IMPOSTHUME is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. IMPOSTHUME is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept IMPOSTHUME?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful IMPOSTHUME is to know. It scores 19 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for IMPOSTHUME
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How IMPOSTHUME scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in IMPOSTHUME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so IMPOSTHUME has to be built on the board across turns.
What does IMPOSTHUME mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicmedical
A swelling filled with pus; an abscess.
Imposthume is an old medical word that survives mainly in historical writing. Physicians once spoke of an imposthume in the throat or the side when an infected lump formed. Modern clinicians simply say abscess.
How IMPOSTHUME is used
Archaic; seen in period literature and historical medical texts.
- The chronicler wrote that the king died of an imposthume.
- The surgeon lanced the imposthume and drained it.
- An imposthume formed beneath the old wound.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of IMPOSTHUME and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with IMPOSTHUME
2 longer words begin with IMPOSTHUME.
Shorter words from the letters in IMPOSTHUME
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Common questions about IMPOSTHUME
- Is IMPOSTHUME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts IMPOSTHUME, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is IMPOSTHUME worth?
- IMPOSTHUME is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does IMPOSTHUME mean?
- A swelling filled with pus; an abscess.
- What letters can be added to IMPOSTHUME?
- IMPOSTHUME takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of IMPOSTHUME:
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