Pointer

7 lettersnouncommon

Updated February 2026

Definition

A thing that points to something, such as a marker on a measuring instrument. In computing, a variable that stores a memory address.

“The lecturer used a laser pointer to highlight important sections on the slide.”

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Contains three vowels O, I, E with common consonants P, N, T, R

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Worth 9 points; valuable P with common letter combinations

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