Definition of puts

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• puts is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 6
• puts is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 6
• puts is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 8

Definition of puts

• attribute or give (verb)

  Examples

  1. She put too much emphasis on her the last statement
  2. He put all his efforts into this job
  3. The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story

  Synonyms

  1. assign
• formulate in a particular style or language (verb)

  Examples

  1. I wouldn't put it that way

  Synonyms

  1. cast
  2. couch
  3. frame
  4. redact
• arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events (verb)

  Examples

  1. I put these memories with those of bygone times

  Synonyms

  1. arrange
  2. order
  3. set up
• put into a certain place or abstract location (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. lay
  2. place
  3. pose
  4. position
  5. set
• make an investment (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. commit
  2. invest
  3. place
• the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. put option
• estimate (verb)

  Examples

  1. We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M.

  Synonyms

  1. place
  2. set
• adapt (verb)

  Examples

  1. put these words to music
• cause (someone) to undergo something (verb)

  Examples

  1. He put her to the torture
• cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation (verb)

  Examples

  1. That song put me in awful good humor
  2. put your ideas in writing

See definition of puts in Merriam Webster