Scrabble & Words with friends points
- tell is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 4
- tell is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 4
- tell is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 6
Definition of tell
- give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority (verb)
Synonyms
- enjoin
- order
- say
- give evidence (verb)
Examples
- he was telling on all his former colleague
Synonyms
- evidence
- narrate or give a detailed account of (verb)
Synonyms
- narrate
- recite
- recount
- inform positively and with certainty and confidence (verb)
Examples
- I tell you that man is a crook!
Synonyms
- assure
- express in words (verb)
Examples
- tell me what is bothering you
Synonyms
- say
- state
- a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap) (noun)
Synonyms
- william tell
- mark as different (verb)
Synonyms
- differentiate
- distinguish
- secern
- secernate
- separate
- severalise
- severalize
- tell apart
- discern or comprehend (verb)
Examples
- He could tell that she was unhappy
- let something be known (verb)
See definition of tell in Merriam Webster