Is IMPOVERISHES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, IMPOVERISHES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 22 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does IMPOVERISHES mean?
Impoverishes is a form of IMPOVERISH.
- verb
make poor
- verb
take away
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
22
Scrabble
24
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) + S (1) = 22 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 IMPOVERISHES
IMPOVERISHES 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 IMPOVERISHES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- impoverish20
- impressive17
- improvises17
- permissive17
- improvise16
- viperish16
- improves15
- orphisms15
- phimoses15
- phimosis15
- peevish15
- phoresies14
- remissive14
- shrieves14
- hempier14
- imphees14
- improve14
- improvs14
- orphism14
- rompish14
- shrimps14
- sophism14
- promisees13
- reimposes13
- emissive13
- heroisms13
- omissive13
- perishes13
- pheresis13
- previses13
- rosehips13
- verismos13
- shivers13
- shovers13
- shrieve13
- shrives13
- hempie13
- imphee13
- impish13
- improv13
- mopish13
- morphs13
- shrimp13
- hosieries12
- emprises12
- episomes12
- imposers12
- impreses12
- mispoise12
- moperies12
- pismires12
- premises12
- promisee12
- promises12
- reimpose12
- semipros12
- spiremes12
- heroism12
- meshier12
- missive12
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