Crossword-Solution: POINT 5 letters, 241 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 7

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Word	Word Type	Definition
Point	v. t. & i.	To appoint.
Point	n.	That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything, esp. the sharp end of a piercing instrument, as a needle or a pin.
Point	n.	An instrument which pricks or pierces, as a sort of needle used by engravers, etchers, lace workers, and others; also, a pointed cutting tool, as a stone cutter's point; -- called also pointer.
Point	n.	Anything which tapers to a sharp, well-defined termination. Specifically: A small promontory or cape; a tract of land extending into the water beyond the common shore line.
Point	n.	The mark made by the end of a sharp, piercing instrument, as a needle; a prick.
Point	n.	An indefinitely small space; a mere spot indicated or supposed. Specifically: (Geom.) That which has neither parts nor magnitude; that which has position, but has neither length, breadth, nor thickness, -- sometimes conceived of as the limit of a line; that by the motion of which a line is conceived to be produced.
Point	n.	An indivisible portion of time; a moment; an instant; hence, the verge.
Point	n.	A mark of punctuation; a character used to mark the divisions of a composition, or the pauses to be observed in reading, or to point off groups of figures, etc.; a stop, as a comma, a semicolon, and esp. a period; hence, figuratively, an end, or conclusion.
Point	n.	Whatever serves to mark progress, rank, or relative position, or to indicate a transition from one state or position to another, degree; step; stage; hence, position or condition attained; as, a point of elevation, or of depression; the stock fell off five points; he won by tenpoints.
Point	n.	That which arrests attention, or indicates qualities or character; a salient feature; a characteristic; a peculiarity; hence, a particular; an item; a detail; as, the good or bad points of a man, a horse, a book, a story, etc.
Point	n.	Hence, the most prominent or important feature, as of an argument, discourse, etc.; the essential matter; esp., the proposition to be established; as, the point of an anecdote.
Point	n.	A small matter; a trifle; a least consideration; a punctilio.
Point	n.	A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time
Point	n.	A dot or mark distinguishing or characterizing certain tones or styles; as, points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.; hence, a note; a tune.
Point	n.	A dot placed at the right hand of a note, to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half, as to make a whole note equal to three half notes, a half note equal to three quarter notes.
Point	n.	A fixed conventional place for reference, or zero of reckoning, in the heavens, usually the intersection of two or more great circles of the sphere, and named specifically in each case according to the position intended; as, the equinoctial points; the solstitial points; the nodal points; vertical points, etc. See Equinoctial Nodal.
Point	n.	One of the several different parts of the escutcheon. See Escutcheon.
Point	n.	One of the points of the compass (see Points of the compass, below); also, the difference between two points of the compass; as, to fall off a point.
Point	n.	A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails. See Reef point, under Reef.
Point	n.	A a string or lace used to tie together certain parts of the dress.
Point	n.	Lace wrought the needle; as, point de Venise; Brussels point. See Point lace, below.
Point	n.	A switch.
Point	n.	An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.
Point	n.	A fielder who is stationed on the off side, about twelve or fifteen yards from, and a little in advance of, the batsman.
Point	n.	The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game; as, the dog came to a point. See Pointer.
Point	n.	A standard unit of measure for the size of type bodies, being one twelfth of the thickness of pica type. See Point system of type, under Type.
Point	n.	A tyne or snag of an antler.
Point	n.	One of the spaces on a backgammon board.
Point	n.	A movement executed with the saber or foil; as, tierce point.
Point	n.	To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end; as, to point a dart, or a pencil. Used also figuratively; as, to point a moral.
Point	n.	To direct toward an abject; to aim; as, to point a gun at a wolf, or a cannon at a fort.
Point	n.	Hence, to direct the attention or notice of.
Point	n.	To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate; as, to point a composition.
Point	n.	To mark (as Hebrew) with vowel points.
Point	n.	To give particular prominence to; to designate in a special manner; to indicate, as if by pointing; as, the error was pointed out.
Point	n.	To indicate or discover by a fixed look, as game.
Point	n.	To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.
Point	n.	To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
Point	v. i.	To direct the point of something, as of a finger, for the purpose of designating an object, and attracting attention to it; -- with at.
Point	v. i.	To indicate the presence of game by fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.
Point	v. i.	To approximate to the surface; to head; -- said of an abscess.

Anagrams

Word		Anagrams
POINT	anagram	INTOP, NOTIP, OPTIN, PINOT, PINTO, PITON, PONTI, POTIN

We have 241 clues for the answer “POINT”

Clue	Answers
"1 see your ___"	1 answer
"I think you're missing the ___"	1 answer
"That's beside the ___"	1 answer
"You might have a ___ there"	1 answer
"Your ___ being?"	1 answer
"Your ___ is?"	1 answer
"Zabrinskie ___" (soundtrack)	1 answer
"__ Break": Kathryn Bigelow surfing film	1 answer
'_____ Break ('91 film)'	1 answer
16-ounce container	1 answer
A good hunting dog will do it	1 answer
A pencil's end	1 answer
Act impolitely, in a way	1 answer
Act rudely, maybe	1 answer
Aim; unit of type size	1 answer
At very close range	1 answer
Chevelle debut "___ #1"	1 answer
Cogency.	1 answer
Compass division	1 answer
Daggers' tip	1 answer
Datum on a graph	1 answer
Decimal dot	1 answer
Directly show where	1 answer
Discussion detail	1 answer
Emerald ___ NAS	1 answer
Emulate a bird dog.	1 answer
Essence of an argument	1 answer
Exact moment	1 answer
Extend an index	1 answer
Sharp end of a needle	1 answer
Free-throw reward	1 answer
Gesture while giving directions	1 answer
Give directions	1 answer
Give the finger?	1 answer
Graph mark	1 answer
Graph marking	1 answer
Hundredth of a carat	1 answer
Hunting dogs do it	1 answer
Identify someone in a lineup, say	1 answer
Identify someone without speaking	1 answer
Important part of a joke.	1 answer
Indicate a direction	1 answer
Indicate direction	1 answer
Indicate prey.	1 answer
Indicate soundlessly	1 answer
Indicate the direction	1 answer
Indicate, rudely	1 answer
Indicate, with "to"	1 answer
Purpose or main idea	1 answer
Kansas "How long, to the ___ of know return"	1 answer

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Hint 1 meaning

One who, or that which, eats.

Hint 2 anagram

EERAT

Hint 3 another clue

greedy person

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Sentences with POINT (5)

Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new could be presented.

Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865 Abraham Lincoln 1978

Such of you as are now dissatisfied, still have the old Constitution unimpaired, and, on the sensitive point, the laws of your own framing under it; while the new administration will have no immediate power, if it would, to change either.

Abraham Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861 Abraham Lincoln 1979

Hidden in the alder-bushes, There he waited till the deer came, Till he saw two antlers lifted, Saw two eyes look from the thicket, Saw two nostrils point to windward, And a deer came down the pathway, Flecked with leafy light and shadow.

The Song Of Hiawatha Henry W. Longfellow 1991

Thither came _Uriel_, gliding through the Eeven On a Sun beam, swift as a shooting Starr In _Autumn_ thwarts the night, when vapors fir’d Impress the Air, and shews the Mariner From what point of his Compass to beware Impetuous winds: he thus began in haste.

Paradise Lost John Milton 1991

The elder woman, ashamed to be courted by a man younger than herself, made a point, whenever her admirer visited her, to pull out some portion of his black hairs.

Aesop’s Fables Aesop 2000

Quotes with POINT (3)

A guy and a girl can be just friends, but at one point or another, they will fall for each other... Maybe temporarily, maybe at the wrong time, maybe too late, or maybe forever

Dave Matthews Band

Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky The Brothers Karamazov

Everyone, at some point in their lives, wakes up in the middle of the night with the feeling that they are all alone in the world, and that nobody loves them now and that nobody will ever love them, and that they will never have a decent night's sleep again and will spend their lives wandering blearily around a loveless landscape, hoping desperately that their circumstances will improve, but suspecting, in their heart of hearts, that they will remain unloved forever. The best…

Lemony Snicket Horseradish

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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, Daily Beast, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Rock & Roll, Slate, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 203 times in crossword archives (1948–2025).