LIMBIC is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. LIMBIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LIMBIC?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LIMBIC is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LIMBIC
No single letter turns LIMBIC into another word.
How LIMBIC scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in LIMBIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,035 thousand.
What does LIMBIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to the limbic system, the group of brain structures involved in emotion, memory and basic drives.
The word comes from the Latin limbus, meaning an edge or border, because these structures were first described as a ring lying around the top of the brainstem. It is most often met in the phrase limbic system, which shapes feelings such as fear, pleasure and attachment. Outside neuroscience it is also used loosely for anything bordering on the instinctive side of behaviour.
How LIMBIC is used
Technical; almost always found in neuroscience, psychology and popular science writing about emotion.
- The limbic system helps decide whether a sudden noise is a threat.
- Researchers traced the strong reaction to limbic activity deep in the brain.
- Smell is tied closely to memory through limbic pathways.
- A limbic response can arrive before the thinking part of the mind has caught up.
- The lecture compared limbic impulses with careful reasoning.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LIMBIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in LIMBIC
Common questions about LIMBIC
- Is LIMBIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LIMBIC, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LIMBIC worth?
- LIMBIC is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LIMBIC mean?
- Relating to the limbic system, the group of brain structures involved in emotion, memory and basic drives.
- What letters can be added to LIMBIC?
- No single letter can be added to LIMBIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of LIMBIC:
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