HARDILY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. HARDILY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HARDILY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HARDILY is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HARDILY
No single letter turns HARDILY into another word.
How HARDILY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HARDILY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 514,646.
What does HARDILY mean in Scrabble?
adverb
literary
In a sturdy, resilient way that withstands difficult conditions.
Hardily belongs to the gardening and nature vocabulary as well as older prose, where it describes plants or people that keep going in harsh weather. It is not the same as hardly, which today means barely, although the two were once confused.
How HARDILY is used
Hardily is uncommon in modern speech and mostly appears in descriptions of plants, animals or travellers that endure rough conditions.
- The thyme grew hardily on the exposed hillside.
- They marched hardily through the sleet.
- The ponies winter hardily on the open moor.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HARDILY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HARDILY
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Common questions about HARDILY
- Is HARDILY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HARDILY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HARDILY worth?
- HARDILY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HARDILY mean?
- In a sturdy, resilient way that withstands difficult conditions.
- What letters can be added to HARDILY?
- No single letter can be added to HARDILY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HARDILY:
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