Scrabble & Words with friends points
- draw is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 8
- draw is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 8
- draw is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 8
Definition of draw
- thread on or as if on a string (verb)
Synonyms
- string
- thread
- poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer (noun)
Examples
- he played only draw and stud
Synonyms
- draw poker
- remove the entrails of (verb)
Examples
- draw a chicken
Synonyms
- disembowel
- eviscerate
- suck in or take (air) (verb)
Examples
- draw a deep breath
- draw on a cigarette
Synonyms
- drag
- puff
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him (verb)
Examples
- in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes
Synonyms
- draw and quarter
- quarter
- give a description of (verb)
Synonyms
- depict
- describe
- anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random (noun)
Examples
- the luck of the draw
Synonyms
- lot
- finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc. (verb)
Synonyms
- tie
- make a mark or lines on a surface (verb)
Examples
- draw a line
Synonyms
- delineate
- describe
- line
- trace
- get or derive (verb)
Synonyms
- reap
- pass over, across, or through (verb)
Synonyms
- guide
- pass
- run
- an entertainer who attracts large audiences (noun)
Examples
- he was the biggest drawing card they had
Synonyms
- attracter
- attraction
- attractor
- drawing card
- direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes (verb)
Synonyms
- attract
- draw in
- pull
- pull in
- a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer (noun)
Synonyms
- hook
- hooking
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover (verb)
Examples
- draw a weapon
Synonyms
- get out
- pull
- pull out
- take out
- earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher (verb)
Synonyms
- get
- make, formulate, or derive in the mind (verb)
Examples
- I draw a line here
- draw a conclusion
- draw parallels
Synonyms
- make
- the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided (noun)
Examples
- the game ended in a draw
Synonyms
- standoff
- tie
- take in, also metaphorically (verb)
Synonyms
- absorb
- imbibe
- soak up
- sop up
- suck
- suck up
- take in
- take up
- stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow) (verb)
Examples
- The archers were drawing their bows
Synonyms
- pull back
- the act of drawing or hauling something (noun)
Synonyms
- haul
- haulage
- (American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage (noun)
Synonyms
- draw play
- choose at random (verb)
Examples
- draw a card
Synonyms
- cast
- remove (a commodity) from (a supply source) (verb)
Synonyms
- draw off
- take out
- withdraw
- cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense (verb)
Synonyms
- pull
- cause to move by pulling (verb)
Examples
- draw a wagon
Synonyms
- pull
- take liquid out of a container or well (verb)
Synonyms
- take out
- a gully that is shallower than a ravine (noun)
- allow a draft (verb)
Examples
- This chimney draws very well
- a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack (noun)
Examples
- he got a pair of kings in the draw
- bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition (verb)
Examples
- She was drawn to despair
- The President refused to be drawn into delivering an ultimatum
- The session was drawn to a close
- cause to flow (verb)
- cause to localize at one point (verb)
- contract (verb)
- elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc. (verb)
- engage in drawing (verb)
Examples
- He spent the day drawing in the garden
- flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching (verb)
Examples
- draw steel
- move or go steadily or gradually (verb)
- move or pull so as to cover or uncover something (verb)
Examples
- draw the shades
- draw the curtains
- reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die (verb)
Examples
- draw wire
- represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface (verb)
- require a specified depth for floating (verb)
Examples
- This boat draws 70 inches
- select or take in from a given group or region (verb)
Examples
- The participants in the experiment were drawn from a representative population
- steep; pass through a strainer (verb)
Examples
- draw pulp from the fruit
- write a legal document or paper (verb)
Examples
- The deed was drawn in the lawyer's office
See definition of draw in Merriam Webster