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Is ponent a Scrabble word?

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

P3O1N1E1N1T1

Is ponent a Scrabble UK word?

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

P3O1N1E1N1T1

Is ponent a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word ponent is a Words With Friends word. The word ponent is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

P4O1N2E1N2T1

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6-letter words (1 found)

PONENT,

5-letter words (5 found)

NETOP,NONET,TENNO,TENON,TONNE,

4-letter words (13 found)

NEON,NONE,NOPE,NOTE,OPEN,PENT,PEON,POET,PONE,PONT,POTE,TONE,TOPE,

3-letter words (15 found)

EON,NEP,NET,NON,NOT,ONE,OPE,OPT,PEN,PET,POT,TEN,TOE,TON,TOP,

2-letter words (11 found)

EN,ET,NE,NO,OE,ON,OP,PE,PO,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 46 words from ponent according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ponent

ponent

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ponente (“west”), ultimately from Latin ponent-, ponens, present participle of ponere (“to place”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpəʊnənt/

Noun

ponent (uncountable)

  1. The west; the area of the setting sun.
    Synonyms: occident, west
    Antonyms: orient, east, levant

Adjective

ponent (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the west, westerly.

Anagrams

  • Penton, penton

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [puˈnen]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [poˈnent]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin ponentem (“putting, setting”), present active participle of pōnō (“to put, to set”).

Noun

ponent m (plural ponents)

  1. the place where the sun sets, the west
    Synonyms: occident, oest
  2. a wind from the west
Derived terms
  • ponentí

Etymology 2

From pondre (“to set”).

Noun

ponent m or f by sense (plural ponents)

  1. rapporteur
Derived terms
  • ponència

Verb

ponent

  1. gerund of pondre

Further reading

  • “ponent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Latin

Verb

pōnent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of pōnō

Source: wiktionary.org