PIVOT
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pivot is worth 12 points in the game of Scrabble
Definitions for the word, pivot
(n.) A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or other body turns.
(n.) Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on which important results depend; as, the pivot of an enterprise.
(n.) The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a support; as, the pivot of an arbor in a watch.
(n.) The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place whike the company or line moves around him in wheeling; -- called also pivot man.
(v. t.) To place on a pivot.