GLIME is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. GLIME is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GLIME?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GLIME is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GLIME
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GLIME scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GLIME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does GLIME mean in Scrabble?
verb
rare
To glance sideways or slyly at someone or something; to steal a look.
To glime is to take a quick, sidelong look rather than stare openly, often so as to observe someone without being noticed. The word is rare in modern use and survives mainly in dialect speech and older glossaries rather than in everyday conversation.
How GLIME is used
Rare verb, chiefly dialect; most speakers today would use glance or peek instead.
- He tried to glime at the letter without her noticing.
- The child would glime at the stranger from behind her mother's coat.
- She glimed sideways to see who had entered the room.
- He glimed at the clock, hoping the lesson would end soon.
- Villagers said the old man would glime at passers-by from his window.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GLIME and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GLIME
The 5 tiles of GLIME in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with GLIME
2 longer words begin with GLIME.
Shorter words from the letters in GLIME
Common questions about GLIME
- Is GLIME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GLIME, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GLIME worth?
- GLIME is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GLIME mean?
- To glance sideways or slyly at someone or something; to steal a look.
- What letters can be added to GLIME?
- GLIME takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GLIME:
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