HARDISH is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. HARDISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HARDISH?
| 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 HARDISH 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 HARDISH
No single letter turns HARDISH into another word.
How HARDISH scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HARDISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,059 thousand.
What stands out about HARDISH
- HARDISH begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HARDISH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Rather hard, though not extremely so.
The ending -ish makes hardish a softened, hedged word, handy when the speaker does not want to commit to a precise judgement. People use it for both texture, such as a hardish cheese, and difficulty, such as a hardish exam.
How HARDISH is used
Hardish is an informal word that qualifies a thing as somewhat hard, either to the touch or to deal with.
- The pear was still hardish when I cut it open.
- It was a hardish climb, but nothing dangerous.
- He found the soil hardish after the dry week.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HARDISH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HARDISH
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Common questions about HARDISH
- Is HARDISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HARDISH, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HARDISH worth?
- HARDISH is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HARDISH mean?
- Rather hard, though not extremely so.
- What letters can be added to HARDISH?
- No single letter can be added to HARDISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HARDISH:
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