HARM is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. HARM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HARM?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HARM is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HARM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HARM scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HARM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What does HARM mean in Scrabble?
noun
Physical injury or other damage.
Harm meant grief and insult in Old English before it meant injury, and the older sense survives inside the phrase about meaning no harm. The verb is as old as the noun.
How HARM is used
Uncountable. Also a verb: harmed, harms.
- No harm was done and nobody said anything more.
- The word harm meant grief before it meant injury.
- It harmed nothing except the paintwork.
- Out of harm's way is the commonest phrase with harm.
- Two harms of very different weight in the same report.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HARM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HARM
Showing 24 of 93 words that begin with HARM.
Words ending in HARM
8 words end in HARM. Useful as a back hook: play HARM onto a word already on the board.
Words with HARM inside
Showing 24 of 147 words that contain HARM somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HARM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HARM
Common questions about HARM
- Is HARM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HARM, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HARM worth?
- HARM is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HARM mean?
- Physical injury or other damage.
- What letters can be added to HARM?
- HARM takes 4 hooks: 3 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HARM:
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