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Tugs

/tʌɡz/

Scrabble:5 ptsWWF:7 pts4 letters
Definition of Tugs

noun

  1. A sudden powerful pull.
  2. A tugboat.
  3. A kind of vehicle used for conveying timber and heavy articles.
  4. A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.
  5. An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed.

verb

  1. To pull or drag with great effort

    "The police officers tugged the drunkard out of the pub."

  2. To pull hard repeatedly

    "He lost his patience trying to undo his shoe-lace, but tugging it made the knot even tighter."

  3. To tow by tugboat
Anagrams of Tugs

2 words can be made by rearranging all the letters of "tugs":

gustguts

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "tugs" and rearranging:

+eguest
+hthugs
+lgluts
+nstungtungs
+ogoutsgusto
+rtrugs
+sgusts
+ygustygutsy
Related Word Patterns
TU...Words starting with "tu"...GSWords ending with "gs"All 4-letter wordsUnscramble "tugs"
Letter Values
t1
u1
g2
s1

Total: 5 Scrabble points

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Rhymes With Tugs
ablingsaccountingsactingsadvertisingsageingsagentingsagingsagsairbagsairingsaliasingsalmsgivings
Related 4-Letter Words
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Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

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 "Tugs"

Tugs is a 4-letter word that scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "tugs" can be rearranged to form 2 other valid words.

Using "Tugs" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "tugs" is a low-scoring word.