Limpet
6 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
A marine mollusc with a low conical shell that clings tenaciously to coastal rocks.
“At low tide, the rocks were covered with limpets firmly attached to the surface.”
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lim·pet
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The T ending after -PET is distinctive, and the MP cluster in the middle is the key pattern to identify
Scrabble
P scores 3 and T scores 1, giving LIMPET a total of 10 points, a solid play for clearing a P tile
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