Is IMPOVERISHED a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, IMPOVERISHED is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 23 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does IMPOVERISHED mean?
- adjective
poor enough to need help from others
- adjective
destroyed financially
“the broken fortunes of the family”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
23
Scrabble
25
Words With Friends
12
Letters
I (1) + M (3) + P (3) + O (1) + V (4) + E (1) + R (1) + I (1) + S (1) + H (4) + E (1) + D (2) = 23 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for IMPOVERISHED
IMPOVERISHED has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from IMPOVERISHED
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- impoverish20
- improvised18
- improvise16
- dimorphs16
- improved16
- shrimped16
- viperish16
- improves15
- shivered15
- shrieved15
- dimorph15
- midship15
- morphed15
- peevish15
- epidermis14
- reimposed14
- deprives14
- disprove14
- heirdoms14
- midshore14
- misdrive14
- misdrove14
- perished14
- prevised14
- provides14
- spheroid14
- dervish14
- hempier14
- hovered14
- imphees14
- improve14
- improvs14
- orphism14
- rompish14
- shrived14
- demireps13
- epiderms13
- impeders13
- premised13
- prismoid13
- promised13
- simpered13
- deprive13
- heirdom13
- homered13
- predive13
- provide13
- removed13
- shrieve13
- sphered13
- dovish13
- hempie13
- imphee13
- impish13
- improv13
- mopish13
- morphs13
- shived13
- shoved13
- shrimp13
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