borderline

1. Of a questionable nature or quality: an applicant with borderline qualifications.

2. Psychology Relating to any phenomenon that is intermediate between two groups and not clearly categorized in either group: a borderline state showing the characteristics of both neurotic and psychotic reactions.

3. Relating to a condition characterized by a pattern of instability in mood, interpersonal relations, and self-image, and manifested by self-destructive, impulsive, and inconsistent behavior: the borderline syndrome.

4. Verging on a given quality or condition: borderline poverty.

5. Being in an intermediate position or state not fully classifiable as one thing or its opposite .

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1. A line that establishes or marks a border.

2. An indefinite area intermediate between two qualities or conditions: The borderline between love and hate is often thin.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
borderline	13	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
be	4
bi	4
bo	4
de	3
do	3
ed	3
el	2
en	2
er	2
id	3
in	2
li	2
lo	2
ne	2
no	2
od	3
oe	2
oi	2
on	2
or	2
re	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
bed	6
bee	5
bel	5
ben	5
bid	6
bin	5
bio	5
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bro	5
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dee	4
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reb	5
red	4
ree	3
rei	3
rib	5
rid	4
rin	3
rob	5
rod	4
roe	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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beer	6
bend	7
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bird	7
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ride	5
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rile	4
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robe	6
rode	5
roil	4
role	4
roid	5

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
bedel	8
beedi	8
belie	7
belon	7
bider	8
bield	8
biner	7
birle	7
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redon	6
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roble	7
ronde	6

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
belied	9
belier	8
bender	9
berlin	8
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bindle	9
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redone	7
reined	7
relend	7
relied	7
relier	6
reline	6
render	7
roiled	7
rondel	7

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
bendier	10
berline	9
berried	10
blender	10
blinder	10
blonder	10
bridler	10
brindle	10
broider	10
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deboner	10
dernier	8
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enrobed	10
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inbreed	10
loriner	7
nerdier	8
onerier	7
reblend	10
rebored	10
redbone	10
redline	8
relined	8
reoiled	8

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
bedliner	11
erodible	11
linebred	11
reboiled	11
redliner	9
rendible	11

10 Letters	Scrabble® Points
borderline	13