Impasto
7 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
A painting technique in which pigment is applied so thickly that brushstroke or palette knife marks remain clearly visible on the surface.
“Van Gogh's impasto technique gave his canvases a distinctive textured, three-dimensional quality.”
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Syllables
im·pas·to
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Synonyms
thick paint applicationtextured painting
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Ends in -ASTO, contains vowels I, A, and O, no repeated letters
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Worth 11 points, a rare art-term word that scores solidly and ends in a hookable -O
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