longest word you can make from cursory?
The longest solution is cursory at 7 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from cursory?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: cursory yields cor, cos, coy, cru, cry, cur, orc, ors, our and roc. Two- and three-letter words are handy for warming up, for tricky racks, and for hooking onto letters already on the board in games like Scrabble and Words with Friends.
How is the word "cursory" used in a sentence?
Cursory is itself a valid word. For example: "Events far too important to be treated in a cursory manner." Seeing a jumble answer used in a real sentence makes it easier to remember next time it turns up.
Which word from cursory scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, cursory is the top scorer from cursory at 62 points, followed by scurry (11), corys (10) and curry (10). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside cursory?
Read left to right without moving any letters and cursory already contains 3 shorter words: cursor, curs and cur. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is cursor. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.