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Is IMP a Scrabble word?

Yes. IMP is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Meaning To engraft (a feather) on to a broken feather in a bird's wing or tail to repair it; to engraft (feathers) on to a bird, or a bird's wing or tail.

Verb 3 meanings

  1. To engraft (a feather) on to a broken feather in a bird's wing or tail to repair it; to engraft (feathers) on to a bird, or a bird's wing or tail.

  2. To provide (someone or something) with wings, hence enabling them or it to soar.

  3. To add to or unite an object with (something) to lengthen the latter out or repair it; to eke out, enlarge, strengthen.

Noun 4 meanings

  1. A small, mischievous sprite or a malevolent supernatural creature, somewhat comparable to a demon but smaller and less powerful, formerly regarded as the child of the devil or a demon (see sense 3.2).

  2. A mischievous child.

  3. A baby Tasmanian devil.

  4. A supporter (or less commonly, a player) of the Lincoln City Football Club.

Definitions adapted from Wiktionary: imp via Kaikki/Wiktextract, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English impen, ympen (“to plant; (figuratively) to bury; to graft; to add to, insert, put into, set in; to mend (a falcon’s feather) by attaching a new feather on to the broken stump”), from Old English impian, ġeimpian (“to graft”), from Proto-West Germanic *impōn (“to graft”), from Vulgar Latin *imputō (“to graft”), from Ancient Greek ἔμφῠτος (émphŭtos, “implanted; planted”), from ἐμφῠ́ω (emphŭ́ō, “to implant”, from ἐν- (en-, prefix meaning ‘in’) + φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō, “to bring forth, produce; to grow”, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to appear; to become; to grow”))) + -τος (-tos).

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IMP at a glance

IMP has 3 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (I 1 + M 3 + P 3) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #21,054 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -IMP

More endings

Same last three letters as IMP. This is a spelling match, so not every word here rhymes.

  • SHRIMP13
  • LIMP8
  • PIMP10
  • CHIMP14
  • GIMP9
  • BLIMP11
  • WIMP11
  • CRIMP11
  • SKIMP13
  • SIMP8
  • SCRIMP12
  • PRIMP11

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