impearl

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
14
Letters
7

Definition of impearl

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (poetic, transitive)To form into pearls, or make pearly.
    “Virgins of equall birth, [...] / Shall draw thy picture, and record thy life; / One ſhall enſphere thine eyes, another ſhall / Impearl thy teeth[,] a third thy white and ſmall / Hand ſhall beſnow, a fourth incarnadine / Thy roſie cheek, [...]”
    “Or Starrs of Morning, Dew-Drops, which the Sun / Impearls on every leaf and every flouer.”
See all 2 definitions

verb

  1. (poetic, transitive)To form into pearls, or make pearly.
    “Virgins of equall birth, [...] / Shall draw thy picture, and record thy life; / One ſhall enſphere thine eyes, another ſhall / Impearl thy teeth[,] a third thy white and ſmall / Hand ſhall beſnow, a fourth incarnadine / Thy roſie cheek, [...]”
    “Or Starrs of Morning, Dew-Drops, which the Sun / Impearls on every leaf and every flouer.”
  2. (poetic, transitive)To decorate as if with pearls.
    “The Devvs of the Morning impearl every Thorn, and ſcatter Diamonds on the verdant Mantle of the Earth.”
    “Then I, long tried / By natural ills, received the comfort fast, / While budding at thy sight, my pilgrim's staff / Gave out green leaves with morning dews impearled.”
    “On life's long round by chance I found / A dell impearled with dew, / Where hyacinths, gushing from the ground, / Lent to the earth heaven's native hue / Of holy blue.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From im- + pearl.

Words you can make from impearl

162 playable · top: IMPALER (11 pts)

Best play impaler 11 points

7-letter words

2 words

6-letter words

10 words

5-letter words

23 words

4-letter words

65 words

3-letter words

44 words

2-letter words

17 words

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

A single letter you can add to impearl to make another valid word.

Find your best play with impearl

See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes impearl, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.