impossible: meaning and words from its letters
10 letters · 16 letter points · starts with I · ends with E
Meaning of impossible
adj
- not-comparable, usually
Not possible; not able to be done or happen.
Example: It is difficult, if not impossible, to memorize 20,000 consecutive numbers.
- colloquial, not-comparable, usually
Very difficult to deal with.
Example: You never listen to a word I say – you're impossible!
- dated, not-comparable, usually
imaginary
Example: impossible quantities, or imaginary numbers
Listed forms: inpossible.
Source: Wiktionary — impossible.
noun
An impossibility.
A skateboard trick consisting of a backflip performed in midair.
Listed forms: impossibles, inpossible.
Source: Wiktionary — impossible.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for impossible.
adjective
totally unlikely
- inconceivable
- out of the question
- unimaginable
adjective
(used of persons or their behavior) not acceptable or reasonable
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is impossible in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of impossible
I(1) + M(3) + P(3) + O(1) + S(1) + S(1) + I(1) + B(3) + L(1) + E(1) = 16 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of impossible
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from impossible
253 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in impossible. Showing up to 24, longest first.