Definition of counterpointing

"counterpointing" in the verb sense

1. contrast, counterpoint

to show differences when compared be different

"the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities"

2. counterpoint

write in counterpoint

"Bach perfected the art of counterpointing"

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counterpointing in Scrabble®

The word counterpointing is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 20

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters counterpointing:

COUNTERPOINTING
(594)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (118 words)

citrine, cittern, coining, conning, connote, content, contort, contour, cooping, coreign, cornett, corning, coronet, counter, couping, crouton, cunning, cuprite, cutting, ecotour, egotrip, goopier, goutier, groupie, gunport, igniter, ignitor, inciter, intoner, inuring, ionogen, ironing, nepotic, netting, neutron, ninepin, nitrite, nittier, noncute, nonepic, noniron, nonriot, nooning, nuttier, nutting, oncogen, opening, opining, opinion, outcrop, outgrin, penguin, penning, petting, picrite, picture, piecing, pinenut, pinning, pitting, pointer, pontine, porcine, porotic, portent, portico, porting, portion, potting, pouncer, pouring, poutier, poutine, pouting, pricing, pronoun, prootic, protect, protein, pruning, pungent, punnier, punning, punting, puttier, putting, recount, reicing, reining, reinput, renting, repoint, reunion, rioting, rooting, rotting, routine, routing, ruining, running, rutting, tenting, tiering, tinnier, tinning, tintier, tinting, tiptoer, tooting, tornote, touring, touting, trounce, tuition, turning, unction, unicorn, uniting

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word counterpointing

COUNTERPOINTING
(594)
COUNTERPOINTING
(396)
COUNTERPOINTING
(112)
COUNTERPOINTING
(96)
COUNTERPOINTING
(88)
COUNTERPOINTING
(80)
COUNTERPOINTING
(28)
COUNTERPOINTING
(24)

The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In counterpointing

COUNTERPOINTING
(594)
COUNTERPOINTING
(396)
COUNTERPOINTING
(112)
COUPING
(98 = 48 + 50)
PRICING
(98 = 48 + 50)
PIECING
(98 = 48 + 50)
COOPING
(98 = 48 + 50)
COUNTERPOINTING
(96)
COUPING
(95 = 45 + 50)
PIECING
(95 = 45 + 50)
COUPING
(95 = 45 + 50)
PRICING
(95 = 45 + 50)
COOPING
(95 = 45 + 50)
PIECING
(95 = 45 + 50)
COOPING
(95 = 45 + 50)
COOPING
(95 = 45 + 50)
PIECING
(95 = 45 + 50)
PRICING
(95 = 45 + 50)
PRICING
(95 = 45 + 50)
COUPING
(95 = 45 + 50)
POUNCER
(94 = 44 + 50)
OUTCROP
(94 = 44 + 50)
PICRITE
(94 = 44 + 50)
PORCINE
(94 = 44 + 50)
PORTICO
(94 = 44 + 50)
POROTIC
(94 = 44 + 50)
NEPOTIC
(94 = 44 + 50)
PROTECT
(94 = 44 + 50)
PICTURE
(94 = 44 + 50)
PROOTIC
(94 = 44 + 50)
NONEPIC
(94 = 44 + 50)
CUPRITE
(94 = 44 + 50)
PROOTIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
PICRITE
(92 = 42 + 50)
POROTIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
NEPOTIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
PORCINE
(92 = 42 + 50)
PORCINE
(92 = 42 + 50)
PICTURE
(92 = 42 + 50)
PROTECT
(92 = 42 + 50)
NEPOTIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
PROTECT
(92 = 42 + 50)
POUNCER
(92 = 42 + 50)
OUTCROP
(92 = 42 + 50)
PROOTIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
OUTCROP
(92 = 42 + 50)
POROTIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
CUPRITE
(92 = 42 + 50)
PRICING
(92 = 42 + 50)
PORTICO
(92 = 42 + 50)
COUPING
(92 = 42 + 50)
PICRITE
(92 = 42 + 50)
OUTCROP
(92 = 42 + 50)
NONEPIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
PORTICO
(92 = 42 + 50)
PICTURE
(92 = 42 + 50)
CUPRITE
(92 = 42 + 50)
PIECING
(92 = 42 + 50)
PORCINE
(92 = 42 + 50)
POUNCER
(92 = 42 + 50)
NONEPIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
COOPING
(92 = 42 + 50)
PORTING
(90 = 40 + 50)
PUTTING
(90 = 40 + 50)
PENGUIN
(90 = 40 + 50)
GUNPORT
(90 = 40 + 50)
CONNING
(90 = 40 + 50)
REICING
(90 = 40 + 50)
POTTING
(90 = 40 + 50)
EGOTRIP
(90 = 40 + 50)
PUNNING
(90 = 40 + 50)
CORNING
(90 = 40 + 50)
OPINING
(90 = 40 + 50)
PUNTING
(90 = 40 + 50)
POUTING
(90 = 40 + 50)
GOOPIER
(90 = 40 + 50)
GROUPIE
(90 = 40 + 50)
CUTTING
(90 = 40 + 50)
OPENING
(90 = 40 + 50)
PENNING
(90 = 40 + 50)
CUNNING
(90 = 40 + 50)
COREIGN
(90 = 40 + 50)
PINNING
(90 = 40 + 50)
PUNGENT
(90 = 40 + 50)
COINING
(90 = 40 + 50)
PETTING
(90 = 40 + 50)
PRUNING
(90 = 40 + 50)
PITTING
(90 = 40 + 50)
ONCOGEN
(90 = 40 + 50)
POURING
(90 = 40 + 50)
PUNTING
(89 = 39 + 50)
CUNNING
(89 = 39 + 50)
OPENING
(89 = 39 + 50)
ONCOGEN
(89 = 39 + 50)
PORTING
(89 = 39 + 50)
COINING
(89 = 39 + 50)
PUNNING
(89 = 39 + 50)
PUTTING
(89 = 39 + 50)
PITTING
(89 = 39 + 50)
PENNING
(89 = 39 + 50)
CONNING
(89 = 39 + 50)
GROUPIE
(89 = 39 + 50)
GOOPIER
(89 = 39 + 50)
PINNING
(89 = 39 + 50)
OPINING
(89 = 39 + 50)
COUPING
(89 = 39 + 50)
PETTING
(89 = 39 + 50)
PRICING
(89 = 39 + 50)
COOPING
(89 = 39 + 50)
POUTING
(89 = 39 + 50)
COOPING
(89 = 39 + 50)
PUNGENT
(89 = 39 + 50)
COUPING
(89 = 39 + 50)
PRICING
(89 = 39 + 50)
POTTING
(89 = 39 + 50)
EGOTRIP
(89 = 39 + 50)
COUPING
(89 = 39 + 50)
CUTTING
(89 = 39 + 50)
COOPING
(89 = 39 + 50)
CORNING
(89 = 39 + 50)
COUPING
(89 = 39 + 50)
GUNPORT
(89 = 39 + 50)
PRICING
(89 = 39 + 50)
COREIGN
(89 = 39 + 50)
POURING
(89 = 39 + 50)
COOPING
(89 = 39 + 50)
PRUNING
(89 = 39 + 50)
PRICING
(89 = 39 + 50)
GOOPIER
(89 = 39 + 50)
GUNPORT
(89 = 39 + 50)
PENGUIN
(89 = 39 + 50)
REICING
(89 = 39 + 50)
PIECING
(89 = 39 + 50)
PIECING
(89 = 39 + 50)
PIECING
(89 = 39 + 50)
REICING
(89 = 39 + 50)
PIECING
(89 = 39 + 50)
COUNTERPOINTING
(88)
PRUNING
(86 = 36 + 50)
GOOPIER
(86 = 36 + 50)
PROTEIN
(86 = 36 + 50)
TIPTOER
(86 = 36 + 50)
PORTICO
(86 = 36 + 50)
PORTICO
(86 = 36 + 50)
OPINION
(86 = 36 + 50)
PORTICO
(86 = 36 + 50)
PENGUIN
(86 = 36 + 50)
COUNTER
(86 = 36 + 50)
UNICORN
(86 = 36 + 50)
OPENING
(86 = 36 + 50)
PORTENT
(86 = 36 + 50)
TIPTOER
(86 = 36 + 50)
ONCOGEN
(86 = 36 + 50)
PORTICO
(86 = 36 + 50)
PORTENT
(86 = 36 + 50)
PROOTIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
PROTEIN
(86 = 36 + 50)
NEPOTIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
PROOTIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
OUTCROP
(86 = 36 + 50)
CORNETT
(86 = 36 + 50)
PRONOUN
(86 = 36 + 50)
PRONOUN
(86 = 36 + 50)
POUNCER
(86 = 36 + 50)
CORNETT
(86 = 36 + 50)
OUTCROP
(86 = 36 + 50)
OUTCROP
(86 = 36 + 50)
POTTING
(86 = 36 + 50)
PORTION
(86 = 36 + 50)
POUNCER
(86 = 36 + 50)
OUTCROP
(86 = 36 + 50)
UNCTION
(86 = 36 + 50)
POUTING
(86 = 36 + 50)
CORNING
(86 = 36 + 50)
OUTCROP
(86 = 36 + 50)
OPINING
(86 = 36 + 50)
COUPING
(86 = 36 + 50)
PRICING
(86 = 36 + 50)
PORTION
(86 = 36 + 50)
PROOTIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
PORTICO
(86 = 36 + 50)
NINEPIN
(86 = 36 + 50)
PORTICO
(86 = 36 + 50)
CONNING
(86 = 36 + 50)
COUNTER
(86 = 36 + 50)
GUNPORT
(86 = 36 + 50)
PROTECT
(86 = 36 + 50)
PORTING
(86 = 36 + 50)
NINEPIN
(86 = 36 + 50)
PROTECT
(86 = 36 + 50)
PROTECT
(86 = 36 + 50)
PROTECT
(86 = 36 + 50)
PROOTIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
POUTINE
(86 = 36 + 50)
CITTERN
(86 = 36 + 50)
PROTECT
(86 = 36 + 50)
PROOTIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
PROOTIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
CITTERN
(86 = 36 + 50)
PUNGENT
(86 = 36 + 50)

counterpointing in Words With Friends™

The word counterpointing is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 27

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters counterpointing:

COUNTERPOINTING
(594)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (118 words)

citrine, cittern, coining, conning, connote, content, contort, contour, cooping, coreign, cornett, corning, coronet, counter, couping, crouton, cunning, cuprite, cutting, ecotour, egotrip, goopier, goutier, groupie, gunport, igniter, ignitor, inciter, intoner, inuring, ionogen, ironing, nepotic, netting, neutron, ninepin, nitrite, nittier, noncute, nonepic, noniron, nonriot, nooning, nuttier, nutting, oncogen, opening, opining, opinion, outcrop, outgrin, penguin, penning, petting, picrite, picture, piecing, pinenut, pinning, pitting, pointer, pontine, porcine, porotic, portent, portico, porting, portion, potting, pouncer, pouring, poutier, poutine, pouting, pricing, pronoun, prootic, protect, protein, pruning, pungent, punnier, punning, punting, puttier, putting, recount, reicing, reining, reinput, renting, repoint, reunion, rioting, rooting, rotting, routine, routing, ruining, running, rutting, tenting, tiering, tinnier, tinning, tintier, tinting, tiptoer, tooting, tornote, touring, touting, trounce, tuition, turning, unction, unicorn, uniting

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word counterpointing

COUNTERPOINTING
(594)
COUNTERPOINTING
(279)
COUNTERPOINTING
(124)
COUNTERPOINTING
(120)
COUNTERPOINTING
(108)
COUNTERPOINTING
(44)
COUNTERPOINTING
(33)
COUNTERPOINTING
(32)

The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In counterpointing

COUNTERPOINTING
(594)
COUNTERPOINTING
(279)
NONEPIC
(128 = 93 + 35)
CUPRITE
(125 = 90 + 35)
PICTURE
(125 = 90 + 35)
COUNTERPOINTING
(124)
PICRITE
(122 = 87 + 35)
COUPING
(122 = 87 + 35)
COUPING
(122 = 87 + 35)
COUNTERPOINTING
(120)
PUNNING
(119 = 84 + 35)
PRICING
(119 = 84 + 35)
COOPING
(119 = 84 + 35)
CUNNING
(119 = 84 + 35)
PIECING
(119 = 84 + 35)
PUNTING
(116 = 81 + 35)
CONNING
(116 = 81 + 35)
PENGUIN
(116 = 81 + 35)
PINNING
(116 = 81 + 35)
PUNGENT
(116 = 81 + 35)
PRUNING
(116 = 81 + 35)
POUNCER
(116 = 81 + 35)
PENNING
(116 = 81 + 35)
COUPING
(116 = 81 + 35)
POUTING
(113 = 78 + 35)
GUNPORT
(113 = 78 + 35)
PIECING
(113 = 78 + 35)
NEPOTIC
(113 = 78 + 35)
PIECING
(113 = 78 + 35)
PORCINE
(113 = 78 + 35)
PRICING
(113 = 78 + 35)
OPENING
(113 = 78 + 35)
OPINING
(113 = 78 + 35)
OUTCROP
(113 = 78 + 35)
POURING
(113 = 78 + 35)
COOPING
(113 = 78 + 35)
PRICING
(113 = 78 + 35)
COOPING
(113 = 78 + 35)
COUPING
(110 = 75 + 35)
UNICORN
(110 = 75 + 35)
COUPING
(110 = 75 + 35)
NINEPIN
(110 = 75 + 35)
UNCTION
(110 = 75 + 35)
COUPING
(110 = 75 + 35)
PUNNIER
(110 = 75 + 35)
COUPING
(110 = 75 + 35)
PUNGENT
(110 = 75 + 35)
PUNGENT
(110 = 75 + 35)
POUNCER
(110 = 75 + 35)
REICING
(110 = 75 + 35)
PINENUT
(110 = 75 + 35)
COUNTERPOINTING
(108)
ONCOGEN
(107 = 72 + 35)
COOPING
(107 = 72 + 35)
CUNNING
(107 = 72 + 35)
OPINION
(107 = 72 + 35)
PRICING
(107 = 72 + 35)
COOPING
(107 = 72 + 35)
ONCOGEN
(107 = 72 + 35)
CUNNING
(107 = 72 + 35)
COOPING
(107 = 72 + 35)
PIECING
(107 = 72 + 35)
COOPING
(107 = 72 + 35)
PORCINE
(107 = 72 + 35)
COUNTER
(107 = 72 + 35)
GUNPORT
(107 = 72 + 35)
PONTINE
(107 = 72 + 35)
PIECING
(107 = 72 + 35)
PUNNING
(107 = 72 + 35)
COINING
(107 = 72 + 35)
PIECING
(107 = 72 + 35)
PUNNING
(107 = 72 + 35)
OUTCROP
(107 = 72 + 35)
PUNNING
(107 = 72 + 35)
PUTTING
(107 = 72 + 35)
OUTCROP
(107 = 72 + 35)
CUNNING
(107 = 72 + 35)
PORCINE
(107 = 72 + 35)
POUTINE
(107 = 72 + 35)
CONNOTE
(107 = 72 + 35)
PRICING
(107 = 72 + 35)
PRICING
(107 = 72 + 35)
CONTENT
(107 = 72 + 35)
CUTTING
(107 = 72 + 35)
PRICING
(107 = 72 + 35)
PIECING
(107 = 72 + 35)
CORNING
(107 = 72 + 35)
PUNNING
(107 = 72 + 35)
GUNPORT
(107 = 72 + 35)
TROUNCE
(107 = 72 + 35)
NEPOTIC
(107 = 72 + 35)
CUNNING
(107 = 72 + 35)
CONTOUR
(107 = 72 + 35)
CONNING
(104 = 69 + 35)
PINNING
(104 = 69 + 35)
POROTIC
(104 = 69 + 35)
POUNCER
(104 = 69 + 35)
PENNING
(104 = 69 + 35)
PETTING
(104 = 69 + 35)
PENGUIN
(104 = 69 + 35)
NONEPIC
(104 = 69 + 35)
CONNING
(104 = 69 + 35)
PORTICO
(104 = 69 + 35)
PENGUIN
(104 = 69 + 35)
PORTING
(104 = 69 + 35)
PINNING
(104 = 69 + 35)
CONNING
(104 = 69 + 35)
PRUNING
(104 = 69 + 35)
PINNING
(104 = 69 + 35)
PENGUIN
(104 = 69 + 35)
PRUNING
(104 = 69 + 35)
POTTING
(104 = 69 + 35)
NONEPIC
(104 = 69 + 35)
PENGUIN
(104 = 69 + 35)
PUNGENT
(104 = 69 + 35)
NONCUTE
(104 = 69 + 35)
PRUNING
(104 = 69 + 35)
PORTICO
(104 = 69 + 35)
PROOTIC
(104 = 69 + 35)
UNICORN
(104 = 69 + 35)
REICING
(104 = 69 + 35)
PENNING
(104 = 69 + 35)
PRONOUN
(104 = 69 + 35)
PUNTING
(104 = 69 + 35)
POUTIER
(104 = 69 + 35)
PROOTIC
(104 = 69 + 35)
NONCUTE
(104 = 69 + 35)
COREIGN
(104 = 69 + 35)
PUNTING
(104 = 69 + 35)
COUPING
(104 = 69 + 35)
CONTORT
(104 = 69 + 35)
PROTECT
(104 = 69 + 35)
POROTIC
(104 = 69 + 35)
PENNING
(104 = 69 + 35)
GROUPIE
(104 = 69 + 35)
PITTING
(104 = 69 + 35)
PROTECT
(104 = 69 + 35)
COUPING
(103 = 68 + 35)
COUPING
(103 = 68 + 35)
COUPING
(103 = 68 + 35)
RECOUNT
(101 = 66 + 35)
CORNING
(101 = 66 + 35)
PICTURE
(101 = 66 + 35)
PRICING
(101 = 66 + 35)
PIECING
(101 = 66 + 35)
CORNING
(101 = 66 + 35)
POUTING
(101 = 66 + 35)
CUTTING
(101 = 66 + 35)
CORNING
(101 = 66 + 35)
OPINING
(101 = 66 + 35)
POUTING
(101 = 66 + 35)
OPENING
(101 = 66 + 35)
REINPUT
(101 = 66 + 35)
COINING
(101 = 66 + 35)
COOPING
(101 = 66 + 35)
OPENING
(101 = 66 + 35)
CUTTING
(101 = 66 + 35)
POURING
(101 = 66 + 35)
OUTCROP
(101 = 66 + 35)
POURING
(101 = 66 + 35)
COINING
(101 = 66 + 35)
OUTCROP
(101 = 66 + 35)
OUTCROP
(101 = 66 + 35)
EGOTRIP
(101 = 66 + 35)
CUPRITE
(101 = 66 + 35)
GOOPIER
(101 = 66 + 35)
PUTTING
(101 = 66 + 35)
GOOPIER
(101 = 66 + 35)
PUTTING
(101 = 66 + 35)
COINING
(101 = 66 + 35)
OPINING
(101 = 66 + 35)
OPINING
(101 = 66 + 35)
OPENING
(101 = 66 + 35)
CROUTON
(101 = 66 + 35)
PORCINE
(101 = 66 + 35)
GUNPORT
(101 = 66 + 35)
PORCINE
(101 = 66 + 35)
GUNPORT
(101 = 66 + 35)
NEPOTIC
(101 = 66 + 35)
PUNNING
(101 = 66 + 35)
CUNNING
(101 = 66 + 35)
PORCINE
(101 = 66 + 35)
PIECING
(99 = 64 + 35)
COOPING
(99 = 64 + 35)
CUNNING
(99 = 64 + 35)
PUNNING
(99 = 64 + 35)
CUNNING
(99 = 64 + 35)
COOPING
(99 = 64 + 35)
CUNNING
(99 = 64 + 35)
PIECING
(99 = 64 + 35)
PRICING
(99 = 64 + 35)
PRICING
(99 = 64 + 35)
PRICING
(99 = 64 + 35)
COOPING
(99 = 64 + 35)
PUNNING
(99 = 64 + 35)
PUNNING
(99 = 64 + 35)
PIECING
(99 = 64 + 35)
PUNGENT
(98 = 63 + 35)
OUTGRIN
(98 = 63 + 35)
PINNING
(98 = 63 + 35)

Words within the letters of counterpointing

2 letter words in counterpointing (14 words)

12 letter words in counterpointing (3 words)

15 letter words in counterpointing (1 word)

Words containing the sequence counterpointing

Words that start with counterpointing (1 word)

Words with counterpointing in them (1 word)

Words that end with counterpointing (1 word)

Word Growth involving counterpointing

Shorter words in counterpointing

un count counter counterpoint

in point counterpoint

terp counterpoint

in point pointing

in tin ting pointing

Longer words containing counterpointing

(No longer words found)