Unscramble LIMBECKS to get 157 words. LIMBECKS itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. LIMBECK is the best of the shorter words, at 17 points. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from LIMBECKS split into 1 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 12 with 6, 37 with 5, 55 with 4, 35 with 3 and 11 with 2.
Of the 37 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LIMBECKS, 4 score 13 points, the group's best. MILES, SMILE and BIKES are the ones most people know.
4 of 55 4-letter words from LIMBECKS tie at 12 points; none scores more. LIKE, MIKE and BIKE will look familiar.
Trade one tile of LIMBECKS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with LI · ending in KS · all 8-letter words
The meaning of LIMBECKS, and of the 6 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
LIMBECKS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIMBECKS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 157) | 119 | 155 | 113 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
36 of the 157 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BLIKSEM, MELICKS, MELICK, EMBLICS, KEMBS, LIMBECS, MECKS, CLEIKS, EMBLIC, KEMB, LIMBEC, MECK and 24 more. 8 of the 157 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ICKS, EMICS, MICS, KIS, MIC, KI, BES and MES. 2 of the 157 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: MICKS and MICK.