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Is impulse a Scrabble word?

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

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Is impulse a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Yes. The word impulse is a Words With Friends word. The word impulse is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

IMPULSE,

6-letter words (12 found)

EPULIS,IMPELS,MESPIL,MUESLI,MULIES,PILEUM,PILEUS,PLUMES,PUMIES,SEPIUM,SIMPLE,UMPIES,

5-letter words (38 found)

ILEUM,ILEUS,IMPEL,LIEUS,LIMES,LIMPS,LIPES,LUMPS,MILES,MUILS,MULES,MULIE,MULSE,PILES,PILUM,PILUS,PIUMS,PLIES,PLIMS,PLUES,PLUME,PLUMS,PULES,PULIS,PULSE,PUMIE,PUSLE,SIMUL,SLIME,SLIPE,SLUMP,SMILE,SPEIL,SPIEL,SPILE,SPULE,SPUME,UMPIE,

4-letter words (56 found)

ELMS,EMUS,IMPS,ISLE,LEIS,LEPS,LIES,LIEU,LIME,LIMP,LIPE,LIPS,LISP,LUES,LUMP,LUMS,MELS,MEUS,MILE,MILS,MIPS,MISE,MUIL,MULE,MUSE,PELS,PIES,PILE,PISE,PIUM,PLIE,PLIM,PLUE,PLUM,PLUS,PULE,PULI,PULS,SEIL,SEMI,SILE,SIMP,SIPE,SLIM,SLIP,SLUE,SLUM,SPIE,SPIM,SPUE,SUMI,SUMP,SUPE,ULES,UMES,UMPS,

3-letter words (43 found)

ELM,ELS,EMS,EMU,IMP,ISM,LEI,LEP,LES,LEU,LIE,LIP,LIS,LUM,MEL,MES,MEU,MIL,MIS,MUS,PEL,PES,PIE,PIS,PIU,PLU,PSI,PUL,PUS,SEI,SEL,SIM,SIP,SUE,SUI,SUM,SUP,ULE,UME,UMP,UMS,UPS,USE,

2-letter words (14 found)

EL,EM,ES,IS,LI,ME,MI,MU,PE,PI,SI,UM,UP,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 165 words from impulse according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of impulse

impulse

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French impulser, from Latin impulsus.

For spelling, as in pulse, the -e (on -lse) is so the end is pronounced /ls/, rather than /lz/ as in pulls, and does not change the vowel (‘u’). Compare else, false, convulse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪmpʌls/
  • Hyphenation: im‧pulse

Noun

impulse (plural impulses)

  1. A thrust; a push; a sudden force that impels.
    • c. 1715-1716, Samuel Clarke, letter to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
      All spontaneous animal motion is performed by mechanical impulse.
  2. A wish or urge, particularly a sudden one prompting action.
  3. (physics) The integral of force over time.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • impel
  • impulsion
  • impulsive
  • impulsively
  • impulsiveness
  • impulsivity
  • impulsor
  • pulse

Translations

Verb

impulse (third-person singular simple present impulses, present participle impulsing, simple past and past participle impulsed)

  1. (transitive) To impel; to incite.

References

  • “impulse”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “impulse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “impulse”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

French

Pronunciation

  • Homophones: impulsent, impulses

Verb

impulse

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

Italian

Verb

impulse

  1. third-person singular past historic of impellere

Latin

Participle

impulse

  1. vocative masculine singular of impulsus

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /imˈpulse/ [ĩmˈpul.se]
  • Rhymes: -ulse
  • Syllabification: im‧pul‧se

Verb

impulse

  1. inflection of impulsar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org