Pointed

Definition: Pointed

Pointed

Adjective

1. Having a point.

2. Having the foot stretched out in line with the leg and the toes forming a point; "keep the legs straight and the toes pointed".

3. Direct and obvious in meaning or reference; often unpleasant; "a pointed critique"; "a pointed allusion to what was going on"; "another pointed look in their direction".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "pointed" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonym: Pointed

Affirmation

Pronunciative, affirmative, soi-disant; positive; certain; express, explicit; (patent); absolute, emphatic, flat, broad, round, pointed, marked, distinct, decided, confident, trenchant, dogmatic, definitive, formal, solemn, categorical, peremptory; unretracted; predicable.

Conciseness

Adjective: concise, brief, short, terse,close; to the point, exact; neat, compact; compressed, condensed, pointed; laconic, curt, pithy, trenchant, summary; pregnant; compendious; (compendium); succinct; elliptical, epigrammatic, quaint, crisp; sententious.

Greatness

Remarkable, of mark, marked, pointed, veriest; noteworthy; renowned.

Indication

Known by, recognizable by; indicated; Verb: pointed, marked.

Sharpness

Adjective: sharp, keen; acute; acicular, aciform; aculeated, acuminated; pointed; tapering; conical, pyramidal; mucronate, mucronated; spindle shaped, needle shaped; spiked, spiky, ensiform, peaked, salient; cusped, cuspidate, cuspidated; cornute, cornuted, cornicultate; prickly; spiny, spinous, spicular; thorny, bristling, muricated, pectinated, studded, thistly, briary; craggy; (rough); snaggy, digitated, two-edged, fusiform; dentiform, denticulated; toothed; odontoid; starlike; stellated, stelliform; sagittate, sagittiform; arrowheaded; arrowy, barbed, spurred.

Vigor

Spirited, lively, glowing, sparkling, racy, bold, slashing; pungent, piquant, full of point, pointed, pithy,spirited, lively, glowing, sparkling, racy, bold, slashing; pungent, piquant, full of point, pointed, pithy, antithetical; sententious.

Crosswords: Pointed

And remember, this gun is pointed right at your heart (Casablanca; writing credit: Murray Burnett; Joan Alison)

Tell me, Jerome, if a piss drunk sergeant has a loaded .45 pointed at the head of a piece of dung that the piss drunk sergeant hates and despises, how would you describe the situation (Biloxi Blues; writing credit: Neil Simon)

She pointed to the mailbox and said 'pa, look, a mailbox (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin)

And your grandfather pointed out that shake was always being taller than me just to spite me. (A Hard Day's Night; writing credit: Alun Owen)

Help! There's a peck with an acorn pointed at me (Willow; writing credit: Bob Dolman; George Lucas)

Mic pointed at your grill like a gun (Take A Look Around; performing artist: Limp Bizkit)

Pointed right at me (Hazard; performing artist: Richard Marx)

With the headlights pointed at the dawn (1979; performing artist: Smashing Pumpkins)

If you can't remember, the Claymore is pointed towards you. (references; author: unknown)

Pointed Heels (1929)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Pointed Brush Writing Manual (reference)

• Sarah Orne Jewett: Novels & Stories : Deephaven a Country Doctor; The Country of the Pointed Firs; Stories & Sketches (Library of America College Editions) (reference)

• The Bone Is Pointed (reference)

• The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Fiction (World's Classics) (reference)

• We Pointed Them North (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Pointed Brush (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Bless Its Pointed Little Head (Remastere [IMPORT] (reference)

• The Seven Pointed Star (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Black Cats and Pointed Hats (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Common characteristics of the genus Psorophora include banding or patches on abdominal segments with apically located pale scales, a pointed abdomen, and a short palpus. Credit: CDC.

This lateral view illustration of the genus Aedes mosquito reveals its common characteristics including a pointed abdomen with pale bands basally, and a short palpas. Credit: CDC.

A 40mm gun crew prepares to bombard enemy installations along the Korean coast, circa October 1950 - February 1951. Photograph was received by the Naval Photographic Center on 21 February 1951. Note radar antenna on this quad 40mm mount and ammunition loaded in guns. Another 40mm mount, pointed in the opposite direction, is in the upper left background. Credit: NAVY.

At the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 25 February 1942, with her forward 5"/38 guns pointed on opposite sides of the ship. Credit: NAVY.

Girl in pointed hat bending to fix stockings and mermaid. Credit: Library of Congress.

The muzzle of that shotgun is about fourteen inches from the center of your body and pointed right at you. Credit: Library of Congress.

Mambu and Hides converse by signs. "Mambu smiled and pointed to the sky". Credit: Library of Congress.

Tourists looking for Indian hieroglyphic pointed out by ranger, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

It proved, incontrovertibly, the disastrous effects of machinery and division of labour; the concentration of capital and land in a few hands; overproduction and crises; it pointed out the inevitable ruin of the petty bourgeois and peasant, the misery of the proletariat, the anarchy in production, the crying inequalities in the distribution of wealth, the industrial war of extermination between nations, the dissolution of old moral bonds, of the old family relations, of the old nationalities. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

She depended on the evil feelings of the Eltons for supplying all the discipline of pointed neglect that could be farther requisite

The Lord Chancellor recovered himself with a great effort, and pointed to the open window

The Spirit touched him on the arm, and pointed to his younger self, intent upon his reading

The house was pointed out to him.

The drivers pointed with their whips to Bodenstown

He pointed to the low gate across the front door

While we were thus engaged, I observed a cow passing by, whereupon I pointed to her, and expressed a desire to let me go and milk her.

I told them that I drank at the pond, and pointed thither, offering to lend them a dipper

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Initial studies done in the 1960s pointed to four-to-five cases of autism in 10,000 people, which is why autism was once thought of as a rare condition. (references)

The particular mixture of symptoms and clinical findings pointed researchers away from possible causes, such as exposure to a herbicide or a new type of influenza, and toward some type of virus. (references)

These authors pointed out that, since the causes of prostate cancer remain unknown, it had been impossible to assure that risk factors for the illness were equally distributed between the vasectomized and nonvasectomized men. In one of the studies, the men who had undergone vasectomy had a lower overall death rate than the men who had not, supporting the likelihood that the two groups had different characteristics. (references)

Business

As often pointed out, there is no border on the net. Many questions and problems would arise as the Internet develops. (references)

In fact, industry experts in China have long pointed out that in this subsector, U.S. companies are notable for their absence. (references)

It should be pointed out at the outset that statistics on production, sales and consumption of frozen foods in Argentina are not collected. (references)

Civil Liberties

India

He said that "they should sever their links with the Mecca and the Pope and instead become swadeshi." Catholics took special exception to this; the Archbishop of Delhi pointed out that the Indian Christian church is 2,000 years old (traditionally dating from the Apostle Thomas), and that although the spiritual head was the Pope, the day-to-day administration of the church was entirely in Indian hands. (references)

Economic History

Sweden

Both organizations pointed out, however, that now that a successful macroeconomic framework is in place it is time to embark on a structural reform agenda. (references)

France

Following news of the Marks and Spencer (a British retailer) and Danone (processed food) layoffs Communists, Greens, and left wing Socialists have pointed to the layoffs and the "precarious" nature of many recently created jobs. (references)

Human Rights

Philippines

They also accused the Government of disregarding evidence they believed pointed to collusion between the AFP and the ASG. (references)

Tanzania

Critics specifically pointed to the selection process to choose commissioners, in which five commissioners are appointed by the President based on the recommendation of a government selection committee. (references)

Argentina

The judges, as well as the penitentiary system's own attorney, pointed to the few instances of complaints sustained in the courts because of the difficulty in obtaining proof due to prisoners' fear of reprisals. (references)

Indigenous People

Malaysia

The NGO pointed out that the total area of land actually reserved for Orang Asli had declined, not increased, since 1990. Surveying and transfer of title apparently has proceeded very slowly; however, during the year, a number of Orang Asli received land titles, and several state governments announced that land was being set aside for Orang Asli. (references)

Minorities

Israel and the occupied territories

Critics also pointed out that only half of the total sum represented newly allocated money. (references)

Political Economy

Algeria

The presidential election campaign was marked by increased openness; however, international observers and political parties pointed out numerous problems with the conduct of the elections. (references)

Political Rights

Russia

Many observers pointed to problems with biased media coverage of the presidential election campaign. (references)

Travel

Saudi Arabia

One should eat with the right hand and avoid sitting at any time with the sole of the foot pointed at the host or other guest. (references)

Women

Russia

Yelena Yershova of the Consortium of Women's NGO Associations has pointed out that law enforcement authorities distinguish between crimes committed outside the home and "acts of violence" committed at home. (references)

Worker Rights

Kuwait

In addition to other areas of ongoing concern, the ILO officials also pointed to problem areas where the Government could make improvements, including the low wages and widespread abuse of domestic servants and the lack of a minimum wage for workers, who must pay health, education, and other fees to the Government. (references)

Vietnam

The ILO has pointed out that the limit of 200 hours a year of overtime work is too low, and that workers and employers should have the right to agree to a greater amount of overtime work. (references)

Uganda

The Government only took limited action on organized labor complaints, but pointed out that the refusal to allow unionization is a constitutional violation. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "pointed": be pointed ♦ blue pointed ♦ conical pointed grub screw ♦ pointed arch ♦ pointed away from ♦ pointed beard ♦ pointed domain ♦ pointed out ♦ pointed style ♦ pointed toe ♦ pointed wart ♦ sharp pointed. Additional references.

Beginning with "pointed": pointed-arch, pointed-butt, pointed-eared, pointed-leaf maple, pointed-roofed, pointed-toe, pointed-toed, pointed-top.

Ending with "pointed": colour-pointed, eight-pointed, pin-pointed, six-pointed.

Containing "pointed": eight-pointed-compass, Probe-pointed scissors.

Albanian

me majë (peaked, sharp), i spikatur (bold, clean-cut, clear-cut, conspicuous, prominent, protruding, protrusive, salient), i mprehtë (acute, astute, bright, clairvoyant, Clarion, discerning, edgy, exquisite, fine, high, high pitched, incisive, ingenious, keen, keen-witted, knowing, nimble, penetrating, penetrative, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, piercing, piping, pungent, quick, ridged, ridgy, sagacious, salt, sharp, sharp cut, shrill, subtile, subtle, tart, trenchant), i dukshëm (apparent, appreciable, conspicuous, discernible, distinct, evidence, evident, in evidence, manifest, marked, memorable, mere, naked, notable, noticeable, observable, obvious, outward, overt, palpable, patent, perceptible, plain, prominent, rank, salient, self-explanatory, sensible, sheer, simple, speaking, substantial, telling, thorough-paced, transparent, unconcealed, unqualified, visible). (various references)

Arabic 

‏موجه ضد شخص, ‏مسنون, ‏مستدق الرأس, ‏واضح (apparent, bold, broad, clear, conspicuous, decided, definite, elucidative, evident, explicit, express, frank, intelligible, legible, limpid, lucid, luminous, manifest, marked, obvious, outspoken, palpable, patent, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, plump, pronounced, punctual, purposely, seeming, sharp, specific, transparent, trenchant, visible), ‏حاد (abrupt, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, avid, be sharp, biting, brisk, clear, cutting, exquisite, heavy, incisive, intense, intensified, intensive, keen, loud, nasal, penetrating, petulant, piercing, piquant, pithy, poignant, prompt, pronounced, pungent, quick, ripe, rough, salty, severe, sharp, shrill, squeaky, strident, strong, trenchant), ‏تفاخري (ostentatious, showy), ‏بارز (beetle, conspicuous, distinct, distinguished, duel, eminent, featured, fence, great, in the first flight, lofty, memorable, monumental, noble, notable, noticeable, outstanding, profile, prognathous, projecting, prominent, protruding, protuberant, remarkable, salient, signal, striking, uncommon). (various references)

Bulgarian 

явно насочен, явен (apparent, blazing, decided, declared, distinct, downright, evident, Frank, glaring, manifest, marked, noticeable, obvious, open, ostensible, outright, overt, palpable, patent, plain, Plumb, professed, pronounced, rank, self-explanatory, sheer, thumping, transparent, unconcealed, unmistakable, visible), готически (german), остър (acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, angular, argute, arrowy, biting, bitter, crusty, cutting, edgy, excruciating, fine, fulminating, gabled, grating, gravelly, grinding, high pitched, keen, lancinating, metallic, nice, nipping, nippy, penetrating, penetrative, peppery, perspicacious, piercing, piquant, poignant, pungent, ragged, searching, sharp, shrill, slashing, stiff, strident, strong, tangy, trenchant), насочен, наострен, заострен (acuminate, peaked, peaky, spiky, subulate, taper, tapering), подчертан (broad, emphasized, emphatic, marked, positive, pronounced, studious, underlined, underscored), изострен (overstrung, sharp, tapering). (various references)

Chinese 

针对性, 尖銳 (intense, penetrating, sharp), 尖 (point, sharp, shrewd). (various references)

Czech

pádný (cogent, compelling, convincing, damning, hefty, potent, satisfactory, strong, valid, weighty), ostrý (abrupt, acrid, acute, biting, crisp, ferocious, fierce, glib, hard, harsh, high pitched, hot, incisive, intense, keen, piercing, poignant, rigorous, sharp, shrill, smart, snappy, spicy, strident, tart, tough, trenchant), kousavý (acerbic, acrid, barbed, bitchy, biting, caustic, cutting, dry, scathing, snappy, tart, vitriolic, waspish), špièatý (peaked, sharp, spiked, spiky). (various references)

Danish

spids (peak, point, spiked, summit, tip). (various references)

Dutch

spits (acute, astute, peak, point, shrewd, spiked, summit, tip), puntig (spiked). (various references)

Esperanto

pinta (spiked). (various references)

Finnish

teräväkärkinen, suippokärkinen (peaked), suippo (narrow, tapering), kärkevä (cutting, incisive, sharp), kärjekäs. (various references)

French

pointu (pointy). (various references)

German

spitz (acute, barbed, cuspid, cutting, haggard, horny, peaked, peaky, petty, pinched, pointedly, pomeranian, Randy, sharp, spiked, spiky, Spitz, unkind). (various references)

Greek 

μυτερός (jagged, sharp), αιχμηρόσ (sharp, spicular, spiculate, spiky), αιχμηρός (trenchant), οξύσ (acid, acute, crucial, cuspidal, cuspidate, cuspidated, keen, pang, penetrating, piercing, piked, piping, pungent, screechy, sharp, shrill, smart, trenchant, twang), δηκτικόσ (acrimonious, biting, caustic, cutting, mordant, nippy, poignant, scathing, snappish, stinging). (various references)

Hebrew 

מחודד (acute, edged, edgy, sharp, taper), שפיד (sharpened, taper), שנון (ingenious, keen, learning, memorizing, repetition, revision, salty, sharp, subtle, whetting, witty), עוקץ (acantha, barb, briar, mordant, point, sarcasm, spine, sting, tip), חד (acute, biting, keen, mordant, sharp). (various references)

Hungarian

hegyes (abrasive, acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, edgy, fine, hilly, keen, lurid, mountainous, peaky, poignant, pointy, rangy, sharp, sharp-edged, spiked, spiky, tapering), csúcsos (kip, peaked, peaky, picked), éles (abrasive, acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, clangorous, crispy, cutting, edgy, harsh, have a keen edge, high pitched, incisive, keen, live, lurid, nipping, nippy, penetrating, perspicacious, plucky, poignant, pungent, quick, reedy, rough, sarky, sharp, sharp-edged, shrewd, shrill, slashing, snap, squall, strident, to highlight, trenchant). (various references)

Indonesian

cerucup (tapering), bangir. (various references)

Italian

pungente (acrid, biting, bitter, cutting, nipping, nippy, piercing, poignant, prickly, pungent, racy, scathing, sharp, stinging), penetrante (discerning, drenching, fine, incisive, keen, penetrating, pervasive, piercing, piping, searching, sharp), arguto (humorous, quick, quick-witted, witty), appuntito (abrasive, acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, lurid, sharp), appuntato (lance corporal, spiked), aguzzo (abrasive, acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, keen, lurid, peaked, sharp), acuto (abrasive, acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, cute, discerning, discriminating, high, high note, high pitched, incisive, intense, keen, lancinating, lurid, nasty, neat, penetrating, piercing, piping, poignant, severe, sharp, shrewd, shrill). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

針状 (needle-shaped), 鋭い　 (sharp), 鋭い (sharp), 尖った (sharp), つなぎ目 (a joint, a link, all-night Mah Jongg, aloof, altogether, at all, beyond doubt, certainly, complaining, entirely, extra-high-speed Touhoku-line shinkansen, feeling awkward, gleaming, going long way at steady pace, morose, nitpicking, sauce for dipping tempura, slippery, smooth, sound of walking, surely, tie-together point, to pitchforward, trudgingly). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

するどい (sharp), つんつん (aloof, morose), はりじょう (needle-shaped), とがった (sharp). (various references)

Korean 

날카로운 (Edgy, shrill). (various references)

Manx

gibbagh (sharp), geyre (abrupt, acrid, acute, austere, bitter, bold, bold promintary, censorious, cutting, discerning, edged, hard, high-pitched, incisive, knifelike, penetrating, piercing, poignant, pungent, quick of sight, sharp, sour, stiff, strict, stringent, twinging), brackit (sharpened), birranagh (sharp), birragh (scathing, sharp, spiky, tapered). (various references)

Pig Latin

ointedpay.(various references)

Portuguese

pontudo (spiked), aguçado (acuminate, acute, argute, keen, spiked, tapering). (various references)

Romanian

vãdit (evident, manifest, manifestly, obvious), tãios (acid, biting, clipping, curt, cutting, edgy, keen, mordacious, nippy, roughly, severe, severely, sharp, sharply, shortly, spiky, tart, trenchant), marcat (labelled, marked, pronounced), ascuţit (acute, argute, biting, clipping, edged, edgy, fast, fine, high, high pitched, keen, keenly, knife-edged, mordacious, peaked, piercing, poignant, pointedly, pungent, quick, screaming, sharp, shrewd, shrill, smart, spiky, stinging, subtle, trenchant, whetted, witty). (various references)

Russian 

указывать заостренный, колкий (incisive, mordant, poignant, prickly, punchy), острый (acrid, acute, argute, arrowy, biting, bristling, eager, edgy, hot, incisive, keen, lancinating, nice, peppery, poignant, punchy, pungent, quick, quinsy, racy, sharp, smart, tangy, trenchant, zappy), наведенный, направленный против. (various references)

Scottish

biorach (a heifer, peaked), bior (pin, prickle, spit, stake, thorn). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

prodoran (argute, cutting, penetrative, piercing, trenchant), zajedljiv (acidulous, astringent, biting, cutting, mordant, poignant, sarcastic, tart, taunting, vitriolic), šiljat (acute, crested, peaked, spiky), šiljast (jagged, peaked). (various references)

Spanish

puntiagudo (acuminate, peaked, ridged, ridgy, sharp pointed, spiked, spiky). (various references)

Swedish

spetsig (acute, peaked, peaky, sharp, spiky). (various references)

Turkish

yerinde (answerable, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, becoming, befitting, calculated, condign, conformable, expedient, felicitous, fit, fitted, grandiloquent, in, in one's stead, in place, just, legitimate, on the premises, opportune, Pat, pertinent, pro-, proper, pursuant, rightful, snappy, sound, suitable, valid, well, well-judged), uçlu (edged, tipped), sivri uçlu (cusped, cuspidal, cuspidate, spicular, spiky), sivri (acute, beaked, edged, jagged, nipping, pungent, sharp, sharp pointed, spinose, spinous, spired, spiry), sert (acrid, adamant, astringent, austere, bad, bitter, boisterous, bossy, brisk, brutal, cast iron, crusty, cutting, drastic, exact, exacting, fierce, firm, flinty, forbidding, get-tough, granitic, grim, gruff, gusty, hard, hard and fast, hard bitten, hard line, hard set, hardening, hard-hitting, harsh, heady, heavy, heavy-handed, hot, ill natured, inclement, incompressible, inelastic, intemperate, iron, ironclad, keen, nappy, pungent, rigid, rigorous, rough, round, sclerous, severe, sharp, sharp-set, short, short-spoken, shrewd, smart, solid, sound, spanking, spartan, spiky, stand up, starched, starchy, stark, stern, stiff, strict, stringent, strong, surly, tart, tough, unbending, ungentle, unkind, unrelenting, unshaded, unyielding, vehement, violent), keskin (acrid, acute, biting, bitter, blazing, chiseled, chiselled, cutting, dead, deep, edged, exquisite, incisive, keen, keen-edged, mordacious, nipping, nippy, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, piquant, poignant, pungent, quick, searching, severe, sharp, sharp cut, sharp-edged, sharp-set, smart, sour, spiky, splitting, stinging, strong, tart, trenchant), kesin (absolute, accurate, assertive, categorical, certain, cheese it, clean-cut, clear-cut, conclusive, decided, decisive, declared, definite, definitive, determined, dogmatic, downright, exact, express, extreme, final, firm, flat, frozen, implicit, indisputable, indubitable, irreversible, irrevocable, mathematical, ocular, outright, peremptory, point blank, precise, pronounced, rigid, rigorous, round, safe, scientific, specific, spot-on, Square, stark, sure, sure as death, unambiguous, uncompromising, undoubted, unquestionable, unquestioned, unquestioning, utter), isabetli (on the mark, sagacious, well-directed), iğneli (barbed, mordacious, mordant, sarcastic, scathing, spinose, spinous, with a needle, with needles, with pins), dokunaklı (acidulous, affective, barbed, biting, eloquent, expressive, incisive, mordant, moving, pathetic, poignant, pungent, scathing, sour, speaking, touching, trenchant), anlamlı (eloquent, expressive, meaning, meaningful, pregnant, purposeful, revealing, rich, significant, significative). (various references)

Turkmen 

zцmmek (conical). (various references)

Ukrainian

уїдливий (acid, acrid, acrimonious, arrowy, barbed, biting, carping, cattish, caustic, epigrammatic, exceptive, fault finding, mordacious, mordant, smart, spiteful, waspish, waspy), ущипливий (acid, acrid, acrimonious, arrowy, barbed, caustic, cutting, nipping, stinging, tart), точний (accurate, austere, business-like, careful, clean-cut, clockwork, definite, definitive, exact, explicit, mathematical, nice, perfect, positive, precise, punctual, rigorous, specific, strict, trustworthy, truthful, unerring), гострий (abrupt, acrid, acrimonious, acute, argute, bad, barbed, biting, eager, edgy, incisive, keen, nimble, nutty, piercing, poignant, pungent, quick, savoury, sharp, splitting, subtile, subtle, trenchant, zestful), націлений, заструганий, загострений (acuminate, arrow-headed, cuspidate, ogival, piled, spiky), підкреслений (emphatic, emphatical). (various references)

Vietnamese 

nhọn (sharp, sharp-edged, taper), được làm hiển nhiên. (various references)

actus, aspera, asperam, asperas, asperum, broccus, Var. capitata elliptica. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "pointed": pointedly, pointedness, pointednesses. (additional references)

Words ending with "pointed": appointed, counterpointed, disappointed, mispointed, outpointed, pinpointed, reappointed. (additional references)

Words containing "pointed": disappointedly. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Pointed" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Opentec, paintey, paitend, Pinctada, pintade, pintid, plinthed, poinded, poined, poinged, pointas, pointe, poin'ted, pointewd, pointey, Pointney, poisted, poite, poniente, ponshed. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: dipnet, opined, podite, pointe, ponied.

-2 letters: depot, inept, netop, noted, opine, opted, pined, pinot, pinto, piton, poind, point, teind, tepid, tined, tondi, toned, toped.

-3 letters: deni, dent, diet, dine, dint, dipt, dite, doit, done, dope, dote, edit, into, nide, nite, node, nodi, nope, note, oped, open, pein, pend, pent, peon, pied, pine, pint.

+1 letter: antipode, dipteron, endpoint, optioned, piedmont.

+2 letters: antipodes, appointed, captioned, deception, depiction, depletion, deporting, diplotene, dripstone, endpoints, pentoxide, perdition, piedmonts, pintadoes, planetoid, pointedly, portioned, predation, provident, terpenoid.

+3 letters: antipodean, deceptions, decryption, depictions, depilation, depletions, depositing, deposition, deputation, desorption, diplotenes, dripstones, endophytic, endopodite, expedition, hypnotized, idempotent, importuned, interloped, interposed, mispointed, offprinted, outpainted, outpointed, pantomimed, patronised, patronized, pentaploid, pentoxides, perditions, petitioned, pinpointed, planetoids, pollinated, ponytailed, portending, positioned, predations, prediction, protending, readopting, redemption, signposted, terpenoids, torpedoing.