HARTSHORN is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. HARTSHORN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HARTSHORN?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HARTSHORN is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HARTSHORN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hartshornsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HARTSHORN scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in HARTSHORN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HARTSHORN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HARTSHORN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A solution of ammonia used as smelling salts, originally made from the antlers of the male red deer.
Hartshorn takes its name from the hart, a stag, whose horn was once the main source of ammonia. In older novels a character who faints is often revived with a sniff of hartshorn.
How HARTSHORN is used
Mostly historical or literary; also found in the phrase spirits of hartshorn.
- The nurse held a bottle of hartshorn under her nose.
- Victorian ladies kept hartshorn in their handbags.
- A whiff of hartshorn brought him round.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HARTSHORN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HARTSHORN
1 longer words begin with HARTSHORN.
Shorter words from the letters in HARTSHORN
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Common questions about HARTSHORN
- Is HARTSHORN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HARTSHORN, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HARTSHORN worth?
- HARTSHORN is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HARTSHORN mean?
- A solution of ammonia used as smelling salts, originally made from the antlers of the male red deer.
- What letters can be added to HARTSHORN?
- HARTSHORN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of HARTSHORN:
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