Points is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for POINTS in dictionary:

VERB:
• POINT, to indicate direction with the finger
• indicate a particular time, direction, or reading
• direct or aim (something) at someone or something
• face or be turned in a particular direction
• (of a dog) indicate the presence of (game) by standing rigid while looking towards it.
• cite a fact or situation as evidence of something
• (of a fact or situation) indicate that (something) is likely to happen or be the case
• give force or emphasis to (words or actions)
• extend (the toes or feet) in line with the leg by tensing the foot and ankle in such a way as to form a point
• fill the joints of (brickwork or masonry) with smoothly finished mortar
• give a sharp, tapered point to
• insert points in (written text of Semitic languages).
• mark (Psalms) with signs for chanting.
• direct someone's attention towards something by extending one's finger or something held in one's hand
NOUN:
• the tapered, sharp end of a tool, weapon, or other object
• a pointed flake or blade, especially one that has been worked.
• a dot or other punctuation mark, in particular a full stop.
• a decimal point
• a dot or small stroke used in Semitic languages to indicate vowels or distinguish particular consonants.
• a very small dot or mark
• a particular spot, place, or position in an area or on a map, object, or surface
• a particular moment in time or stage in a process
• the critical or decisive moment
• the verge or brink of (doing or being something)
• a stage or level at which a change of state occurs
• a socket in a wall for connecting a device to an electrical supply or communications network
• (in geometry) something having position but not spatial extent, magnitude, dimension, or direction, for example the intersection of two lines.
• a single item or detail in an extended discussion, list, or text
• an argument or idea
• the significant or essential element of something being planned or discussed
• advantage or purpose that can be gained from doing something
• relevance or effectiveness.
• a distinctive feature or characteristic, typically a good one, of a person or thing
• (in sports and games) a mark or unit of scoring awarded for success or performance
• a unit used in measuring value, achievement, or extent
• an advantage or success in an argument or discussion
• a unit of credit towards an award or benefit
• a percentage of the profits from a film or recording offered to certain people involved in its production.
• a unit of weight (2 mg) for diamonds.
• a unit of varying value, used in quoting the price of stocks, bonds, or futures.
• a value assigned to certain cards (4 points for an ace, 3 for a king, 2 for a queen, and 1 for a jack, sometimes with extra points for long or short suits) by a player in assessing the strength of their hand
• each of thirty-two directions marked at equal distances round a compass.
• a direction towards the horizon corresponding to the direction marked on a compass.
• the angular interval between two successive points of a compass, i.e. one eighth of a right angle (11° 15ʹ).
• unspecified places considered in terms of their direction from a specified place
• a narrow piece of land jutting out into the sea
• a junction of two railway lines, with a pair of linked tapering rails that can be moved laterally to allow a train to pass from one line to the other
• a unit of measurement for type sizes and spacing (in the UK and US 0.351 mm, in Europe 0.376 mm).
• a fielding position on the off side near the batsman.
• a fielder at the point position.
• either of two areas to the left and right of the net, just inside the blue line where it meets the boards.
• (in a motor vehicle) each of a set of electrical contacts in the distributor.
• a small leading party of an advanced guard of troops.
• the position at the head of a column or wedge of troops
• the extremities of an animal, typically a horse or cat, such as the face, paws, and tail of a Siamese cat
• a spot to which a straight run is made.
• a tagged piece of ribbon or cord used for lacing a garment or attaching a hose to a doublet.
• a short piece of cord at the lower edge of a sail for tying up a reef.
• the action or position of a dog in pointing
• an important phrase or subject, especially in a contrapuntal composition.
• the angular interval between two successive points of a compass, i.e. one eighth of a right angle (11° 15ʹ).
• the tip of a person's chin as a spot for a blow
• the prong of a deer's antler
• (in piquet) the longest suit in a player's hand, containing a specified number of up to eight cards.
• a position at the front of the court, usually manned by the guard who sets up the team's defence.
• a straight run

Words related to POINTS

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How to use POINTS in a sentence

• His example soon influenced his whole diocese, and the new notions on points of religion became rapidly popular.
• Having now reached the limit of discovery with his present instrument, he makes another of still greater power, and points it to the planet Jupiter.
• The room was sown with points full of fire, of life, of intelligence.
• Our federal government was constructed after the general model of the state governments, with some points copied from British usages, and some points that were original and new.
• After talking over these several points still more at large, Mark and Bob descended from the summit of the crater, made half of its circuit, and returned to their boat.
• All sorts of suggestions were made last night as to both points, and the discussion cleared the air a good deal.
• It was hard to sit still in the hot fir thicket, with that burning, throbbing smart in his ear and two little points of fierce ache in his leg.
• Thomas in the West Indies, strategic points in the Caribbean for sea power.
• There are many other points to which I should like to refer, and many players to whom I should like to give a word of warning.
• Still more conclusive evidence against fusion, it seems to me, is found in the fact that two points, one on each hand, may be perceived as one when the hands are brought together.
• What she finds most useful in the long run must certainly have many good points to recommend it.
• Casselman, of Toronto, have also aided me on some difficult points.
• He was used to wear it to keep off spears and points and irons and lances and arrows.
• The niches are now no longer open, but seem to have been once windows, or at least to have had some lookout points into the hill country.
• We have already indicated here and there in passing, some of the essential points in the views of this author.
• It points strongly in the direction of his having believed all animal forms to have been descended from one single common ancestral type.
• On these points they are the very converse of the Americans, who are hard to be bought, while they consider money the very base of all distinction.
• The bill was next defended warmly in all its points by Attorney-general Thurlow.
• It has no reference to lines of latitude or points of the compass.
• Wire cutting was done by one battery, and others registered strong points in rear behind the prescribed area.
• The revolution through the town governments had three principal points of support.
• At two other points on the ground plan, both on the northeast side, low fragments of wall are still standing, as may be seen from the plate.
• At many points light narrow gauge railroads had been built which ran from the dressing stations right up to the trenches.
• He is of the school of the great Flemish masters, and, I think, quite at the head of his profession, in many of its leading points.
• At times they came to points where two trenches crossed each other.
• I am perfectly well aware how far the Church can go in the way of concession, and I know what are the points upon which it is useless to ask her for any.
• In return, the Northerners were to give way to the Southerners on all other points.
• See, the compass needle points to 189 degrees, and now sighting to the pole at the other end of the line we find that the needle points to 268.

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