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Yes. The word pivot is a Scrabble US word. The word pivot is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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5-letter words (1 found)

PIVOT,

4-letter words (2 found)

TOPI,VOIP,

3-letter words (6 found)

OPT,PIT,POI,POT,TIP,TOP,

2-letter words (8 found)

IO,IT,OI,OP,PI,PO,TI,TO,

You can make 17 words from pivot according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of pivot

pivot ipvot pviot vpiot ivpot vipot piovt ipovt poivt opivt iopvt oipvt pvoit vpoit povit opvit vopit ovpit ivopt viopt iovpt oivpt voipt ovipt pivto ipvto pvito vpito ivpto vipto pitvo iptvo ptivo tpivo itpvo tipvo pvtio vptio ptvio tpvio vtpio tvpio ivtpo vitpo itvpo tivpo vtipo tvipo piotv ipotv poitv opitv ioptv oiptv pitov iptov ptiov tpiov itpov tipov potiv optiv ptoiv tpoiv otpiv topiv iotpv oitpv itopv tiopv otipv toipv pvoti vpoti povti opvti vopti ovpti pvtoi vptoi ptvoi tpvoi vtpoi tvpoi potvi optvi ptovi tpovi otpvi topvi votpi ovtpi vtopi tvopi otvpi tovpi ivotp viotp iovtp oivtp voitp ovitp ivtop vitop itvop tivop vtiop tviop iotvp oitvp itovp tiovp otivp toivp votip ovtip vtoip tvoip otvip tovip

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Definitions and meaning of pivot

pivot

Etymology

Borrowed from French pivot, from Old French pivot (“hinge pin, pivot, penis”) (12 c.), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɪv.ət/
  • Rhymes: -ɪvət

Noun

pivot (plural pivots)

  1. A thing on which something turns; specifically a metal pointed pin or short shaft in machinery, such as the end of an axle or spindle.
  2. (figuratively, by extension) Something or someone having a paramount significance in a certain situation.
  3. Act of turning on one foot.
  4. (military) The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place while the company or line moves around him in wheeling.
  5. (roller derby) A player with responsibility for co-ordinating their team in a particular jam.
  6. (computing) An element of a set to be sorted that is chosen as a midpoint, so as to divide the other elements into two groups to be dealt with recursively.
  7. (computing) A pivot table.
  8. (graphical user interface) Any of a row of captioned elements used to navigate to subpages, rather like tabs.
  9. (mathematics) An element of a matrix that is used as a focus for row operations, such as dividing the row by the pivot, or adding multiples of the row to other rows making all other values in the pivot column 0.
  10. (Canadian football) A quarterback.
  11. (handball) A circle runner.
  12. (US, politics) A shift during a general election in a political candidate's messaging to reflect plans and values more moderate than those advocated during the primary.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • fulcrum
  • pivotal

Verb

pivot (third-person singular simple present pivots, present participle pivoting, simple past and past participle pivoted)

  1. (intransitive) To turn on an exact spot.
  2. To make a sudden or swift change in strategy, policy, etc.
    1. (business slang) To change the direction of a business, usually in response to changes in the market.
    2. (US, politics) To shift a political candidate's messaging during a general election to reflect plans and values more moderate than those advocated during the primary.

Translations

Finnish

Noun

pivot

  1. nominative plural of pivo

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French pivot, of uncertain origin. Compare Catalan piu (“pivot”), Spanish púa (“sharp point, spike”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pi.vo/

Noun

pivot m (plural pivots)

  1. pivot
  2. fulcrum
  3. lynchpin
  4. (botany) taproot

Noun

pivot m or f by sense (plural pivots)

  1. (basketball) center
    • Pivot (basket-ball) on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
  2. (handball) circle runner, pivot
    • Pivot (handball) on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr

Derived terms

  • pivotant
  • pivotement
  • pivoter
  • pivoteur

Further reading

  • “pivot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch pivot, from French pivot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpivɔt̪̚]
  • Hyphenation: pi‧vot

Noun

pivot (plural pivot-pivot, first-person possessive pivotku, second-person possessive pivotmu, third-person possessive pivotnya)

  1. pivot.
    Synonyms: putaran, poros, inti

Verb

pivot

  1. to pivot.

Further reading

  • “pivot” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pivot.

Noun

pivot n (plural pivoturi)

  1. pivot

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpibot/ [ˈpi.β̞ot̪]
  • Rhymes: -ibot
  • Syllabification: pi‧vot

Noun

pivot m (plural pivots)

  1. (basketball) Misspelling of pívot.

Source: wiktionary.org