POINTE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. POINTE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POINTE?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POINTE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POINTE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POINTE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in POINTE, 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 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,162.
What does POINTE mean in Scrabble?
noun
The tip of the toes, or the ballet technique of dancing while balanced fully on the tips of the toes.
Dancing on pointe means supporting the entire body's weight on the tips of the toes, usually inside a reinforced pointe shoe built with a stiff box at the front to make the position possible. Ballet students spend years strengthening their feet and ankles before a teacher allows them to work on pointe, since attempting it too early can injure the growing foot. The French word simply means point or tip, and English borrowed it directly along with the technique itself from French ballet training.
How POINTE is used
A specialised term from ballet, met mainly in dance training and reviews of ballet performances.
- She rose onto pointe for the final turn of the solo.
- Pointe shoes need a stiff box to support the dancer's toes.
- The teacher waited until her students were older before starting pointe work.
- His photograph froze the ballerina perfectly balanced on pointe.
- Years of practice went into that single steady moment on pointe.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POINTE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of POINTE
The 6 tiles of POINTE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with POINTE
11 longer words begin with POINTE.
Shorter words from the letters in POINTE
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Common questions about POINTE
- Is POINTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POINTE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POINTE worth?
- POINTE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POINTE mean?
- The tip of the toes, or the ballet technique of dancing while balanced fully on the tips of the toes.
- What letters can be added to POINTE?
- POINTE takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of POINTE:
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