point of departure

NOUN
18 LETTERS · STARTS WITH P

point of departure is a valid 18-letter word worth 24 points in Scrabble and 28 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
P3O1I1N1T1O1F4D2E1P3A1R1T1U1R1E1
3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 1 + 4 + 0 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =24 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 48TRIPLE WORD → 72
MEANING

What does point of departure mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE
1

A place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched.

“my point of departure was San Francisco”