182 words come out when you unscramble POINTER, starting with POINTER itself: 9 in Scrabble, 11 in Words With Friends. It has 4 anagrams, each with the same 9 points: PROTEIN, PTERION, REPOINT and TROPINE. The 7 letters split into 3 vowels and 4 consonants. POINTER as a single 7-tile play makes 59 in Scrabble, 9 plus the 50 bonus, and 46 in Words With Friends (11 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from POINTER by length: 5 with 7 letters, 13 with 6, 39 with 5, 60 with 4, 45 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Of the 39 5-letter words from POINTER, 26 score 7 points, the group's best. PRINT, POINT and INTER are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble POINTER; 30 of them share the top score of 6. OPEN, NOTE and PORT are everyday picks.
Among 45 3-letter words you get when you unscramble POINTER, the top score is 5, reached by 19. NOT, ONE and TOP are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of POINTER, with one letter different:
More 7-letter words: starting with PO · ending in ER · all 7-letter words
The meaning of POINTER, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
POINTER works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POINTER itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 182) | 146 | 181 | 138 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 35 of them: PTERION, NIPTER, PIONER, PONTIE, PROINE, NEPIT, OPTER, PETRI, PIERT, POTIN, PRENT, PREON and 23 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: REPOINT, PERNIO, PORIN, PO, RENO, TEIN, OI and TE. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: ITER.
These 12 words take every letter of POINTER plus a single extra one.