Definition of points

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• points is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 8
• points is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 8
• points is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 10

Definition of points

• be oriented (verb)

  Examples

  1. The weather vane points North
  2. the dancers toes pointed outward

  Synonyms

  1. orient
• sail close to the wind (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. luff
• repair the joints of bricks (verb)

  Examples

  1. point a chimney

  Synonyms

  1. repoint
• any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass (noun)

  Examples

  1. he checked the point on his compass

  Synonyms

  1. compass point
• be a signal for or a symptom of (verb)

  Examples

  1. Her behavior points to a severe neurosis

  Synonyms

  1. bespeak
  2. betoken
  3. indicate
  4. signal
• a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. degree
  2. level
  3. stage
• a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list (noun)

  Examples

  1. the main point on the agenda was taken up first

  Synonyms

  1. item
• an outstanding characteristic (noun)

  Examples

  1. his acting was one of the high points of the movie

  Synonyms

  1. spot
• a V shape (noun)

  Examples

  1. the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points

  Synonyms

  1. peak
  2. tip
• a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. breaker point
  2. distributor point
• the dot at the left of a decimal fraction (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. decimal point
  2. percentage point
• direct into a position for use (verb)

  Examples

  1. point a gun

  Synonyms

  1. charge
  2. level
• indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively (verb)

  Examples

  1. He pointed to the empty parking space

  Synonyms

  1. designate
  2. indicate
  3. show
• the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. pointedness
• the gun muzzle's direction (noun)

  Examples

  1. he held me up at the point of a gun

  Synonyms

  1. gunpoint
• a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer (noun)

  Examples

  1. the point of the arrow was due north

  Synonyms

  1. head
• an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole (noun)

  Examples

  1. a point of information

  Synonyms

  1. detail
  2. item
• a wall socket (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. power point
• an instant of time (noun)

  Examples

  1. at that point I had to leave

  Synonyms

  1. point in time
• a very small circular shape (noun)

  Examples

  1. a row of points

  Synonyms

  1. dot
• direct the course; determine the direction of travelling (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. channelise
  2. channelize
  3. direct
  4. guide
  5. head
  6. maneuver
  7. manoeuver
  8. manoeuvre
  9. steer
• give a point to (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. sharpen
  2. taper
• intend (something) to move towards a certain goal (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. aim
  2. direct
  3. place
  4. target
• a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. full point
  2. full stop
  3. period
  4. stop
• a brief version of the essential meaning of something (noun)

  Examples

  1. get to the point
  2. he missed the point of the joke
  3. life has lost its point
• a distinguishing or individuating characteristic (noun)

  Examples

  1. he knows my bad points as well as my good points
• a geometric element that has position but no extension (noun)

  Examples

  1. a point is defined by its coordinates
• a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch (noun)
• a promontory extending out into a large body of water (noun)

  Examples

  1. they sailed south around the point
• a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect (noun)
• be positionable in a specified manner (verb)

  Examples

  1. The gun points with ease
• indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle (verb)

  Examples

  1. the dog pointed the dead duck
• mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes (verb)
• mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics (verb)
• mark with diacritics (verb)

  Examples

  1. point the letter
• one percent of the total principal of a loan; it is paid at the time the loan is made and is independent of the interest on the loan (noun)
• sharp end (noun)

  Examples

  1. he stuck the point of the knife into a tree
  2. he broke the point of his pencil
• the object of an activity (noun)

  Examples

  1. what is the point of discussing it?
• the precise location of something; a spatially limited location (noun)

  Examples

  1. she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street
• the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest (noun)

  Examples

  1. he scored 20 points in the first half
  2. a touchdown counts 6 points

See definition of points in Merriam Webster