liminal

Adj

Of or pertaining to an entrance or threshold.
Pertaining to or in a state that is in-between or transitional between two (or more) other states, while belonging to neither; pertaining to or in a state such as to be neither definitively in a particular other state or category nor definitively outside it.
Of or pertaining to a beginning or first stage of a process.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin limināris, 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)).

Synonyms

inceptive, inchoative, marginal, thresholdlike

Scrabble Score: 9

liminal is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
liminal is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
liminal is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

liminal is a valid Words With Friends word