What IMPALES Means
IMPALES is a form of IMPALE, which means:
- verb: pierce with a sharp stake or point“impale a shrimp on a skewer”
- verb: kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole“the enemies were impaled and left to die”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
IMPALES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as I1 M3 P3 A1 L1 E1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 61 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Anagrams of IMPALES (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In IMPALES
249 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (18)
5 letter words (60)
4 letter words (95)
3 letter words (57)
2 letter words (19)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.