PONTINE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. PONTINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PONTINE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PONTINE is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PONTINE
No single letter turns PONTINE into another word.
How PONTINE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PONTINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 102,929.
What does PONTINE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relating to a bridge, or to the pons, a part of the brain.
In anatomy pontine points to the pons, the bridge-like section of the brainstem. The older sense is about bridges in general. With a capital letter the word also names a marshy district of Italy between Rome and Naples.
How PONTINE is used
Pontine is used in anatomy and occasionally for bridge-related matters.
- The scan showed damage to a pontine region of the brain.
- The report discussed pontine structures in detail.
- A pontine lesion can affect eye movement.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PONTINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PONTINE
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Common questions about PONTINE
- Is PONTINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PONTINE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PONTINE worth?
- PONTINE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PONTINE mean?
- Relating to a bridge, or to the pons, a part of the brain.
- What letters can be added to PONTINE?
- No single letter can be added to PONTINE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PONTINE:
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