Is IMPRESSING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, IMPRESSING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 15 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does IMPRESSING mean?
Impressing is a form of IMPRESS.
- verb
have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
“This child impressed me as unusually mature”
- verb
impress positively
“The young chess player impressed her audience”
- verb
produce or try to produce a vivid impression of
“Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us”
- verb
mark or stamp with or as if with pressure
“To make a batik, you impress a design with wax”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
15
Scrabble
19
Words With Friends
10
Letters
I (1) + M (3) + P (3) + R (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) = 15 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 IMPRESSING
IMPRESSING 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 IMPRESSING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- impingers14
- premising14
- simpering14
- impinger13
- impinges13
- impregns13
- primings13
- griminess12
- pismires12
- primines12
- primness12
- empings12
- gimpier12
- gripmen12
- impinge12
- impings12
- impregn12
- perming12
- pigmies12
- priming12
- grimness11
- pressing11
- prissing11
- remising11
- speiring11
- spiering11
- springes11
- impress11
- mispens11
- pismire11
- premiss11
- primine11
- primsie11
- simpers11
- spirems11
- emping11
- imping11
- inspires10
- miriness10
- riminess10
- gipsies10
- messing10
- mingier10
- missing10
- peising10
- pieings10
- pingers10
- pissing10
- prising10
- spiring10
- springe10
- springs10
- mispen10
- primes10
- prisms10
- simper10
- sperms10
- spirem10
- gimps10
- inspire9
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