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Yes. The word impasse is a Scrabble US word. The word impasse is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word impasse is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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7-letter words (2 found)

IMPASSE,PESSIMA,

6-letter words (8 found)

AMISES,APISMS,ASPIES,MAISES,MISSAE,PASSIM,SAMPIS,SEPIAS,

5-letter words (34 found)

AMIES,AMISS,APISM,APSES,APSIS,ASPIE,ASPIS,MAISE,MASES,MASSE,MESAS,MISES,MISSA,PAISE,PASES,PASSE,PIMAS,PISES,SAIMS,SAMES,SAMPI,SAMPS,SEAMS,SEISM,SEMIS,SEPIA,SIMAS,SIMPS,SIPES,SPAES,SPAMS,SPASM,SPIES,SPIMS,

4-letter words (52 found)

AIMS,AMES,AMIE,AMIS,AMPS,APES,APSE,ASPS,IMPS,ISMS,MAES,MAPS,MASE,MASS,MESA,MESS,MIPS,MISE,MISS,PAIS,PAMS,PASE,PASS,PEAS,PIAS,PIES,PIMA,PISE,PISS,PSIS,SAIM,SAIS,SAME,SAMP,SAMS,SAPS,SEAM,SEAS,SEIS,SEMI,SEPS,SIES,SIMA,SIMP,SIMS,SIPE,SIPS,SPAE,SPAM,SPAS,SPIE,SPIM,

3-letter words (37 found)

AIM,AIS,AME,AMI,AMP,APE,ASP,ASS,EAS,EMS,ESS,IMP,ISM,MAE,MAP,MAS,MES,MIS,PAM,PAS,PEA,PES,PIA,PIE,PIS,PSI,SAE,SAI,SAM,SAP,SEA,SEI,SIM,SIP,SIS,SMA,SPA,

2-letter words (15 found)

AE,AI,AM,AS,EA,EM,ES,IS,MA,ME,MI,PA,PE,PI,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 149 words from impasse according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of impasse

impasse

Etymology

Borrowed from French impasse.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæmpɑːs/, /æmˈpɑːs/, /ˈɪmpɑːs/, /ɪmˈpɑːs/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɪmpæs/, /ɪmˈpæs/

Noun

impasse (plural impasses)

  1. A road with no exit; a cul-de-sac. [from 1851]
  2. (figurative) A deadlock or stalemate situation in which no progress can be made.

Translations

References

Further reading

  • “impasse”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • pessima, sempais

Dutch

Etymology

From French impasse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɪmˈpɑsə/
  • Hyphenation: im‧pas‧se
  • Rhymes: -ɑsə

Noun

impasse f (plural impasses or impassen)

  1. impasse (situation in which no progress can be made)

French

Etymology

From im- +‎ passe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.pas/, /ɛ̃.pɑs/

Noun

impasse f (plural impasses)

  1. stalemate, impasse (situation in which no progress can be made; not used in the chess sense of stalemate)
  2. dead-end; cul-de-sac (street)

Derived terms

  • faire l’impasse

Descendants

  • → English: impasse
  • → German: Impasse
  • → Italian: impasse
  • → Dutch: impasse
  • → Portuguese: impasse
  • → Spanish: impasse

Further reading

  • “impasse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  • “impasse” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
  • “impasse” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.

Galician

Verb

impasse

  1. (reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of impar

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French impasse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /emˈpas/
  • Rhymes: -as

Noun

impasse f (invariable)

  1. impasse, dead-end, deadlock, stalemate
    Synonym: stallo

References

Further reading

  • impasse in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

  • Messapi, assempi, pessima

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French impasse.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: im‧pas‧se

Noun

impasse m (plural impasses)

  1. impasse (a situation in which no progress can be made)

Further reading

  • “impasse” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Alternative forms

  • impás

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French impasse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /imˈpas/ [ĩmˈpas]
  • Rhymes: -as

Noun

impasse m (plural impasses)

  1. impasse

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

  • “impasse”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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