Unscramble IMPOUNDED and you have 213 words, IMPOUNDED itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is PODIUMED, 14 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from IMPOUNDED split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 6 with 7, 22 with 6, 34 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in IMPOUNDED: PODIUMED, 14 points.
DUMPED tops the 6-letter words from IMPOUNDED at 12 points; next come IMPEND and MOUPED on 11. MINDED and PODIUM will look familiar.
IMPED, MOPED and UMPED share the top score of 10 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble IMPOUNDED. POUND, DENIM and DEMON are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words in IMPOUNDED, DIMP and DUMP tie for first at 9 points. OPEN, DONE and MIND are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with IMPOUNDED letters, 4 score 7 points, the group's best. DID, END and MEN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of IMPOUNDED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with IM · ending in ED · all 9-letter words
IMPOUNDED first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
IMPOUNDED works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| IMPOUNDED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 213) | 175 | 213 | 162 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 38 of them: PODIUMED, MOUPED, PODDIE, PUDDEN, DIMP, PIONED, PUMIE, UMPIE, UNIPED, MOUP, OUPED, PENDU and 26 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: MUDPIE, DUPION, MENUDO, DEMOI, PEDI, DEP, DUM, DENI, DINO, EMO, MOI, PO and 1 more.