Unscramble IMPENDING to get 141 words. IMPENDING itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. IMPEDING and IMPINGED are the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from IMPENDING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 7 with 7, 25 with 6, 19 with 5, 33 with 4, 40 with 3 and 13 with 2.
The best of the 6-letter words from IMPENDING is GIMPED, 12 points; EMPING and IMPEND on 11 follow. ENDING, DINING and MINING are everyday picks.
IMPED scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble IMPENDING at 10 points, ahead of MIDGE on 9 and DENIM on 8. INDIE and MINED are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words made with IMPENDING letters are led by DIMP and GIMP, 9 points each. MIND, MINI and MINE are the familiar ones.
IMP tops the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble IMPENDING at 7 points; next come DEP and DIM on 6. END, MEN and INN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of IMPENDING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with IM · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
What IMPENDING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. IMPENDING is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| IMPENDING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 141) | 112 | 141 | 103 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
29 of the 141 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PIGMEN, MEINING, MIDGIE, MINGED, DIMP, GEMINI, MENING, PENING, MINGE, MINNIE, PIEND, PINNIE and 17 more. 9 of the 141 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DEMINING, EMPING, PEDI, DEP, MEG, DENI, INNIE, NEG and GI.