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TUGS

4 letters, 5 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What TUGS Means

TUGS is a form of TUG, which means:

  1. verb: pull hard“The prisoner tugged at the chains”
  2. verb: strive and make an effort to reach a goal“She tugged for years to make a decent living”
  3. noun: a sudden abrupt pull
  4. noun: a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

TUGS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 5 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as T1 U1 G2 S1.

Anagrams of TUGS (2)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In TUGS

11 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

3 letter words (6)

2 letter words (5)

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