LIMAX is valid in Collins, not in North America — 14 points
It depends on the list you play by. LIMAX is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 14 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept LIMAX?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LIMAX is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LIMAX
Front hooks — 1
climaxBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How LIMAX scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LIMAX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 116,184.
What does LIMAX mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A slug, or a member of the genus Limax, a group of land slugs with a small internal shell.
Limax is the Latin word for slug and was adopted directly into English as the scientific genus name for common garden slugs. Naturalists use it to group species that share a soft, shell-less body and a breathing pore on the right side of the neck. Outside zoology the word rarely appears, since everyday English simply says slug.
How LIMAX is used
Chiefly a technical zoological term, seen mostly in scientific names and natural history writing.
- The gardener found a limax feeding on the lettuce leaves overnight.
- The textbook classified the specimen under the genus Limax.
- A limax leaves a silvery trail of mucus as it moves.
- Researchers studied how a limax finds its way back to shelter.
- The museum case labelled the model simply as Limax, a garden slug.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LIMAX and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in LIMAX
5 words end in LIMAX. Useful as a back hook: play LIMAX onto a word already on the board.
Words with LIMAX inside
8 words contain LIMAX in the middle. Words that start with LIMAX are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LIMAX
Common questions about LIMAX
- Is LIMAX valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and LIMAX is not in it.
- How many points is LIMAX worth?
- LIMAX is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LIMAX mean?
- A slug, or a member of the genus Limax, a group of land slugs with a small internal shell.
- What letters can be added to LIMAX?
- LIMAX takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LIMAX:
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