LIMED is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. LIMED is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LIMED?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LIMED is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LIMED
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How LIMED scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LIMED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What does LIMED mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Treated with lime, or whitened by it.
Limed oak is the finish where a paste is worked into the open grain and wiped off the surface, so the pattern of the wood shows pale against a darker background. Farmers use the word quite differently: a limed field has had its acidity corrected, and a limed wall has been painted with something that kills whatever grows on it.
How LIMED is used
Used before and after the noun — limed oak, the floor was limed.
- The limed oak table came from a house sale.
- A limed floor shows every mark for the first year.
- They limed the top field in February.
- The wall was limed twice and stayed clean for a decade.
- Limed timber looks grey until it is waxed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LIMED and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in LIMED
8 words end in LIMED. Useful as a back hook: play LIMED onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in LIMED
Common questions about LIMED
- Is LIMED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LIMED, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LIMED worth?
- LIMED is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LIMED mean?
- Treated with lime, or whitened by it.
- What letters can be added to LIMED?
- LIMED takes 2 hooks: 2 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LIMED:
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