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Is lime a Scrabble word?
Yes. The word lime is a Scrabble US word. The word lime is worth 6 points in Scrabble:
L1I1M3E1
Is lime a Scrabble UK word?
Yes. The word lime is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:
L1I1M3E1
Is lime a Words With Friends word?
Yes. The word lime is a Words With Friends word. The word lime is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):
L2I1M4E1
You can make 13 words from lime according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
lime ilme lmie mlie imle mile liem ilem leim elim ielm eilm lmei mlei lemi elmi meli emli imel miel ieml eiml meil emil
Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word lime. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in lime.
From Middle English lyme, lym, lime, from Old English līm, from Proto-West Germanic *līm, from Proto-Germanic *līmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Liem (“glue”), Dutch lijm, German Leim (“glue”), Danish lim (from Old Norse lím), Latin limus (“mud”).
lime (countable and uncountable, plural limes)
lime (third-person singular simple present limes, present participle liming, simple past and past participle limed)
Lime (17th c.) and line (16th c.) are alterations of obsolete lind, from Middle English lynde, from Old English lind, from Proto-Germanic *lindijō. The phonetic development is unusual, but it has been suggested that it began in compounds (loss of -d- perhaps before tree, the change to -m- before labials as in bark or wood). Doublet of linden, which see.
lime (countable and uncountable, plural limes)
Both this and the citrus are trees with fragrant flowers, but this is more temperate and the citrus is more tropical and subtropical. Outside of Europe and adjoining parts of Asia, the citrus sense is much more common
From French lime, from Spanish lima, from Arabic لِيمَة (līma), from Persian لیمو (limu). Doublet of lemon.
lime (countable and uncountable, plural limes)
Both this and the linden are trees with fragrant flowers, but the linden is more temperate and this is more tropical and subtropical. Outside of Europe and adjoining parts of Asia, this sense is much more common.
lime (not comparable)
Back-formation from limer.
lime (third-person singular simple present limes, present participle liming, simple past and past participle limed)
lime (plural limes)
lime (plural limes)
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima.
lime
From English lime.
lime c (singular definite limen, plural indefinite lime or limes)
From the noun lim (“glue”).
lime (imperative lim, infinitive at lime, present tense limer, past tense limede, perfect tense har limet)
lime
From English lime.
lime
From Latin līma.
lime f (plural limes)
Borrowed from Spanish lima, from Arabic لِيمَة (līma).
lime f (plural limes)
lime
lime f pl
Borrowed from English lime.
lime m (invariable)
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
lime (plural lime dem, quantified lime)
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lime
From Persian لیمو (limu), via Arabic لِيمَة (līma), Spanish lima, and English lime.
lime m (definite singular limen, indefinite plural limer, definite plural limene)
From Old Norse líma.
lime (imperative lim, present tense limer, passive limes, simple past lima or limet or limte, past participle lima or limet or limt, present participle limende)
From Old Norse líma.
lime (present tense limer, past tense limde/limte, past participle limt, passive infinitive limast, present participle limande, imperative lim)
Borrowed from English lime. From Persian لیمو (limu), via Arabic لِيمَة (līma).
lime m (definite singular limen, indefinite plural limar, definite plural limane)
From Old Norse lími.
lime m (definite singular limen, indefinite plural limar, definite plural limane)
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