Definition of imperfectly

"imperfectly" in the adverb sense

1. imperfectly, amiss

in an imperfect or faulty way

"The lobe was imperfectly developed"

"Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practiced more"- Jane Austen

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Quotations for imperfectly

Objects imperfectly discerned take forms from the hope or fear of the beholder. [ Johnson ]

Love is not a fire which can be confined within the breast; everything betrays it; and its fires imperfectly covered, only burst out the more. [ Racine ]

That mere will and industry can enable any man to accomplish anything is a belief common enough amongst imperfectly educated man. But no one of really cultivated intellect denies the variety of natural endowments. [ Hamerton ]

imperfectly in Scrabble®

The word imperfectly is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 23

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters imperfectly:

IMPERFECTLY
(234)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (22 words)

certify, cretify, crimple, emptier, emptily, epicyte, erectly, eyelift, fertile, metrify, perfect, perlite, petrify, prefect, prefile, prelect, premelt, receipt, rectify, reflect, reptile, yperite

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word imperfectly

IMPERFECTLY
(234)
IMPERFECTLY
(216)
IMPERFECTLY
(156)
IMPERFECTLY
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IMPERFECTLY
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IMPERFECTLY
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IMPERFECTLY
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IMPERFECTLY
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IMPERFECTLY
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IMPERFECTLY
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IMPERFECTLY
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IMPERFECTLY
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IMPERFECTLY
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IMPERFECTLY
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IMPERFECTLY
(56)
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IMPERFECTLY
(54)
IMPERFECTLY
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IMPERFECTLY
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IMPERFECTLY
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IMPERFECTLY
(50)
IMPERFECTLY
(50)
IMPERFECTLY
(39)
IMPERFECTLY
(39)
IMPERFECTLY
(33)
IMPERFECTLY
(31)
IMPERFECTLY
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IMPERFECTLY
(29)
IMPERFECTLY
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IMPERFECTLY
(28)
IMPERFECTLY
(28)

The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In imperfectly

IMPERFECTLY
(234)
IMPERFECTLY
(216)
IMPERFECTLY
(156)
IMPERFECTLY
(144)
PETRIFY
(110 = 60 + 50)
RECTIFY
(110 = 60 + 50)
METRIFY
(110 = 60 + 50)
CERTIFY
(110 = 60 + 50)
CRETIFY
(110 = 60 + 50)
IMPERFECTLY
(108)
CRETIFY
(107 = 57 + 50)
RECTIFY
(107 = 57 + 50)
METRIFY
(107 = 57 + 50)
PETRIFY
(107 = 57 + 50)
METRIFY
(107 = 57 + 50)
RECTIFY
(107 = 57 + 50)
PETRIFY
(107 = 57 + 50)
CERTIFY
(107 = 57 + 50)
CRETIFY
(107 = 57 + 50)
CERTIFY
(107 = 57 + 50)
PREFECT
(106 = 56 + 50)
EPICYTE
(106 = 56 + 50)
PERFECT
(106 = 56 + 50)
EMPTILY
(106 = 56 + 50)
PREFECT
(104 = 54 + 50)
PREFECT
(104 = 54 + 50)
PETRIFY
(104 = 54 + 50)
PERFECT
(104 = 54 + 50)
CERTIFY
(104 = 54 + 50)
EPICYTE
(104 = 54 + 50)
EMPTILY
(104 = 54 + 50)
CRETIFY
(104 = 54 + 50)
RECTIFY
(104 = 54 + 50)
METRIFY
(104 = 54 + 50)
PERFECT
(104 = 54 + 50)
EYELIFT
(102 = 52 + 50)
CRIMPLE
(102 = 52 + 50)
PERFECT
(101 = 51 + 50)
EPICYTE
(101 = 51 + 50)
PREFECT
(101 = 51 + 50)
PREFECT
(101 = 51 + 50)
EYELIFT
(101 = 51 + 50)
PERFECT
(101 = 51 + 50)
EYELIFT
(101 = 51 + 50)
EPICYTE
(101 = 51 + 50)
EMPTILY
(101 = 51 + 50)
EPICYTE
(101 = 51 + 50)
EMPTILY
(101 = 51 + 50)
IMPERFECTLY
(100)
REFLECT
(98 = 48 + 50)
RECTIFY
(98 = 48 + 50)
RECTIFY
(98 = 48 + 50)
METRIFY
(98 = 48 + 50)
METRIFY
(98 = 48 + 50)
CERTIFY
(98 = 48 + 50)
CERTIFY
(98 = 48 + 50)
METRIFY
(98 = 48 + 50)
RECTIFY
(98 = 48 + 50)
METRIFY
(98 = 48 + 50)
RECTIFY
(98 = 48 + 50)
CRIMPLE
(98 = 48 + 50)
RECTIFY
(98 = 48 + 50)
CRETIFY
(98 = 48 + 50)
CRIMPLE
(98 = 48 + 50)
CRETIFY
(98 = 48 + 50)
CERTIFY
(98 = 48 + 50)
REFLECT
(98 = 48 + 50)
CRETIFY
(98 = 48 + 50)
PETRIFY
(98 = 48 + 50)
CRETIFY
(98 = 48 + 50)
ERECTLY
(98 = 48 + 50)
CRETIFY
(98 = 48 + 50)
PETRIFY
(98 = 48 + 50)
PETRIFY
(98 = 48 + 50)
PETRIFY
(98 = 48 + 50)
CERTIFY
(98 = 48 + 50)
CERTIFY
(98 = 48 + 50)
PREFILE
(98 = 48 + 50)
PREFILE
(98 = 48 + 50)
PREFILE
(98 = 48 + 50)
METRIFY
(98 = 48 + 50)
PETRIFY
(98 = 48 + 50)
YPERITE
(98 = 48 + 50)
ERECTLY
(98 = 48 + 50)
CRIMPLE
(98 = 48 + 50)
YPERITE
(98 = 48 + 50)
CRIMPLE
(98 = 48 + 50)
IMPERFECTLY
(96)
METRIFY
(96 = 46 + 50)
IMPERFECTLY
(96)
PETRIFY
(96 = 46 + 50)
CERTIFY
(96 = 46 + 50)
RECTIFY
(96 = 46 + 50)
CRETIFY
(96 = 46 + 50)
EPICYTE
(95 = 45 + 50)
EMPTILY
(95 = 45 + 50)
EMPTILY
(95 = 45 + 50)
PREFECT
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EPICYTE
(95 = 45 + 50)
EPICYTE
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EMPTILY
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PERFECT
(95 = 45 + 50)
EMPTILY
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PREFECT
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PETRIFY
(95 = 45 + 50)
PREFILE
(95 = 45 + 50)
CERTIFY
(95 = 45 + 50)
PERFECT
(95 = 45 + 50)
EMPTILY
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PERFECT
(95 = 45 + 50)
PERFECT
(95 = 45 + 50)
EPICYTE
(95 = 45 + 50)
PREFECT
(95 = 45 + 50)
CRETIFY
(95 = 45 + 50)
PREFECT
(95 = 45 + 50)
REFLECT
(95 = 45 + 50)
METRIFY
(95 = 45 + 50)
ERECTLY
(95 = 45 + 50)
ERECTLY
(95 = 45 + 50)
RECTIFY
(95 = 45 + 50)
YPERITE
(95 = 45 + 50)
PREMELT
(94 = 44 + 50)
EMPTIER
(94 = 44 + 50)
PRELECT
(94 = 44 + 50)
RECEIPT
(94 = 44 + 50)
EPICYTE
(94 = 44 + 50)
EYELIFT
(92 = 42 + 50)
EYELIFT
(92 = 42 + 50)
IMPERFECTLY
(92)
EPICYTE
(92 = 42 + 50)
CRIMPLE
(92 = 42 + 50)
FERTILE
(92 = 42 + 50)
PRELECT
(92 = 42 + 50)
PREFECT
(92 = 42 + 50)
PRELECT
(92 = 42 + 50)
CRIMPLE
(92 = 42 + 50)
EYELIFT
(92 = 42 + 50)
EYELIFT
(92 = 42 + 50)
EYELIFT
(92 = 42 + 50)
CRIMPLE
(92 = 42 + 50)
EMPTILY
(92 = 42 + 50)
IMPERFECTLY
(92)
EMPTIER
(92 = 42 + 50)
EYELIFT
(92 = 42 + 50)
CRIMPLE
(92 = 42 + 50)
IMPERFECTLY
(92)
EYELIFT
(92 = 42 + 50)
IMPERFECTLY
(92)
EYELIFT
(92 = 42 + 50)
IMPERFECTLY
(92)
EMPTIER
(92 = 42 + 50)
RECEIPT
(92 = 42 + 50)
PREMELT
(92 = 42 + 50)
PERFECT
(92 = 42 + 50)
RECEIPT
(92 = 42 + 50)
PREMELT
(92 = 42 + 50)
PREMELT
(92 = 42 + 50)
RECTIFY
(92 = 42 + 50)
EMPTILY
(90 = 40 + 50)
EMPTILY
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EPICYTE
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PERFECT
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CRETIFY
(90 = 40 + 50)
CERTIFY
(90 = 40 + 50)
METRIFY
(90 = 40 + 50)
REFLECT
(90 = 40 + 50)
PETRIFY
(90 = 40 + 50)
IMPERFECTLY
(90)
RECTIFY
(90 = 40 + 50)
PREFECT
(90 = 40 + 50)
FERTILE
(90 = 40 + 50)
PREFILE
(89 = 39 + 50)
ERECTLY
(89 = 39 + 50)
YPERITE
(89 = 39 + 50)
PREFILE
(89 = 39 + 50)
ERECTLY
(89 = 39 + 50)
EYELIFT
(89 = 39 + 50)
YPERITE
(89 = 39 + 50)
PREFILE
(89 = 39 + 50)
PREFILE
(89 = 39 + 50)
ERECTLY
(89 = 39 + 50)
YPERITE
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ERECTLY
(89 = 39 + 50)
ERECTLY
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REFLECT
(89 = 39 + 50)
REFLECT
(89 = 39 + 50)
YPERITE
(89 = 39 + 50)
YPERITE
(89 = 39 + 50)
CRIMPLE
(89 = 39 + 50)
REFLECT
(89 = 39 + 50)
REFLECT
(89 = 39 + 50)
REFLECT
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REFLECT
(89 = 39 + 50)
YPERITE
(89 = 39 + 50)
PREFILE
(89 = 39 + 50)
EPICYTE
(88 = 38 + 50)
METRIFY
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CRIMPLE
(88 = 38 + 50)
EMPTILY
(88 = 38 + 50)
CRETIFY
(88 = 38 + 50)

imperfectly in Words With Friends™

The word imperfectly is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 26

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters imperfectly:

IMPERFECTLY
(378)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (22 words)

certify, cretify, crimple, emptier, emptily, epicyte, erectly, eyelift, fertile, metrify, perfect, perlite, petrify, prefect, prefile, prelect, premelt, receipt, rectify, reflect, reptile, yperite

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word imperfectly

IMPERFECTLY
(378)
IMPERFECTLY
(324)
IMPERFECTLY
(270)
IMPERFECTLY
(204)
IMPERFECTLY
(168)
IMPERFECTLY
(120)
IMPERFECTLY
(120)
IMPERFECTLY
(120)
IMPERFECTLY
(112)
IMPERFECTLY
(108)
IMPERFECTLY
(108)
IMPERFECTLY
(104)
IMPERFECTLY
(104)
IMPERFECTLY
(104)
IMPERFECTLY
(90)
IMPERFECTLY
(84)
IMPERFECTLY
(80)
IMPERFECTLY
(76)
IMPERFECTLY
(76)
IMPERFECTLY
(72)
IMPERFECTLY
(60)
IMPERFECTLY
(60)
IMPERFECTLY
(52)
IMPERFECTLY
(52)
IMPERFECTLY
(38)
IMPERFECTLY
(37)
IMPERFECTLY
(36)
IMPERFECTLY
(34)
IMPERFECTLY
(34)
IMPERFECTLY
(34)
IMPERFECTLY
(33)
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(32)
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(32)
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(32)
IMPERFECTLY
(31)
IMPERFECTLY
(30)
IMPERFECTLY
(30)
IMPERFECTLY
(29)

The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In imperfectly

IMPERFECTLY
(378)
IMPERFECTLY
(324)
IMPERFECTLY
(270)
IMPERFECTLY
(204)
IMPERFECTLY
(168)
PREFECT
(131 = 96 + 35)
PERFECT
(131 = 96 + 35)
EPICYTE
(128 = 93 + 35)
CRIMPLE
(122 = 87 + 35)
IMPERFECTLY
(120)
IMPERFECTLY
(120)
IMPERFECTLY
(120)
CRIMPLE
(116 = 81 + 35)
CRIMPLE
(116 = 81 + 35)
CRIMPLE
(116 = 81 + 35)
PREFECT
(113 = 78 + 35)
PERFECT
(113 = 78 + 35)
PREMELT
(113 = 78 + 35)
PREFECT
(113 = 78 + 35)
REFLECT
(113 = 78 + 35)
PERFECT
(113 = 78 + 35)
EMPTILY
(113 = 78 + 35)
PREFILE
(113 = 78 + 35)
EMPTILY
(113 = 78 + 35)
PRELECT
(113 = 78 + 35)
IMPERFECTLY
(112)
CRIMPLE
(110 = 75 + 35)
CRETIFY
(110 = 75 + 35)
EYELIFT
(110 = 75 + 35)
PETRIFY
(110 = 75 + 35)
CERTIFY
(110 = 75 + 35)
CRETIFY
(110 = 75 + 35)
CRIMPLE
(110 = 75 + 35)
EPICYTE
(110 = 75 + 35)
RECTIFY
(110 = 75 + 35)
ERECTLY
(110 = 75 + 35)
PETRIFY
(110 = 75 + 35)
CERTIFY
(110 = 75 + 35)
METRIFY
(110 = 75 + 35)
METRIFY
(110 = 75 + 35)
RECTIFY
(110 = 75 + 35)
CRIMPLE
(110 = 75 + 35)
IMPERFECTLY
(108)
IMPERFECTLY
(108)
EMPTILY
(107 = 72 + 35)
PREMELT
(107 = 72 + 35)
PREFILE
(107 = 72 + 35)
PREFECT
(107 = 72 + 35)
PERFECT
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PRELECT
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PREFECT
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PERFECT
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PREFILE
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PERFECT
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EMPTILY
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PREMELT
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PREFECT
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PERFECT
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PREFECT
(107 = 72 + 35)
REFLECT
(107 = 72 + 35)
EPICYTE
(104 = 69 + 35)
CERTIFY
(104 = 69 + 35)
CRETIFY
(104 = 69 + 35)
ERECTLY
(104 = 69 + 35)
PETRIFY
(104 = 69 + 35)
EPICYTE
(104 = 69 + 35)
RECEIPT
(104 = 69 + 35)
METRIFY
(104 = 69 + 35)
IMPERFECTLY
(104)
METRIFY
(104 = 69 + 35)
METRIFY
(104 = 69 + 35)
IMPERFECTLY
(104)
RECEIPT
(104 = 69 + 35)
EYELIFT
(104 = 69 + 35)
RECTIFY
(104 = 69 + 35)
IMPERFECTLY
(104)
CERTIFY
(104 = 69 + 35)
EMPTIER
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PETRIFY
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CERTIFY
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EMPTIER
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EPICYTE
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CRETIFY
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EPICYTE
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PETRIFY
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RECTIFY
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CRETIFY
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CRIMPLE
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CRIMPLE
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CRIMPLE
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YPERITE
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PREMELT
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PRELECT
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PREFILE
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PREFILE
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EMPTILY
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EMPTILY
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REFLECT
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PREFILE
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PRELECT
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PREMELT
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PREMELT
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PERFECT
(99 = 64 + 35)
PREFECT
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PERFECT
(99 = 64 + 35)
PYEMIC
(99)
PREFECT
(99 = 64 + 35)
EMPTILY
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EMPTILY
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PREFECT
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PERFECT
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EMPTILY
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FERTILE
(98 = 63 + 35)
ERECTLY
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PETRIFY
(98 = 63 + 35)
CRETIFY
(98 = 63 + 35)
REPTILE
(98 = 63 + 35)
EMPTIER
(98 = 63 + 35)
RECTIFY
(98 = 63 + 35)
ERECTLY
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CERTIFY
(98 = 63 + 35)
METRIFY
(98 = 63 + 35)
PERLITE
(98 = 63 + 35)
ERECTLY
(98 = 63 + 35)
CRIMPLE
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RECEIPT
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EYELIFT
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RECTIFY
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CERTIFY
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METRIFY
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REFLECT
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METRIFY
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CERTIFY
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METRIFY
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CRETIFY
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PREFECT
(95 = 60 + 35)
RECTIFY
(95 = 60 + 35)
PETRIFY
(95 = 60 + 35)
CERTIFY
(95 = 60 + 35)
CRETIFY
(95 = 60 + 35)
RECTIFY
(95 = 60 + 35)
EPICYTE
(95 = 60 + 35)
CRETIFY
(95 = 60 + 35)
PETRIFY
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EPICYTE
(95 = 60 + 35)
PERFECT
(95 = 60 + 35)
PETRIFY
(95 = 60 + 35)
PRELECT
(95 = 60 + 35)
EPICYTE
(95 = 60 + 35)
YPERITE
(95 = 60 + 35)
EMPTILY
(95 = 60 + 35)
YPERITE
(95 = 60 + 35)
CRIMPY
(93)
CRIMPLE
(92 = 57 + 35)
EPICYTE
(92 = 57 + 35)
RECTIFY
(92 = 57 + 35)
METRIFY
(92 = 57 + 35)
FERTILE
(92 = 57 + 35)
CERTIFY
(92 = 57 + 35)
EYELIFT
(92 = 57 + 35)
PERLITE
(92 = 57 + 35)
ERECTLY
(92 = 57 + 35)
CRETIFY
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CRIMPLE
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PETRIFY
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PREFILE
(91 = 56 + 35)
PREFILE
(91 = 56 + 35)
REFLECT
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PREMELT
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REFLECT
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REFLECT
(91 = 56 + 35)
PRELECT
(91 = 56 + 35)
PREMELT
(91 = 56 + 35)
PREFILE
(91 = 56 + 35)
PRELECT
(91 = 56 + 35)
PREMELT
(91 = 56 + 35)
PRELECT
(91 = 56 + 35)
IMPERFECTLY
(90)
PRELECT
(89 = 54 + 35)
PRELECT
(89 = 54 + 35)
PREFECT
(89 = 54 + 35)
EMPTILY
(89 = 54 + 35)
PERFECT
(89 = 54 + 35)
EMPTILY
(89 = 54 + 35)
REFLECT
(89 = 54 + 35)
EMPTILY
(89 = 54 + 35)
PREFILE
(89 = 54 + 35)
PREMELT
(89 = 54 + 35)
PREMELT
(89 = 54 + 35)
REFLECT
(89 = 54 + 35)
PRELECT
(89 = 54 + 35)
YPERITE
(89 = 54 + 35)
PREFECT
(89 = 54 + 35)
PERFECT
(89 = 54 + 35)
REFLECT
(89 = 54 + 35)
PREFILE
(89 = 54 + 35)
ERECTLY
(87 = 52 + 35)
FIRMLY
(87)
ERECTLY
(87 = 52 + 35)
ERECTLY
(87 = 52 + 35)

Words within the letters of imperfectly

2 letter words in imperfectly (12 words)

8 letter words in imperfectly (4 words)

9 letter words in imperfectly (3 words)

11 letter words in imperfectly (1 word)

Words containing the sequence imperfectly

Words that start with imperfectly (1 word)

Words with imperfectly in them (1 word)

Words that end with imperfectly (1 word)

Word Growth involving imperfectly

Shorter words in imperfectly

imp imperfect

pe per perfect imperfect

pe per perfect perfectly

Longer words containing imperfectly

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