HARSHEN is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. HARSHEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HARSHEN?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HARSHEN is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HARSHEN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
harshensChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HARSHEN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HARSHEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,029 thousand.
What does HARSHEN mean in Scrabble?
verb
To make something more severe, rough or unpleasant.
You can harshen a punishment, a tone of voice or the look of a landscape, and in each case the result is less gentle than before. The word is rarer than its plain relative harsh, but it reads naturally in news and fiction.
How HARSHEN is used
Writers use harshen for laws, weather, light and speech that grow more severe.
- Lawmakers voted to harshen the penalties for fraud.
- The cold wind seemed to harshen every line on his face.
- Strong sunlight can harshen the colours in a photograph.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HARSHEN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HARSHEN
3 longer words begin with HARSHEN.
Shorter words from the letters in HARSHEN
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Common questions about HARSHEN
- Is HARSHEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HARSHEN, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HARSHEN worth?
- HARSHEN is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HARSHEN mean?
- To make something more severe, rough or unpleasant.
- What letters can be added to HARSHEN?
- HARSHEN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HARSHEN:
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