Scrabble & Words with friends points
- hard is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 8
- hard is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 8
- hard is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 7
Definition of hard
- (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source (adjective)
Synonyms
- concentrated
- unfortunate or hard to bear (adjective)
Examples
- had hard luck
Synonyms
- tough
- with firmness (adverb)
Examples
- held hard to the railing
Synonyms
- firmly
- produced without vibration of the vocal cords (adjective)
Synonyms
- surd
- unvoiced
- voiceless
- slowly and with difficulty (adverb)
Examples
- prejudices die hard
- he was so dizzy he could hardly stand up straight
Synonyms
- hardly
- very strong or vigorous (adjective)
Examples
- a hard left to the chin
Synonyms
- knockout
- severe
- given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors (adjective)
Examples
- a hard drinker
Synonyms
- heavy
- intemperate
- indulging excessively (adverb)
Synonyms
- heavily
- intemperately
- not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure (adjective)
Examples
- why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?
Synonyms
- difficult
- being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content (adjective)
Examples
- hard liquor
Synonyms
- strong
- characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort (adjective)
Examples
- hard labor
Synonyms
- arduous
- backbreaking
- grueling
- gruelling
- heavy
- laborious
- operose
- punishing
- toilsome
- causing great damage or hardship (adverb)
Examples
- industries hit hard by the depression
Synonyms
- severely
- dispassionate (adjective)
Examples
- took a hard look
- a hard bargainer
- dried out (adjective)
Examples
- hard dry rolls left over from the day before
- (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum (adjective)
Examples
- Russian distinguished between hard consonants and palatalized or soft consonants
- resisting weight or pressure (adjective)
- with effort or force or vigor ()
Examples
- the team played hard
- worked hard all day
- pressed hard on the lever
- hit the ball hard
- slammed the door hard
- into a solid condition ()
Examples
- concrete that sets hard within a few hours
See definition of hard in Merriam Webster