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counterpoint

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Is counterpoint a Scrabble word?

Yes, counterpoint is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 16 points in Scrabble.

Word Games

  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of counterpoint?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (music) A melody added to an existing one, especially one added to provide harmony whilst each retains its simultaneous identity; a composition consisting of such contrapuntal melodies.Examples: "I noticed […] that when a very cheesy synthesized violin sound plays in counterpoint with a real violin, it can quite convincingly seem as if two violins are playing."countableuncountable

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To compose or arrange such music.transitive

2. (transitive) To serve as an opposing point against.Examples: "[…] the dominant discourse on theory and method in the study of religions remains stuck on the debate about reductionism, which is in turn bent on representing the debate about theory and method in the study of religions as a choice between an unscientific phenomenology or an unsympathetic positivism (for phenomenology the idea that explanation is always 'bad' is perfectly counterpointed by the idea that religion is always 'good')."transitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "counterpoint"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "counterpoint"?

Scrabble
16 points
C3
O1
U1
N1
T1
E1
R1
P3
O1
I1
N1
T1
Words With Friends
21 points
C4
O1
U2
N2
T1
E1
R1
P4
O1
I1
N2
T1

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