Scrabble & Words with friends points
- pull is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 6
- pull is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 6
- pull is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 10
Definition of pull
- strip of feathers (verb)
Examples
- pull a chicken
Synonyms
- deplumate
- deplume
- displume
- pluck
- tear
- a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments (noun)
Examples
- he was sidelined with a hamstring pull
Synonyms
- twist
- wrench
- perform an act, usually with a negative connotation (verb)
Examples
- pull a bank robbery
Synonyms
- commit
- perpetrate
- remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense (verb)
Examples
- pull weeds
Synonyms
- draw out
- extract
- pull out
- pull up
- rip out
- take out
- tear out
- special advantage or influence (noun)
Examples
- the chairman's nephew has a lot of pull
Synonyms
- clout
- direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes (verb)
Examples
- The ad pulled in many potential customers
- This pianist pulls huge crowds
Synonyms
- attract
- draw
- draw in
- pull in
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover (verb)
Examples
- pull out a gun
- The mugger pulled a knife on his victim
Synonyms
- draw
- get out
- pull out
- take out
- a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke) (noun)
Synonyms
- drag
- puff
- take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for (verb)
Examples
- I'm pulling for the underdog
Synonyms
- root for
- tear or be torn violently (verb)
Examples
- pull the cooked chicken into strips
Synonyms
- rend
- rip
- rive
- cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense (verb)
Examples
- A declining dollar pulled down the export figures for the last quarter
Synonyms
- draw
- the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you (noun)
Examples
- the pull up the hill had him breathing harder
- his strenuous pulling strained his back
Synonyms
- pulling
- cause to move by pulling (verb)
Examples
- pull a sled
Synonyms
- draw
- strain abnormally (verb)
Examples
- I pulled a muscle in my leg when I jumped up
- The athlete pulled a tendon in the competition
Synonyms
- overstretch
- a device used for pulling something (noun)
Examples
- he grabbed the pull and opened the drawer
- apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion (verb)
Examples
- pull the string gently
- pull the trigger of the gun
- pull your knees towards your chin
- a sustained effort (noun)
Examples
- it was a long pull but we made it
- hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing (verb)
Examples
- pull the ball
- move into a certain direction (verb)
Examples
- the car pulls to the right
- operate when rowing a boat (verb)
Examples
- pull the oars
- rein in to keep from winning a race (verb)
Examples
- pull a horse
- steer into a certain direction (verb)
Examples
- pull one's horse to a stand
- take away (verb)
Examples
- pull the old soup cans from the supermarket shelf
- the force used in pulling (noun)
Examples
- the pull of the moon
- the pull of the current
See definition of pull in Merriam Webster