HARDPAN is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. HARDPAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HARDPAN?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HARDPAN is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HARDPAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hardpansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HARDPAN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HARDPAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 771,970.
What does HARDPAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A compacted, almost impermeable layer of soil lying under looser topsoil.
Farmers dread hardpan because roots cannot push through it and water pools above it instead of draining. Deep ploughing or ripping is the usual way to break it up, and the word is sometimes stretched to mean any solid bottom layer or the hard facts underneath a problem.
How HARDPAN is used
Gardeners and farmers say hardpan when drainage or root growth is blocked below the surface.
- Rainwater sat in the field because of the hardpan beneath it.
- The plough struck hardpan about a foot down.
- Breaking the hardpan doubled the yield of the orchard.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HARDPAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HARDPAN
The 7 tiles of HARDPAN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with HARDPAN
1 longer words begin with HARDPAN.
Shorter words from the letters in HARDPAN
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Common questions about HARDPAN
- Is HARDPAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HARDPAN, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HARDPAN worth?
- HARDPAN is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HARDPAN mean?
- A compacted, almost impermeable layer of soil lying under looser topsoil.
- What letters can be added to HARDPAN?
- HARDPAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HARDPAN:
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