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Yes. The word impostor is a Scrabble US word. The word impostor is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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8-letter words (1 found)

IMPOSTOR,

7-letter words (2 found)

IMPORTS,TROPISM,

6-letter words (16 found)

IMPORT,IMPOST,IMPOTS,IMPROS,MOTORS,POORIS,POORTS,PORISM,PRIMOS,PROMOS,PROSIT,RIPOST,ROOPIT,TRIPOS,TROMPS,TROOPS,

5-letter words (70 found)

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4-letter words (85 found)

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3-letter words (55 found)

IMP,IOS,ISM,ISO,ITS,MIR,MIS,MOI,MOO,MOP,MOR,MOS,MOT,OIS,OMS,OOM,OOP,OOR,OOS,OOT,OPS,OPT,ORS,ORT,PIR,PIS,PIT,POI,POM,POO,POS,POT,PRO,PSI,PST,RIM,RIP,RIT,ROM,ROO,ROT,SIM,SIP,SIR,SIT,SOM,SOP,SOT,SRI,TIP,TIS,TOM,TOO,TOP,TOR,

2-letter words (18 found)

IO,IS,IT,MI,MO,OI,OM,OO,OP,OR,OS,PI,PO,SI,SO,ST,TI,TO,

You can make 247 words from impostor according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of impostor

impostor

Alternative forms

  • imposter
  • impostour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French imposteur.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɒstə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɑstɚ/
  • Hyphenation: im‧pos‧tor

Noun

impostor (plural impostors)

  1. Someone who attempts to deceive by using an assumed name or identity.
  2. (computer graphics) A sprite or animation integrated into a three-dimensional scene, but not based on an actual 3D model.
  3. (linguistics) A term referenced in an unusual grammatical person.

Usage notes

impostor is the traditional spelling; imposter was relatively rare, but has become almost as common as impostor since 2000.[1]

Synonyms

  • impersonator
  • See also Thesaurus:deceiver

Hyponyms

  • quack

Derived terms

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin impostōrem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [im.pusˈto]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [im.posˈto]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [im.posˈtoɾ]

Noun

impostor m (plural impostors, feminine impostora)

  1. impostor (someone who uses a false identity)

Further reading

  • “impostor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “impostor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “impostor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “impostor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Late Latin impostor.

Noun

impostor m (plural impostores, feminine impostora, feminine plural impostoras)

  1. impostor (someone who uses a false identity)

Further reading

  • “impostor” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Latin

Etymology

From earlier impositor, agent noun of impōnō.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /imˈpos.tor/, [ɪmˈpɔs̠t̪ɔr]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /imˈpos.tor/, [imˈpɔst̪or]

Noun

impostor m (genitive impostōris); third declension

  1. (Late Latin) impostor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

References

  • -ōris imposter, -ōris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

Alternative forms

  • imposter

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin impostor. Doublet of imposter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /imˈpɔs.tɔr/
  • Rhymes: -ɔstɔr
  • Syllabification: im‧pos‧tor

Noun

impostor m pers

  1. (dated) impostor (someone who uses a false identity)
    Hypernym: oszust

Declension

Further reading

  • impostor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin impostōrem.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: im‧pos‧tor

Noun

impostor m (plural impostores, feminine impostora, feminine plural impostoras)

  1. impostor (someone who uses a false identity)

Related terms

  • impor
  • imposto

Further reading

  • “impostor” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French imposteur.

Noun

impostor m (plural impostori)

  1. impostor

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin impostor. Cognate with English impostor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /imposˈtoɾ/ [ĩm.posˈt̪oɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: im‧pos‧tor

Noun

impostor m (plural impostores, feminine impostora, feminine plural impostoras)

  1. impostor (someone who uses a false identity)

Related terms

Further reading

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

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