Stretch
/stɹɛtʃ/
noun
- An act of stretching.
"I was right in the middle of a stretch when the phone rang."
- The ability to lengthen when pulled.
"That rubber band has quite a bit of stretch."
- A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief or exaggeration.
"It's a bit of a stretch to call Boris Karloff a comedian."
- A segment of a journey or route.
"It was an easy trip except for the last stretch, which took forever."
- A segment or length of material.
"a stretch of cloth"
verb
- To lengthen by pulling.
"I stretched the rubber band until it almost broke."
- To lengthen when pulled.
"The rubber band stretched almost to the breaking point."
- To pull tight.
"First, stretch the skin over the frame of the drum."
- To get more use than expected from a limited resource.
"I managed to stretch my coffee supply a few more days."
- To make inaccurate by exaggeration.
"To say crossing the street was brave is stretching the meaning of "brave" considerably."
Total: 12 Scrabble points
Word Validity & Sources
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Stretch"
Stretch is a 7-letter word that scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words With Friends.
Using "Stretch" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "stretch" is a medium-scoring word.