IMPEND is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. IMPEND is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept IMPEND?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful IMPEND is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for IMPEND
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
impendsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How IMPEND scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in IMPEND, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does IMPEND mean in Scrabble?
verb
formal
To be about to happen, especially of something unwelcome that seems close at hand.
Something that impends hangs over the present like a dark cloud. The Latin root means to hang upon, and writers use impend for storms, disasters, verdicts and deadlines that everyone can feel approaching. It is almost always found in its participle form, as in impending doom.
How IMPEND is used
Literary and formal; the form impending is by far the most common.
- A change in the weather seemed to impend all afternoon.
- Danger began to impend as the river rose.
- The writer let a sense of loss impend over every chapter.
- Famine would impend if the harvest failed again.
- No one dared to say what might impend.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of IMPEND and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with IMPEND
8 longer words begin with IMPEND.
Shorter words from the letters in IMPEND
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Common questions about IMPEND
- Is IMPEND valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts IMPEND, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is IMPEND worth?
- IMPEND is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does IMPEND mean?
- To be about to happen, especially of something unwelcome that seems close at hand.
- What letters can be added to IMPEND?
- IMPEND takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of IMPEND:
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