pontifex
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 20
- Words With Friends
- 22
- Letters
- 8
/ˈpɒn.təˌfɛks/
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/ˈpɒn.təˌfɛks/ · /ˈpɒn.tɪˌfɛks/
Definition of pontifex
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(historical)A pontiff, state minister, or high priest, in Ancient Rome.
“Every traditional civilization is characterized by the presence of beings who […] embody within the temporal order the living and efficacious presence of a power that comes from above. One of these types of beings is the pontifex, according to the inner meaning of the word and according to the original value of the function that he exercised.”
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Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin pontifex. Doublet of pontiff.
Words you can make from pontifex
105 playable · top: FIXT (14 pts)
Best play fixt 14 points6-letter words
2 words5-letter words
10 words4-letter words
30 words- EXPO 13 pts
- EXIT 11 pts
- EXON 11 pts
- NEXT 11 pts
- NIXE 11 pts
- OXEN 11 pts
- FINE 7 pts
- FINO 7 pts
- FOIN 7 pts
- FONT 7 pts
- INFO 7 pts
- NEIF 7 pts
- NOPE 6 pts
- OPEN 6 pts
- PEIN 6 pts
- PENT 6 pts
- PEON 6 pts
- PINE 6 pts
- PINT 6 pts
- PION 6 pts
- POET 6 pts
- PONE 6 pts
- TOPE 6 pts
- TOPI 6 pts
- INTO 4 pts
- NITE 4 pts
- NOTE 4 pts
- TEIN 4 pts
- TINE 4 pts
- TONE 4 pts
3-letter words
39 words- FIX 13 pts
- FOX 13 pts
- PIX 12 pts
- POX 12 pts
- NIX 10 pts
- TIX 10 pts
- FOP 8 pts
- EFT 6 pts
- FEN 6 pts
- FET 6 pts
- FIE 6 pts
- FIN 6 pts
- FIT 6 pts
- FOE 6 pts
- FON 6 pts
- OFT 6 pts
- NIP 5 pts
- OPE 5 pts
- OPT 5 pts
- PEN 5 pts
- PET 5 pts
- PIE 5 pts
- PIN 5 pts
- PIT 5 pts
- POI 5 pts
- POT 5 pts
- TIP 5 pts
- TOP 5 pts
- EON 3 pts
- ION 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- NIT 3 pts
- NOT 3 pts
- ONE 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TIN 3 pts
- TOE 3 pts
- TON 3 pts
2-letter words
23 wordsFind your best play with pontifex
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