The word limbo is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • limbo n. (Roman Catholicism) The place where innocent souls exist temporarily until they can enter heaven, notably…
  • limbo n. (By extension) Any in-between place, state or condition of neglect or oblivion which results in an unresolved…
  • limbo n. (Slang, archaic) A lockup or jail cell.

35 valid words from 3 definitions

AN ANY ARCHAIC BETWEEN BY CAN CATHOLICISM CELL CONDITION ENTER EXIST EXTENSION HEAVEN IN INNOCENT JAIL LOCKUP NEGLECT NOTABLY OBLIVION OF OR PLACE RESULTS ROMAN SLANG SOULS STATE TEMPORARILY THE THEY UNRESOLVED UNTIL WHERE WHICH

3 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

BO LI LIMB

3 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

MI MIL OB

9 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

BIMBO DIMBO HIMBO KIMBO LIMBA LIMBI LIMBS LIMBY TIMBO

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

LIMB LIMO

5 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

LIMBOS LIMBOED LIMBOES LIMBOUS LIMBOING

5 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+E BEMOIL EMBOIL EMBOLI MOBILE
+S LIMBOS

6 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-B LIMO MILO MOIL
-M BOIL LOBI
-O LIMB

Scrabble scoring

  • 9 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 651 chance (0.15%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 3112 chance (0.03%).

Other languages

  • Valid: French German Spanish Italian
  • Invalid: Romanian
  • (In French) LIMBO n.m. 1. Danse antillaise pratiquée sous une barre de plus en plus basse. 2. (= limba) Bois africain.
  • (In Spanish) LIMBO m. Lugar o seno donde, según la Biblia, estaban detenidas las almas de los santos y patriarcas antiguos esperando la redención del género humano.

Categories without words

  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)
  • Not found in the middle (Word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)
  • No prefixes (Word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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