Unscramble LIMBECS and you have 93 words, LIMBECS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. LIMBECS has 1 anagram here, EMBLICS, scoring 13 like LIMBECS itself. Of the shorter words, CLIMBS, EMBLIC and LIMBEC lead with 12 points. The 7 letters split into 2 vowels and 5 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of LIMBECS at once for 63 in Scrabble (13 + 50) or 52 in Words With Friends (17 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from LIMBECS split into 2 with 7 letters, 6 with 6, 18 with 5, 31 with 4, 26 with 3 and 10 with 2.
Keep every letter of LIMBECS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with LI · ending in CS · all 7-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CLIMBS (12 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
LIMBECS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIMBECS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 93) | 78 | 93 | 73 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EMBLICS, LIMBECS, EMBLIC, LIMBEC, LESBIC, MELICS, CLEMS, SCLIM, CLEM, CIELS, CLIES, CIEL and 3 more, 15 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: EMICS, MICS, MIC, BES and MES, 5 in all.
These 5 words take every letter of LIMBECS plus a single extra one.