IMPARADISE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. IMPARADISE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept IMPARADISE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful IMPARADISE is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for IMPARADISE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How IMPARADISE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in IMPARADISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so IMPARADISE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does IMPARADISE mean in Scrabble?
verb
poeticrare
To fill someone with great happiness, as if placing them in paradise.
Imparadise belongs to elevated poetry, famously in Milton, where lovers are made blissful. Today nobody would use it in conversation, and it survives only in verse and word lists.
How IMPARADISE is used
Imparadise is poetic and rare, found in older literary texts.
- The music seemed to imparadise every listener in the hall.
- Poets once wrote that love can imparadise the humblest cottage.
- Her smile could imparadise a weary traveller.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of IMPARADISE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with IMPARADISE
2 longer words begin with IMPARADISE.
Shorter words from the letters in IMPARADISE
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Common questions about IMPARADISE
- Is IMPARADISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts IMPARADISE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is IMPARADISE worth?
- IMPARADISE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does IMPARADISE mean?
- To fill someone with great happiness, as if placing them in paradise.
- What letters can be added to IMPARADISE?
- IMPARADISE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of IMPARADISE:
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