LIMBO is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. LIMBO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LIMBO?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LIMBO is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LIMBO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
limbosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LIMBO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LIMBO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does LIMBO mean in Scrabble?
noun
A state of being stuck between two outcomes, with no clear decision made either way.
Someone in limbo is waiting for a decision that has not yet come, unable to move forward or fully return to how things were before. The word began in Christian theology as a name for a place neither heaven nor hell, and it later broadened to describe any unresolved, in-between situation in everyday life. A stalled job application or an unfinished renovation are both commonly described as being left in limbo.
How LIMBO is used
Limbo is common in everyday speech for uncertainty, separate from its older, specifically religious sense.
- The merger left hundreds of employees in limbo for months.
- Their travel plans remained in limbo until the border reopened.
- The project sat in limbo while the two departments argued over budget.
- She felt stuck in limbo, waiting for the test results to arrive.
- The old contract left the property in a strange administrative limbo.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LIMBO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LIMBO
5 longer words begin with LIMBO.
Shorter words from the letters in LIMBO
Common questions about LIMBO
- Is LIMBO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LIMBO, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LIMBO worth?
- LIMBO is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LIMBO mean?
- A state of being stuck between two outcomes, with no clear decision made either way.
- What letters can be added to LIMBO?
- LIMBO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LIMBO:
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