SHARD is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SHARD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHARD?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHARD is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHARD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
shardsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHARD scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SHARD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does SHARD mean in Scrabble?
noun
A sharp, broken fragment of a hard material such as glass, pottery, or metal.
A shard is usually the jagged, dangerous kind of fragment left after something brittle has smashed, such as a shard of glass from a broken window or a shard of pottery dug up at an old settlement. Archaeologists use the word constantly when describing broken pieces of ancient vessels found at a dig site. In fantasy and science fiction writing, shard has also become a common way to describe a splinter of a larger magical or crystalline object.
How SHARD is used
Common in everyday speech for broken glass or pottery, and frequently used in fiction to describe magical fragments.
- He cut his foot on a shard of glass hidden in the grass.
- Archaeologists carefully labelled every shard found at the site.
- A shard of the mirror had lodged itself in the carpet.
- The vase shattered into hundreds of tiny shards.
- In the story, each shard of the crystal held a piece of the spell.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHARD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SHARD
The 5 tiles of SHARD in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SHARD
2 longer words begin with SHARD.
Words ending in SHARD
1 words end in SHARD. Useful as a back hook: play SHARD onto a word already on the board.
Words with SHARD inside
1 words contain SHARD in the middle. Words that start with SHARD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SHARD
Common questions about SHARD
- Is SHARD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHARD, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHARD worth?
- SHARD is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHARD mean?
- A sharp, broken fragment of a hard material such as glass, pottery, or metal.
- What letters can be added to SHARD?
- SHARD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SHARD:
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