HURDS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. HURDS 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 HURDS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HURDS is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HURDS
No single letter turns HURDS into another word.
How HURDS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HURDS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 98,031.
What does HURDS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The coarse, broken fibers separated out from flax or hemp during combing or hackling, used chiefly for coarse cloth, rope, or stuffing.
When flax or hemp stalks are combed to free the fine, spinnable fiber, the short, tangled leftovers that fall away are called hurds, distinct from the smoother fiber prized for linen. Spinners and weavers historically treated hurds as a lesser byproduct, spun into coarse sackcloth, twine, or packing material rather than fine fabric. The word has no ordinary singular in everyday use, since it names the whole batch of leftover fiber rather than a single strand. Hurds are closely related to what is elsewhere called tow or hards, terms that vary by region and trade.
How HURDS is used
A specialist term from flax and hemp processing; rarely met outside textile history or traditional crafts.
- The hackled fiber was set aside for linen, while the hurds went into rough sacking.
- Workers swept up the hurds and packed them for use as stuffing.
- The mill sold its hurds cheaply to rope makers in the next town.
- Old account books list separate prices for fine flax and for hurds.
- She demonstrated how hurds were combed away from the finer strands.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HURDS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HURDS
Common questions about HURDS
- Is HURDS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HURDS, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HURDS worth?
- HURDS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HURDS mean?
- The coarse, broken fibers separated out from flax or hemp during combing or hackling, used chiefly for coarse cloth, rope, or stuffing.
- What letters can be added to HURDS?
- No single letter can be added to HURDS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HURDS:
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