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Updated June 2026
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.”
Contains three vowels O, I, E with common consonants P, N, T, R
Worth 9 points; valuable P with common letter combinations
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