HARDY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. HARDY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HARDY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HARDY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HARDY
No single letter turns HARDY into another word.
How HARDY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HARDY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does HARDY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Able to endure difficult conditions such as cold, hardship, or rough treatment; robust and tough.
A hardy plant survives frost and poor soil that would kill more delicate varieties, and a hardy person or animal endures cold, hunger, or hard labor without giving up. Gardeners rely on the word hardy to label plants suited to harsh winters, while the same word describes explorers, settlers, or animals built for tough conditions. The opposite of hardy in gardening is "tender", meaning easily damaged by cold.
How HARDY is used
Common in both gardening contexts and general description of tough, resilient people or animals.
- Only the toughest plants survive this climate, so choose hardy varieties.
- The hardy settlers built their cabin before the first snow.
- This hardy breed of sheep can withstand harsh winters.
- She comes from hardy mountain stock.
- The hardy little dog trekked for miles in the storm.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HARDY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HARDY
The 5 tiles of HARDY in a different order — 1 found.
Words ending in HARDY
3 words end in HARDY. Useful as a back hook: play HARDY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in HARDY
Common questions about HARDY
- Is HARDY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HARDY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HARDY worth?
- HARDY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HARDY mean?
- Able to endure difficult conditions such as cold, hardship, or rough treatment; robust and tough.
- What letters can be added to HARDY?
- No single letter can be added to HARDY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HARDY:
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