Pulls hard
The crossword clue "Pulls hard" is answered by TUGS, a 4-letter entry. Used 15 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TUGS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TUGS answer page.
Used 15 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- JERKS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for TUGS
Every other clue in this collection answered by TUGS, most used first.
- Yanks - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Harbor boats - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Pulls - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Harbor vessels - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Harbor sights - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Harbor fleet - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Harbor pushers - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
Related clues
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- Working hard - ATIT, used 149 times
- Hard work - TOIL, used 73 times
- Hard to come by - RARE, used 67 times
- Study hard - CRAM, used 53 times
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