IMP is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. IMP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept IMP?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful IMP is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 9 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for IMP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How IMP scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in IMP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,492.
What does IMP mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small mischievous devil, or a naughty child.
Imp began as a gardening word: it meant a young shoot grafted onto a tree, then a young descendant, then a small devil. The journey took four hundred years, and the use about a child is the only affectionate one left of the three.
How IMP is used
Countable: an imp, two imps.
- The imp on the carving has been there since 1300.
- She called him an imp and meant it kindly.
- An imp in folklore is small and troublesome rather than evil.
- The word imp once meant a grafted shoot.
- Two imps and a dog wrecked the afternoon.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of IMP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with IMP
Showing 24 of 963 words that begin with IMP.
Words ending in IMP
18 words end in IMP. Useful as a back hook: play IMP onto a word already on the board.
Words with IMP inside
Showing 24 of 376 words that contain IMP somewhere in the middle. Words that start with IMP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in IMP
Common questions about IMP
- Is IMP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts IMP, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is IMP worth?
- IMP is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does IMP mean?
- A small mischievous devil, or a naughty child.
- What letters can be added to IMP?
- IMP takes 9 hooks: 7 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of IMP:
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