What IMPASSE Means
- noun: a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible“reached an impasse on the negotiations”
- noun: a street with only one way in or out
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
IMPASSE 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 S1 S1 E1.
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 IMPASSE (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In IMPASSE
142 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 (7)
5 letter words (33)
AMIESAMISSAPISMAPSESAPSISASPISMAISEMASESMASSEMESASMISESMISSAPAISEPASESPASSEPIMASPISESSAIMSSAMESSAMPISAMPSSEAMSSEISMSEMISSEPIASIMASSIMPSSIPESSPAESSPAMSSPASMSPIESSPIMS
4 letter words (51)
AIMSAMESAMIEAMISAMPSAPESAPSEASPSIMPSISMSMAESMAPSMASEMASSMESAMESSMIPSMISEMISSPAISPAMSPASEPASSPEASPIASPIESPIMAPISEPSISSAIMSAISSAMESAMPSAMSSAPSSEAMSEASSEISSEMISEPSSIESSIMASIMPSIMSSIPESIPSSPAESPAMSPASSPIESPIM
3 letter words (36)
AIMAISAMEAMIAMPAPEASPEASEMSESSIMPISMMAEMAPMASMESMISPAMPASPEAPESPIAPIEPISPSISAESAISAMSAPSEASEISIMSIPSISSMASPA
2 letter words (15)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.