IMU is not a Scrabble word — it is valid only in Words with Friends
No for Scrabble. IMU is in none of the Scrabble word lists, but Words with Friends accepts it: that game keeps its own list, and it includes short forms that the paper dictionaries never carried. Worth 7 points there.
Which word lists accept IMU?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Not listed |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful IMU is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for IMU
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How IMU scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in IMU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What does IMU mean in Scrabble?
noun
A Hawaiian earth oven in which food is cooked on hot stones.
An imu is dug, lined with stones, heated with a fire that is then raked out, and closed over with leaves and earth for several hours. The method cooks a whole pig without anybody standing over it, which is why it belongs to feasts rather than to weeknights — and the digging is as much a part of the day as the eating.
How IMU is used
Countable: an imu, two imus. Food from it is described as cooked in the imu.
- The imu was dug the day before and lit at dawn.
- A pig from the imu feeds sixty people.
- They opened the imu and the steam went up in one cloud.
- Lining the imu takes longer than lighting it.
- Nothing else cooks quite the way an imu does.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of IMU and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with IMU
1 longer words begin with IMU.
Words ending in IMU
3 words end in IMU. Useful as a back hook: play IMU onto a word already on the board.
Words with IMU inside
Showing 24 of 170 words that contain IMU somewhere in the middle. Words that start with IMU are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in IMU
Common questions about IMU
- Is IMU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts IMU, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is IMU worth?
- IMU is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does IMU mean?
- A Hawaiian earth oven in which food is cooked on hot stones.
- What letters can be added to IMU?
- IMU takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of IMU:
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