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Is liminal a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word liminal is a Scrabble US word. The word liminal is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is liminal a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word liminal is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

LIMINAL,

6-letter words (2 found)

LIMAIL,LIMINA,

5-letter words (5 found)

ANIMI,ILIAL,LIMAN,MAILL,MILIA,

4-letter words (17 found)

AMIN,ANIL,ILIA,INIA,LAIN,LIMA,LIMN,MAIL,MAIN,MALI,MALL,MANI,MILL,MINA,MINI,NAIL,NILL,

3-letter words (16 found)

AIL,AIM,AIN,ALL,AMI,ANI,ILL,LAM,LIN,MAL,MAN,MIL,MNA,NAM,NIL,NIM,

2-letter words (10 found)

AI,AL,AM,AN,IN,LA,LI,MA,MI,NA,

You can make 51 words from liminal according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of liminal

liminal

Etymology

From Latin līminālis, from līmen (“doorstep, threshold; doorway, entrance; beginning, commencement”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship from nouns). Līmen is possibly derived from līmus (“askew; sideways”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l- (“to bend, bow; elbow”)) + -men (suffix forming neuter nouns of the third declension) (from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ (suffix forming action nouns or result nouns from verbs)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪmən(ə)l/
  • Hyphenation: li‧min‧al

Adjective

liminal (comparative more liminal, superlative most liminal)

  1. Of or pertaining to an entrance or threshold. [from late 19th c.]
    Synonym: thresholdlike
  2. Of or pertaining to a beginning or first stage of a process. [from late 19th c.]
    Synonyms: inceptive, inchoative, marginal

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Further reading

  • liminal (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “liminal”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Millian

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from English liminal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /li.mi.nal/

Adjective

liminal (feminine liminale, masculine plural liminaux, feminine plural liminales)

  1. (psychology) liminal
    Synonym: liminaire
    Coordinate terms: subliminal, supraliminal

Further reading

  • “liminal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French liminal.

Adjective

liminal m or n (feminine singular liminală, masculine plural liminali, feminine and neuter plural liminale)

  1. liminal

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org