NONPOINT is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. NONPOINT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NONPOINT?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NONPOINT is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NONPOINT
No single letter turns NONPOINT into another word.
How NONPOINT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in NONPOINT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 3 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NONPOINT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NONPOINT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Describing pollution that comes from many scattered places rather than from one identifiable outlet.
Rain washing fertiliser and oil off fields and roads is the usual picture behind nonpoint pollution. Because no single pipe can be blamed, the problem is harder to regulate than a factory discharge.
How NONPOINT is used
The adjective nonpoint is almost always followed by source or pollution in environmental writing.
- Farm runoff is a classic nonpoint source of river pollution.
- The council studied nonpoint contamination across the whole valley.
- Unlike a drain pipe, a nonpoint source has no single outlet to close.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NONPOINT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in NONPOINT
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Common questions about NONPOINT
- Is NONPOINT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NONPOINT, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NONPOINT worth?
- NONPOINT is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NONPOINT mean?
- Describing pollution that comes from many scattered places rather than from one identifiable outlet.
- What letters can be added to NONPOINT?
- No single letter can be added to NONPOINT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of NONPOINT:
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