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Unscramble IMPORTUNE — 376 words
The letters IMPORTUNE rearrange into 1 full anagram and 376 words in total.
- Total words
- 376
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 9 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 4 : 5
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 4 vowels (I, O, U, E) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 5 remaining consonants (M, P, R, T, N).
importune in a sentence
“Of all other affections it [envy] is the most importune and continual.”
— Webster 1913
Anagrams of IMPORTUNE
One word uses all 9 letters:
- importune
9-letter words
1 word found- importune13
8-letter words
2 words found- eruption10
- orpiment12
7-letter words
19 words found- imputer11
- pimento11
- pinetum11
- promine11
- protium11
- tripmen11
- umptier11
- minuter9
- mounter9
- pointer9
- poutier9
- poutine9
- protein9
- remount9
- repoint9
+ 4 more 7-letter words
6-letter words
50 words found- impone10
- import10
- impure10
- impute10
- mopier10
- optime10
- permit10
- pitmen10
- potmen10
- rumpot10
- trompe10
- umpire10
- uptime10
- inpour8
- iterum8
+ 35 more 6-letter words
5-letter words
82 words found- impro9
- moper9
- opium9
- prime9
- primo9
- proem9
- tempi9
- tempo9
- tromp9
- trump9
- enorm7
- erupt7
- inept7
- input7
- mento7
+ 67 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
113 words found- mope8
- perm8
- poem8
- pome8
- prim8
- prom8
- romp8
- rump8
- temp8
- tump8
- emir6
- emit6
- item6
- meno6
- menu6
+ 98 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
79 words found- imp7
- mop7
- pom7
- ump7
- emo5
- emu5
- men5
- met5
- mir5
- moi5
- mon5
- mor5
- mot5
- mun5
- mut5
+ 64 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
30 words found- em4
- me4
- mi4
- mo4
- mu4
- om4
- op4
- pe4
- pi4
- po4
- um4
- up4
- en2
- er2
- et2
+ 15 more 2-letter words
Words hidden inside IMPORTUNE
Without moving a single letter, reading importune straight through uncovers 6 shorter words — import, port, tune, imp, ort, tun. The longest unbroken run is import.
- import10
- port6
- tune4
- imp7
- ort3
- tun3
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Shorter words inside IMPORTUNE — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to IMPORTUNE
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and importune opens up 5 10-letter words. Handy when a puzzle gives you a blank or an extra square.
Best words for tile games
Playing Scrabble or Words with Friends? These finds carry the highest tile values (before any bonus squares).
- importune13
- orpiment12
- imputer11
- pimento11
- pinetum11
- promine11
- protium11
- tripmen11
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
9
Distinct
9
Vowels
44%
I, O, U, E
Consonants
56%
M, P, R, T, N
Solving IMPORTUNE: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters importune?
Rearranging the 9 letters in importune produces 376 valid words in total. A quick way to crack a scramble is to pull the vowels out first, then test familiar beginnings and endings (such as re-, un-, -ing, -ed and -er) against the consonants that are left. That approach lands the 9-letter answer importune here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does importune have any anagrams?
Using all 9 letters, importune rearranges into exactly one word: importune.
What is the longest word you can make from importune?
The longest solution is importune at 9 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from importune?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: importune yields emo, emu, eon, ern, imp, ion, ire, men, met and mir. Two- and three-letter words are handy for warming up, for tricky racks, and for hooking onto letters already on the board in games like Scrabble and Words with Friends.
How is the word "importune" used in a sentence?
Importune is itself a valid word. For example: "Of all other affections it [envy] is the most importune and continual." Seeing a jumble answer used in a real sentence makes it easier to remember next time it turns up.
Which word from importune scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, importune is the top scorer from importune at 13 points, followed by orpiment (12), imputer (11) and pimento (11). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside importune?
Read left to right without moving any letters and importune already contains 6 shorter words: import, port, tune, imp, ort and tun. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is import. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.