PONT is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. PONT is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 6 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept PONT?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PONT is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PONT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PONT scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PONT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,808.
What does PONT mean in Scrabble?
noun
South African
A flat ferry that crosses a river, usually hauled along a rope.
A pont is the answer to a river too wide to bridge and too useful to ignore: a flat deck, a steel line from bank to bank, and a current that does most of the work. In South Africa the word covers everything from a farm crossing for two cars to a service that runs to a timetable, and place names still mark spots where a pont once ran.
How PONT is used
Countable: a pont, two ponts. Used with by or on for the crossing — we went over by pont.
- The pont takes four cars and the driver counts them twice.
- We waited an hour for the pont to come back across.
- A line runs bank to bank and the pont hangs from it.
- The bridge opened and the pont was tied up for good.
- In flood the pont does not run at all.
- Both farms depend on the pont for anything heavier than a bicycle.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PONT and 6 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PONT
Showing 24 of 59 words that begin with PONT.
Words with PONT inside
14 words contain PONT in the middle. Words that start with PONT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PONT
Common questions about PONT
- Is PONT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PONT, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PONT worth?
- PONT is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PONT mean?
- A flat ferry that crosses a river, usually hauled along a rope.
- What letters can be added to PONT?
- PONT takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PONT:
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