Impedes is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.
You can make 162 anagrams from letters in impedes (deeimps).
1595-1605; Latin impedīre to entangle, literally, to snare the feet. See im-1, pedi-
It is not only selfish, but it is hurtful to you—it impedes your growth.
No artillery should be moved with the troops; it delays and impedes them.
We become afraid of them and fear is what impedes us most of all in life.
Good is that which is useful to us; evil, that which impedes the possession of good.
The surrounding chimera, in which he suspects a reality, impedes him.
He obstructs and impedes business by every means in his power.
It is erroneous, insulting to the mostly well-meaning officers in this country, and impedes constructive discussion, and change.
If the line runs through the nabiring, the harpoon is dragged into the water and impedes the movements of the animal.
Good Pamesack, take this basket from me, it impedes my motion in these bushes.
We give up nothing but that which impedes the inflow of godly forces.