01 Word definition

poinsettia

10 letters · 5 vowels · 5 consonants

Is POINSETTIA a word?

Yes. POINSETTIA is a 10-letter noun. tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers Check the official dictionary for your particular word game before playing it.

Correct spelling

How do you spell POINSETTIA?

P-O-I-N-S-E-T-T-I-A

POINSETTIA contains 10 letters, begins with P, and ends with A.

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Meaning and definition

1noun

  1. tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers

Synonyms
Christmas starChristmas flowerlobster plantMexican flameleafpainted leafEuphorbia pulcherrima
Source: Open English WordNet 2025 (CC BY 4.0) ↗
Scrabble score12points
Words With Friends14points
Word length10letters

02 Letter breakdown

How is POINSETTIA spelled?

P1O2I3N4S5E6T7T8I9A10
Starts withPOIFirst 3 letters
Ends withTIALast 3 letters
Unique letters8Repeats I, T
Vowel balance5 / 5Vowels / consonants

03 Word-game status

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How do you spell POINSETTIA?

POINSETTIA is spelled P-O-I-N-S-E-T-T-I-A. It contains 10 letters.