POINT is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. POINT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POINT?
| 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 POINT is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POINT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POINT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in POINT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about POINT
- The same 5 tiles also spell 4 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does POINT mean in Scrabble?
noun
The sharp, tapered end of something, or more generally a precise position, moment or item singled out from a larger whole.
A point can be as literal as the tip of a needle or as abstract as the moment a decision is finally made, and English leans on the same word for both because each describes something narrowed down to a single, exact spot. In an argument, the point is the idea a speaker is really trying to establish, while in sport it is the unit a team scores toward winning. Geometry keeps the strictest version of the word, a location with no size or shape at all, existing only where two lines happen to cross. Because point stretches across so many fields, from grammar to geometry to games, most sentences need only one or two other words nearby to make clear which point is meant.
How POINT is used
Extremely common across everyday speech, sport, mathematics and argument; context almost always narrows which sense is meant.
- He sharpened the pencil to a fine point.
- What is the point of arguing about something we cannot change?
- Her team scored the winning point in the final second.
- Mark the point where the two lines cross on the graph.
- At some point during the night, the storm finally passed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POINT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of POINT
The 5 tiles of POINT in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with POINT
Showing 24 of 40 words that begin with POINT.
Words ending in POINT
Showing 24 of 47 words that end in POINT. Useful as a back hook: play POINT onto a word already on the board.
Words with POINT inside
Showing 24 of 87 words that contain POINT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with POINT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in POINT
Common questions about POINT
- Is POINT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POINT, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POINT worth?
- POINT is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POINT mean?
- The sharp, tapered end of something, or more generally a precise position, moment or item singled out from a larger whole.
- What letters can be added to POINT?
- POINT takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of POINT:
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