Scrabble & Words with friends points
- ties is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 4
- ties is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 4
- ties is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 4
Definition of ties
- a social or business relationship (noun)
Examples
- he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team
Synonyms
- affiliation
- association
- tie-up
- a fastener that serves to join or connect (noun)
Synonyms
- link
- linkup
- tie-in
- finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc. (verb)
Examples
- The teams drew a tie
Synonyms
- draw
- create social or emotional ties (verb)
Synonyms
- attach
- bind
- bond
- one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track (noun)
Examples
- the British call a railroad tie a sleeper
Synonyms
- crosstie
- railroad tie
- sleeper
- a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating (noun)
Examples
- he nailed the rafters together with a tie beam
Synonyms
- tie beam
- fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord (verb)
Examples
- They tied their victim to the chair
Synonyms
- bind
- the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided (noun)
Examples
- their record was 3 wins, 6 losses and a tie
Synonyms
- draw
- standoff
- connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces (verb)
Synonyms
- connect
- link
- link up
- neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front (noun)
Examples
- he stood in front of the mirror tightening his necktie
- he wore a vest and tie
Synonyms
- necktie
- perform a marriage ceremony (verb)
Synonyms
- marry
- splice
- wed
- a cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied (noun)
Examples
- he needed a tie for the packages
- equality of score in a contest (noun)
- form a knot or bow in (verb)
Examples
- tie a necktie
- limit or restrict to (verb)
Examples
- I am tied to UNIX
- These big jets are tied to large airports
- make by tying pieces together (verb)
Examples
- The fishermen tied their flies
- (music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates that the note is to be sustained for their combined time value (noun)
- unite musical notes by a tie (verb)
See definition of ties in Merriam Webster