point: Information About The Word 'point'

point is an acceptable dictionary word for games like scrabble, words with friends, crossword, etc.

The word 'point' is made up of 5 letters.

Meanings:
  • (n) a geometric element that has position but no extension; "a point is defined by its coordinates"
  • (n) the precise location of something; a spatially limited location; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street"
  • (n) a brief version of the essential meaning of something; "get to the point"; "he missed the point of the joke"; "life has lost its point"
  • (n) a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?"
  • (n) an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information"
  • (n) an instant of time; "at that point I had to leave"
  • (n) the object of an activity; "what is the point of discussing it?"
  • (n) a V shape; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points"
  • (n) a very small circular shape; "a row of points"; "draw lines between the dots"
  • (n) the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest; "he scored 20 points in the first half"; "a touchdown counts 6 points"
  • (n) a promontory extending out into a large body of water; "they sailed south around the point"
  • (n) a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list; "he noticed an item in the New York Times"; "she had several items on her shopping list"; "the main point on the agenda was taken up first"
  • (n) a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
  • (n) an outstanding characteristic; "his acting was one of the high points of the movie"
  • (n) sharp end; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil"
  • (n) any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass; "he checked the point on his compass"
  • (n) a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
  • (n) a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they call a period a stop"
  • (n) a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer; "the point of the arrow was due north"
  • (n) the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp point
  • (n) a distinguishing or individuating characteristic; "he knows my bad points as well as my good points"
  • (n) the gun muzzle's direction; "he held me up at the point of a gun"
  • (n) a wall socket
  • (n) a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts distributor points and current flows to the spark plugs
  • (v) indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents"
  • (v) be oriented; "The weather vane points North"
  • (v) direct into a position for use; "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me"
  • (v) direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
  • (v) be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued"
  • (v) sail close to the wind
  • (v) mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
  • (v) mark with diacritics; "point the letter"
  • (v) mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
  • (v) be positionable in a specified manner; "The gun points with ease"
  • (v) intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself"
  • (v) give a point to; "The candles are tapered"
  • (v) repair the joints of bricks; "point a chimney"
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Using the word 'point' in Scrabble will fetch you 7 points while using it in Words with Friends will fetch you 9 points (without taking into consideration the effect of any multipliers).

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