What IMPULSE Means
- noun: an instinctive motive“profound religious impulses”
- noun: a sudden desire“he bought it on an impulse”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
IMPULSE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as I1 M3 P3 U1 L1 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.
Words Made From The Letters In IMPULSE
156 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 (10)
5 letter words (36)
ILEUMILEUSIMPELLIEUSLIMESLIMPSLUMPSMILESMUILSMULESMULSEPILESPILUMPILUSPIUMSPLIESPLIMSPLUESPLUMEPLUMSPULESPULISPULSEPUMIEPUSLESIMULSLIMESLIPESLUMPSMILESPEILSPIELSPILESPULESPUMEUMPIE
4 letter words (54)
ELMSEMUSIMPSISLELEISLEPSLIESLIEULIMELIMPLIPELIPSLISPLUESLUMPLUMSMELSMEUSMILEMILSMIPSMISEMUILMULEMUSEPELSPIESPILEPISEPIUMPLIEPLIMPLUEPLUMPLUSPULEPULIPULSSEILSEMISILESIMPSIPESLIMSLIPSLUESLUMSPIESPIMSPUESUMPSUPEULESUMPS
3 letter words (42)
ELMELSEMSEMUIMPISMLEILEPLESLEULIELIPLISLUMMELMESMEUMILMISMUSPELPESPIEPISPIUPLUPSIPULPUSSEISELSIMSIPSUESUISUMSUPULEUMPUMSUPSUSE
2 letter words (14)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.