HARK is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. HARK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HARK?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HARK is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HARK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HARK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HARK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 36,308.
What does HARK mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To listen — chiefly in hark at and hark back.
Hark survives in two phrases and nowhere else, and harking back comes from hunting, where hounds were sent back to pick up a lost scent. It had nothing to do with memory to begin with.
How HARK is used
Chiefly in hark back and hark at.
- Hark at him, telling everybody how it is done.
- The word hark survives in two phrases only.
- To hark back is a hunting term about a lost scent.
- Hounds were harked back to where the scent was last found.
- Hark had no connection with memory originally.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HARK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HARK
13 longer words begin with HARK.
Words ending in HARK
7 words end in HARK. Useful as a back hook: play HARK onto a word already on the board.
Words with HARK inside
23 words contain HARK in the middle. Words that start with HARK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HARK
Common questions about HARK
- Is HARK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HARK, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HARK worth?
- HARK is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HARK mean?
- To listen — chiefly in hark at and hark back.
- What letters can be added to HARK?
- HARK takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HARK:
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