Definitions for polestar

polestar pole·star

Spelling: [pohl-stahr]
IPA: /ˈpoʊlˌstɑr/

Polestar is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 678 anagrams from letters in polestar (aeloprst).

Definitions for polestar

noun

  1. Polaris.
  2. something that serves as a guiding principle.
  3. something that is the center of attention or attraction.

Origin of polestar

First recorded in 1545-55; pole2 + star

Examples for polestar

At night fix the dial so that the twelve o'clock line points exactly to north, as determined by the polestar.

It is the polestar of their system, and everything else has been subject to its influence.

The polestar, which you tell me may be my guide, is often for a long time concealed by impenetrable clouds.

It was not the polestar he lost sight of, or the compass he mistrusted; it was the sea-worthiness of the vessel.

So that could well be the "polestar" standing needle slim behind them—and not the notorious "Solar Queen."

Was the polestar ever obscured by the interposition of a world in formation?

With this last link in a strange chain of evidence I close my diary of the voyage of the polestar.

Word Value for polestar
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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