tug-of-war

NOUN
10 LETTERS · STARTS WITH T

tug-of-war is a valid 10-letter word worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
T1U1G2-0O1F4-0W4A1R1
1 + 1 + 2 + 0 + 1 + 4 + 0 + 4 + 1 + 1 =15 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 30TRIPLE WORD → 45
MEANING

What does tug-of-war mean?

NOUN · 2 SENSES
1

A contest in which teams pull of opposite ends of a rope; the team dragged across a central line loses.

BROADER
ATHLETIC COMPETITIONATHLETIC CONTESTATHLETICS
2

Any hard struggle between equally matched groups.

BROADER
BATTLECONFLICTSTRUGGLE