135 words come out when you unscramble IMPINGENT, starting with IMPINGENT itself: 14 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 12: 4 of them, PIGMENT, IMPINGE and EMPTING included. 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.
By length, the words from IMPINGENT split into 1 with 9 letters, 8 with 7, 27 with 6, 14 with 5, 37 with 4, 35 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 8 letters.
EMPING, IMPING and PIGMEN share the top score of 11 among the 6-letter words made with IMPINGENT letters. MINING, TIMING and IGNITE are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from IMPINGENT, GIMP leads with 9 points, then EMPT and IMPI on 8. TIME, ITEM and MINI are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of IMPINGENT, with one letter different:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by IMPINGE, PIGMENT and TEMPING (12 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
IMPINGENT is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| IMPINGENT itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 135) | 102 | 135 | 94 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 33 of them: IMPINGENT, EMPTING, PIGMEN, MEINING, PIMENT, GEMINI, MENING, NEMPT, PENING, EMPT, MINGE, MINNIE and 21 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: EMPING, MEG, GITE, INNIE, NEG, TEIN, GI and TE.
This word takes every letter of IMPINGENT plus a single extra one.