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Is impose a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word impose is a Scrabble US word. The word impose is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is impose a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word impose is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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Is impose a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word impose is a Words With Friends word. The word impose is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

IMPOSE,

5-letter words (4 found)

MOPES,POEMS,POISE,POMES,

4-letter words (26 found)

EMOS,EPOS,IMPS,MIPS,MISE,MISO,MOES,MOPE,MOPS,MOSE,OPES,PESO,PIES,PISE,PISO,POEM,POIS,POME,POMS,POSE,SEMI,SIMP,SIPE,SOME,SPIE,SPIM,

3-letter words (30 found)

EMO,EMS,IMP,IOS,ISM,ISO,MES,MIS,MOE,MOI,MOP,MOS,OES,OIS,OMS,OPE,OPS,OSE,PES,PIE,PIS,POI,POM,POS,PSI,SEI,SIM,SIP,SOM,SOP,

2-letter words (17 found)

EM,ES,IO,IS,ME,MI,MO,OE,OI,OM,OP,OS,PE,PI,PO,SI,SO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 79 words from impose according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of impose

impose

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French imposer (“to lay on, impose”), taking the place of Latin imponere (“to lay on, impose”), from in (“on, upon”) +‎ ponere (“to put, place”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪmˈpəʊz/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɪmˈpoʊz/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɪmˈpəʉz/
  • Rhymes: -əʊz

Verb

impose (third-person singular simple present imposes, present participle imposing, simple past and past participle imposed)

  1. (transitive) To establish or apply by authority.
  2. (intransitive) To be an inconvenience. (on or upon)
  3. To enforce: compel to behave in a certain way.
  4. To practice a trick or deception (on or upon).
  5. To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.
  6. To arrange in proper order on a table of stone or metal and lock up in a chase for printing; said of columns or pages of type, forms, etc.
  7. To place an encumbrance or burden on.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • imposition

Translations

Further reading

  • “impose”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “impose”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “impose”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • mopies, pomeis

French

Pronunciation

Verb

impose

  1. inflection of imposer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Verb

impose

  1. third-person singular past historic of imporre

Source: wiktionary.org