IMPONE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. IMPONE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept IMPONE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful IMPONE is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for IMPONE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How IMPONE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in IMPONE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What does IMPONE mean in Scrabble?
verb
obsolete
To lay down a stake or wager.
Impone is a rare old verb, from Latin ponere meaning to place, and it was used for putting down money as a bet or pledge. It is a close cousin of impose and sometimes served as a variant of it. Today it survives mainly in word lists and in historical writing, and no ordinary speaker would use it.
How IMPONE is used
Obsolete; found only in old texts and in word games.
- The gambler would impone his last coin on the dice.
- They agreed to impone a pound apiece on the race.
- Old writers say men would impone their fortunes on a single card.
- He did not impone anything on the outcome.
- To impone a wager was once a common phrase in the ballads.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of IMPONE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with IMPONE
4 longer words begin with IMPONE.
Shorter words from the letters in IMPONE
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Common questions about IMPONE
- Is IMPONE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts IMPONE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is IMPONE worth?
- IMPONE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does IMPONE mean?
- To lay down a stake or wager.
- What letters can be added to IMPONE?
- IMPONE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of IMPONE:
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