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Is pointe a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word pointe is a Scrabble US word. The word pointe is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is pointe a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word pointe is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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6-letter words (2 found)

POINTE,PONTIE,

5-letter words (9 found)

INEPT,NEPIT,NETOP,OPINE,PINOT,PINTO,PITON,POINT,POTIN,

4-letter words (24 found)

INTO,NITE,NOPE,NOTE,OINT,ONIE,OPEN,PEIN,PENI,PENT,PEON,PIET,PINE,PINT,PION,POET,PONE,PONT,POTE,TEIN,TINE,TONE,TOPE,TOPI,

3-letter words (25 found)

EON,ION,NEP,NET,NIE,NIP,NIT,NOT,ONE,OPE,OPT,PEN,PET,PIE,PIN,PIT,POI,POT,TEN,TIE,TIN,TIP,TOE,TON,TOP,

2-letter words (17 found)

EN,ET,IN,IO,IT,NE,NO,OE,OI,ON,OP,PE,PI,PO,TE,TI,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 78 words from pointe according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pointe

pointe

Etymology

From French pointe (“point, tip”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /pwæ̃t/
  • (US) IPA(key): /pwɑnt/, /pɔɪnt/
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt, -ɔɪnt

Noun

pointe (countable and uncountable, plural pointes)

  1. (ballet) The tip of the toe; a ballet position executed with the tip of the toe.
    • 2007: Classical dance manages to get along without too many momentous events shuddering beneath its pointe work. — The Guardian 5th Jan 2007, p. 3

Derived terms

  • pointe shoe

Related terms

  • en pointe

Translations

Anagrams

  • Petion

Danish

Etymology

From French pointe, from Late Latin puncta, the feminine of the participle pūnctus (“pointed”). Cognate with pointe (from French), punkt and punktum (both from Latin punctum), as well as punktere (from Latin punctuo).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pʰoˈɛŋd̥ə], (proscribed) IPA(key): [ˈpʰʌjnd̥ə]

Noun

pointe c (singular definite pointen, plural indefinite pointer)

  1. point (argument, punchline)

Dutch

Etymology

From French pointe.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: poin‧te

Noun

pointe f or m (plural pointes)

  1. (comedy) punchline
    Synonym: clou

Finnish

Etymology

From French.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpwɑnt/, [ˈpwɑ̝n̪t̪]

Noun

pointe

  1. (ballet) pointe

Declension

Preferably not inflected. Compound term pointe-asento is used in inflected forms, in which case only asento is inflected.

Anagrams

  • potien

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pwɛ̃t/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin puncta, from the feminine form of Latin punctus, perfect passive participle of pungō (“to prick”).

Noun

pointe f (plural pointes)

  1. point (clarification of this definition is needed)
Derived terms
Related terms
  • point

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pointe

  1. inflection of pointer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • piéton

Irish

Etymology

From Old French point (“dot; minute amount”), from Latin pūnctum (“a hole punched in; a point, puncture”). Doublet of ponc.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster, Galway) IPA(key): /ˈpˠiːn̠ʲtʲə/
  • (Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈpˠɪn̠ʲtʲə/

Noun

pointe m (genitive singular pointe, nominative plural pointí)

  1. dot
  2. (sports, games, mathematics) point
  3. (Gaelic games) point, scored by driving the ball over the crossbar of the goalpost, as opposed to a goal, worth three points, scored by driving the ball under the crossbar
    Synonym: cúilín
  4. (cricket) point, fielding position between gully and cover

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

  • pointéir
  • pointiúil

See also

  • (Gaelic games): báire, cúl
  • (cricket): ponc

Mutation

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pointe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “pointe” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “pointe” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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