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Hards

Q: What does hards mean?

hards is related to hard , which means “not easy”. It has 12 meanings in total, listed above.

h ₄a ₁r ₁d ₂s ₁

About 1 syllable

adjective · adverb · 5 letters · Uncommon · form of hard

Scrabble US & Canada : valid
Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
Words With Friends : valid
Wordle : valid

What does hards mean?

adjective

not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
“a difficult task”
Synonymsdifficult
dispassionate
“took a hard look”
resisting weight or pressure
very strong or vigorous
“strong winds”
Synonymsknockout severe
characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
“worked their arduous way up the mining valley”
Synonymsarduous backbreaking grueling gruelling heavy
produced without vibration of the vocal cords
“unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'”
Synonymsunvoiced voiceless surd

adverb

with effort or force or vigor
“the team played hard”
with firmness
“held hard to the railing”
Synonymsfirmly
earnestly or intently
“thought hard about it”
causing great damage or hardship
“industries hit hard by the depression”
Synonymsseverely
slowly and with difficulty
“prejudices die hard”
Synonymshardly
indulging excessively
“he drank heavily”
Synonymsheavily intemperately

Definitions shown for hard, the base form of hards.

Is HARDS a valid word?

Game / word list	Valid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL)	Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS)	Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE)	Yes
Wordle (guess list)	Yes

How many points is HARDS worth?

Scrabble

9 pts

h ₄a ₁r ₁d ₂s ₁

Words With Friends

8 pts

h ₃a ₁r ₁d ₂s ₁

Wordfeud

9 pts

h ₄a ₁r ₁d ₂s ₁

NYT Crossplay

8 pts

h ₃a ₁r ₁d ₂s ₁

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in HARDS

Anagrams 1

shard

Best shorter words top 30 of 32

dahs 8 dash 8 hads 8 hard 8 shad 8 dah 7 had 7 rahs 7 rash 7 ahs 6 ash 6 has 6 rah 6 sha 6 ah 5 ards 5 ha 5 rads 5 sard 5 sh 5 ads 4 ard 4 das 4 rad 4 sad 4 ad 3 ars 3 da 3 ras 3 sar 3

See all 32 words made from HARDS

Hooks for HARDS

Add one letter to the front or back of HARDS to make another word.

Front hooks

chards shards

Back hooks

None

Words that end like HARDS

Common words that share the ending -ARDS, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

cards yards bards lards wards regards towards upwards backwards standards afterwards awards hazards rewards discards forwards downwards cowards innards inwards lizards wizards bombards buzzards

All words ending in -ARDS

Hards: quick answers

Is HARDS a valid Scrabble word?

Yes. HARDS is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 9 points before board bonuses.

How many points is HARDS worth?

HARDS scores 9 points in Scrabble, 8 in Words With Friends, 9 in Wordfeud and 8 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.

What does hards mean?

hards is related to hard, which means “not easy”. It has 12 meanings in total, listed above.

What words can you make with the letters in HARDS?

You can make 32 shorter words from HARDS, such as DAHS, DASH, HADS, HARD. See the full list.

What are the anagrams of HARDS?

HARDS rearranges into SHARD.