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Is tug a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word tug is a Scrabble US word. The word tug is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

T1U1G2

Is tug a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word tug is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

T1U1G2

Is tug a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word tug is a Words With Friends word. The word tug is worth 6 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

T1U2G3

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3-letter words (2 found)

GUT,TUG,

2-letter words (3 found)

GU,UG,UT,

You can make 5 words from tug according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of tug

tug utg tgu gtu ugt gut

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Definitions and meaning of tug

tug

Etymology

From Middle English tuggen, toggen, from Old English togian (“to draw, drag”), from Proto-West Germanic *togōn, from Proto-Germanic *tugōną (“to draw, tear”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull”).

Cognate with Middle Low German togen (“to draw”), Middle High German zogen (“to pull, tear off”), Icelandic toga (“to pull, draw”). Related to tow.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: tŭg, IPA(key): /tʌɡ/
  • Rhymes: -ʌɡ

Verb

tug (third-person singular simple present tugs, present participle tugging, simple past and past participle tugged)

  1. (transitive) To pull or drag with great effort.
  2. (transitive) To pull hard repeatedly.
  3. (transitive) To tow by tugboat.
  4. (slang, transitive, intransitive) To masturbate.

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Translations

Noun

tug (plural tugs)

  1. A sudden powerful pull.
  2. (nautical) A tugboat.
  3. (obsolete) A kind of vehicle used for conveying timber and heavy articles.
  4. A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.
  5. A dog toy consisting of a rope, often with a knot in it.
  6. (mining) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed.
  7. (slang) An act of male masturbation.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • GUT, Gut, UTG, gut

Elfdalian

Noun

tug n

  1. train

Declension

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Ibanag

Noun

tug

  1. (anatomy) knee

Icelandic

Noun

tug

  1. inflection of tugur:
    1. indefinite accusative singular
    2. indefinite dative singular

Scottish Gaelic

Verb

tug

  1. past of thoir

Usage notes

  • This is the dependent form, the basic form being thug.

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuduʀ.

Verb

tūg (used in the form magtūg)

  1. to sleep

White Hmong

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tu˧˩̤/

Classifier

tug

  1. Alternative form of tus (“classifier for long objects (such as rods or sticks) and animals or beings”)

Source: wiktionary.org