Limpet

6 lettersnounmoderate

Updated 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.”

Pronunciation

Syllables

lim·pet

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Synonyms

molluscshellfish

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Wordle

The T ending after -PET is distinctive, and the MP cluster in the middle is the key pattern to identify

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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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Shorter words formed from the letters in “limpet”.

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