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IMPOSTS

7 letters, 11 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What IMPOSTS Means

IMPOSTS is a form of IMPOST, which means:

  1. noun: money collected under a tariff
  2. noun: the lowest stone in an arch, from which it springs

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

IMPOSTS 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 O1 S1 T1 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 IMPOSTS (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In IMPOSTS

120 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 (6)

5 letter words (21)

4 letter words (43)

3 letter words (34)

2 letter words (16)

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.