LIMAN is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. LIMAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LIMAN?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LIMAN is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LIMAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
limansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LIMAN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LIMAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,364.
What does LIMAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A shallow lagoon or bay formed where a river meets the sea, cut off from open water by a sandbar or spit of silt.
A liman forms gradually as a river deposits mud and silt at its mouth, building up a barrier that separates a shallow, often brackish body of water from the open sea beyond it. The term appears most often in geography and geology describing coastlines such as those around the Black Sea and Sea of Azov, where many rivers end in exactly this kind of enclosed lagoon. Because water exchange with the sea is limited, a liman can support distinctive plant and animal life adapted to its shallow, partly enclosed conditions.
How LIMAN is used
A technical geographical term, used mainly in descriptions of river-mouth lagoons, especially around the Black Sea.
- Fishermen anchored their boats in the calm waters of the liman.
- A narrow sandbar separates the liman from the open sea.
- The delta's silt slowly built up the liman over centuries.
- Scientists studied the unique wildlife living in the liman.
- Salt collected naturally along the shallow edges of the liman.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LIMAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LIMAN
1 longer words begin with LIMAN.
Words ending in LIMAN
1 words end in LIMAN. Useful as a back hook: play LIMAN onto a word already on the board.
Words with LIMAN inside
5 words contain LIMAN in the middle. Words that start with LIMAN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LIMAN
Common questions about LIMAN
- Is LIMAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LIMAN, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LIMAN worth?
- LIMAN is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LIMAN mean?
- A shallow lagoon or bay formed where a river meets the sea, cut off from open water by a sandbar or spit of silt.
- What letters can be added to LIMAN?
- LIMAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LIMAN:
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